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Addie Barnes
Steve Woltmann
0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 1-3
3
Winner Loyola Chicago LUC 2-2
Eastern Kentucky EKU
1-3
0
Final
3
Loyola Chicago LUC
2-2
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Eastern Kentucky EKU 12 15 11 (0)
Loyola Chicago LUC 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Loyola Coasts Past Eastern Kentucky To Open Rambler Challenge

Barnes and Murczek tally double-doubles as Ramblers win home opener

CHICAGO  (September 3, 2021)
 
In Short
Addie Barnes and Sarah Murczek both recorded a double-double and Loyola University Chicago (2-2) hit a whopping .429 (49-8-97) as a team in a 25-12, 25-15, 25-11 rout of Eastern Kentucky (1-3) this afternoon in the Hampton Inn Chicago North/Loyola Station Rambler Challenge at Gentile Arena. The Ramblers have now won six of their last seven Rambler Challenge matches dating back to 2018.
 
How It Happened
Loyola set the tone early, hitting a blistering .607 (18-1-28) in breezing to a 25-12 victory in the first set. The Ramblers overcame an early 3-1 deficit by assembling a 12-2 run, during which Barnes slammed four kills, as Loyola broke open a 13-5 advantage that would swell to as many as 14 points.
 
Barnes helped key the Ramblers' quick start in the second set, tallying her only two kills of the frame during an initial 5-1 burst that put Loyola ahead to stay. Eastern Kentucky worked its way back within two points on a couple of occasions, the last coming at 7-5, but Murczek and Anna Feldkamp ripped two kills apiece during a string of five unanswered points that pushed the LUC advantage to 12-5. Although it cooled off from its torrid hitting to open the match, Loyola still managed to hit .379 (145-4-29) in a 25-15 decision.
 
Once again, the Ramblers scored five of the first six points in set three to stake claim to a lead and never looked back on the way to a 25-11 victory. Barnes came up big once again, cracking six kills at a .667 (6-0-9) accuracy rate, to lead the Maroon and Gold to its fourth win its last five tries versus non-league foes at Gentile Arena.
 
A Look at the Numbers
  • Barnes finished with 13 kills and 13 digs, Murczek contributed 12 kills and 12 digs and both hit .500 or better for the afternoon.
  • Taylor Venuto and Feldkamp chipped in six kills each and Kelsey Watson added five kills, hitting .625 (5-0-8), with six blocks.
  • The win was fourth-year head coach Amanda Berkley's 50thas the Ramblers' head coach.
  • Anna Purichia led Eastern Kentucky with seven kills.
 
Up Next
The Ramblers continue play in the two-day tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m. CT when they host SIU Edwardsville.
 
 
 
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