In Short
The Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball team swept Urbana, 3-0 tonight at home. The Ramblers advance their winning streak to two and move to 3-5 overall. Devin Joslyn led the Maroon & Gold with a career-high 13 kills, while Kyle Piekarski recorded 12 kills to guide Loyola to a season-high .469 attack percentage in the match.
 
How It Happened
Loyola set the tone for the match early in the first set, beginning with a 5-0 scoring run to lead 8-2. Joslyn and Kyle Piekarski each had four kills to push the Ramblers to a .667 attack percentage, their highest in a set all season. An ace from Luke Denton and Joslyn gave the Ramblers a comfortable 13-4 lead to force an Urbana timeout. The Ramblers maintained their energy to win set one, 25-12.
 
The Ramblers momentum carried into set two as Loyola dominated out of the gate with a 5-0 run that eventually became a 9-1 run. In due time, Loyola snagged a 10 point lead, 15-5 following two Andrew Lyons aces and a kill each from Ian Cowen and Piekarski. The Ramblers led by 12 points twice in the set and went on to a second set victory, 25-16.

Set three presented a bigger challenge as Urbana came out fighting. The teams were neck and neck for a larger part of the set, until the Ramblers took the largest lead, 18-14 from a Cowen ace. Joslyn powered the Ramblers with seven kills in the third set and they were able to shut it down, 25-19.
 
A Look At The Numbers
Five Ramblers posted career-highs or tied career-highs in tonights match.

- Andrew Lyons recorded career-highs in kills (five) and aces (two). 
- Devin Joslyn posted a career-high 13 kills and tied his career-high with four blocks.
- Anton Frank tallied a career-high four blocks and three digs.
- Ian Cowen registered a career-high two aces.
- Kyle Piekarski tied his career-high in kills with 12.

 
Up Next
Loyola heads east next weekend to visit George Mason on Friday, January 31 at 6 p.m. CT and Barton (at GMU) on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. CT.