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Luke Denton
3
Winner Loyola Chicago Loyola 5-0,1-0 MIVA
0
Quincy Quincy 3-1,0-1 MIVA
Winner
Loyola Chicago Loyola
5-0,1-0 MIVA
3
Final
0
Quincy Quincy
3-1,0-1 MIVA
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Loyola Chicago Loyola 25 25 25 (3)
Quincy Quincy 20 18 19 (0)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Efficient Ramblers Sweep Quincy In MIVA Opener, 3-0

Luke Denton and Colton Brooks record double-digit kills as Loyola wins fifth match in a row

QUINCY, Ill. (February 5, 2021)
 
In Short
Luke Denton and Colton Brooks had double-digit kills and Loyola University Chicago (5-0, 1-0 MIVA) hit .378 (38-10-74) as a team to earn a 25-20, 25-18-25-19 victory over Quincy (3-1, 0-1 MIVA) tonight at Pepsi Arena in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association opener for both teams. Loyola is off to a 5-0 start, its best since 2015.
 
How It Happened
Quincy put the Ramblers in a 12-9 hole to open up the match, but Luke Denton tallied a pair of kills in a 4-1 spurt that tied things up at 13-13. Moments later, down 16-14, Jimmy Meinhart and Garrett Zolg teamed up on a block to spark a string of eight unanswered points, that also featured two aces from Zolg, to move Loyola ahead, 22-16, on the way to a 25-20 victory.
 
Although the host Hawks hit a scorching .433 (15-2-30) in set two, Loyola picked up a 25-18 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Aces from Zolg and Cole Schlothauer were part of a set-opening 5-1 burst that provided the Ramblers with a lead they would never relinquish. Loyola led 18-12 until a 6-3 Quincy run sliced the gap to 21-18, but two kills from Brooks, and another from Denton, highlighted a stretch of four straight tallies to close out the set.
 
Loyola was on fire in the third set, hitting at a whopping .577 (17-2-26) clip, but nonetheless needed a late run to fend off the pesky Hawks. Brooks picked up two of his kills in a decisive stretch in which the Ramblers notched six of eight points to break a 14-14 tie and turn it into a 20-16 advantage en route to a 25-19 victory.
 
A Look at the Numbers
  • Denton tallied a team-high 11 kills and added seven digs, while hitting .556 (11-1-18), while Brooks went for 10 kills.
  • Schlothauer and Meinhart finished with six kills each and Zolg dished out 30 assists and totaled three aces.
  • Quincy got a team-best 10 kills from Omari Wheeler as its three-match win streak came to a halt.
  • Loyola has now won 45 of its last 46 meetings with Quincy.
 
Up Next
The Ramblers and Hawks finish up the two-match series at Pepsi Arena tomorrow night. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.
 
 
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