Army Falls to Loyola in Five Sets

Friday, October 5

Baltimore, MD

7 PM

Army West Point

7-11, 2-3PL

Loyola

7-11, 2-3PL

Army West Point

Loyola Maryland

Army Falls to Loyola in Five Sets

October 05, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Army West Point volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Loyola on the road Friday night.

The Black Knights started strong with a 2-0 lead in the match, but the Greyhounds fought back to claim the final three sets and the match.

Allie Strong and Nikki Lum posted double-doubles in the match, while Ana Oglivie notched a career-high 38 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Army 25, Loyola 19)

The Greyhounds leapt ahead to a 9-3 advantage in the first, but the Black Knights charged a comeback to claim the set.
Strong tied the set at 11-11 when she recorded a dig off a hard kill by Loyola. The ball soared back over the net and landed just inside the court for the point.
She led the team with seven points in the set off six kills and a solo block.

SECOND SET (Army 25, Loyola 22)

The Black Knights continued to excel in the second set.
Emmy Barnhorst tallied 8.5 points in the set fueled off of six kills and three blocks.

THIRD SET (Loyola 25, Army 21)

Loyola controlled a majority of the third set with a .235-.136 edge in hitting percentage.

FOURTH SET (Loyola 29, Army 27)

The Black Knights and Greyhounds fought to extra points in the fourth set.
Army tallied three points in a row to tie the set at 25-all, but Loyola rallied back to force a fifth with a 29-27 advantage.

FIFTH SET (Loyola 15, Army 9)

Loyola shined in the fifth set beating Army out in mostly every scoring category.
The Greyhounds tallied an advantage in kills (9-7), hitting percentage (.318-125) and blocks (3-1).

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Strong played arguably her best game of the season so far with 20 kills, 21 digs and two total blocks for a team-leading 22 points.
It was Strong's 12th career double-double performance.
Barnhorst was also in double-digits in kills with 16.
The freshman posted six total blocks on the night.
Oglivie boasted a career-high 38 digs in the game and aided in five assists, while recording two service aces.
Lum notched her ninth double-double of the year as she contributed 27 assists and 14 digs.

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