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Cole Schlothauer
0
NJIT NJIT 0-1,0-0 EIVA
3
Winner Loyola Chicago Loyola 3-0,0-0 MIVA
NJIT NJIT
0-1,0-0 EIVA
0
Final
3
Loyola Chicago Loyola
3-0,0-0 MIVA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
NJIT NJIT 21 20 23 (0)
Loyola Chicago Loyola 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Loyola Sweeps NJIT, 3-0

Cole Schlothauer goes for 18 kills as Ramblers win third straight to open 2021 season

LORETTO, Pa. (January 29, 2021)
 
In Short
Cole Schlothauer drilled 18 kills and Loyola University Chicago (3-0) hit .398 (47-12-88) as a team to earn a 25-21, 25-20, 25-23 victory over NJIT (0-1) this afternoon at DeGol Arena. With the win, the Ramblers stay perfect on the season, giving them their first 3-0 start since 2015.
 
How It Happened
Two service aces from Garrett Zolg, two kills from Cole Schlothauer and a block, accounted for five unanswered points that broke an 18-18 tie and gave Loyola command in the opening set. NJIT trimmed the Ramblers' advantage to 23-20, but a Highlanders attack error followed by another kill from Schlothauer, his seventh of the set, gave Loyola a 25-20 victory in the opener. The Ramblers, who hit .345 (15-5-29), also received five kills from Luke Denton in the first set.
 
Kills from Denton and Jimmy Meinhart were part of a string of four straight points that turned a one-point deficit into a 6-3 Loyola lead early on in set two and it would extend that advantage to as many as five points before NJIT mounted a late rally and evened the score at 20-20. But, much like set one, Loyola was tough down the stretch and a kill from Meinhart sparked a string of five unanswered points, capped by two kills from Schlothauer, to lift the Ramblers to a 25-20 victory.
 
Loyola trailed 22-20 late in the third set, but three consecutive Highlanders miscues and a Denton service ace moved the Ramblers ahead, 24-22. A Luca Berger kill cut the Ramblers' lead in half, but Berger followed that point with a service error to give Loyola a 25-23 victory and a clean sweep of the Highlanders.
 
A Look at the Numbers
  • Schlothauer hit a scorching .500 (18-3-30) for the match and added eight digs to go with his match-high 18 kills.
  • Denton was the only other Rambler with double-digit stops, finishing with 12 kills, five digs and three blocks.
  • Colton Brooks contributed seven kills and Meinhart pitched in six, while Zolg totaled 41 assists, five digs and a pair of aces.
  • Julian Meissner and Alvaro Gimeno led NJIT, which hit a solid .337 (44-12-95) as a team, with 14 kills apiece.
 
Up Next
Loyola concludes the two-match road trip to Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon when it faces Saint Francis (Pa.) at 1:30 p.m. CT.
 
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