Loyola Maryland's Women's Volleyball Defeats American University 3-0



BALTIMORE – The Loyola Greyhounds beat the American University Eagles 25-18, 25-18, 25-22, in their sixth patriot league volleyball match of the season on Tuesday in Reitz Arena. 

Loyola has struggled with closing out their games in their previous matches. They play a very close set, but ultimately come up short a few points. The team is still learning how to build their team chemistry and develop their mentality. 

 Lauren Link shared the how the team’s mentality played a role in keeping up the momentum during the game. 

“We’ve been working on trying to have a better next-ball mentality like respecting the opponent and accepting that they do good stuff too,” said Link. “We’re just trying to have a better bounce-back mentality.” 

Photo by Larry French

Loyola demonstrated this bounce-back mentality throughout the entire match. They started the first set with a 7-point streak and continued to dominate with their kills. Lauren Link and Kennedy Stevens led the greyhounds in kills with 9 kills each during the entire match. In the third set, Loyola and American played it close the entire time, but they were able to beat American with a final score of 25-22. Bryanne Soares helped the Greyhounds get the win with her 32 assists. She played for the entirety of the match and wasn’t subbed out. 

The head coach, Alija Pittenger describe Soares as a leader on the court. 

Pittenger said, “She knows the game so well. She talks to all the hitters and tells them shots that are open and what the blockers on the other side are doing. Having her on the court the whole time is definitely huge as far as that volleyball IQ goes and I think it makes the other people a lot more confident." 

This win against a historically great team, has set the tone and brought a new level of energy for the Greyhounds moving forward as they continue their season. 

Link talked about the significance of this win against American. 

She said “Proving to ourselves that we can do it and we can compete with these people is like a big confidence boost for our team.” 

 The Greyhounds will play against Holy Cross on Oct. 8 in Reitz Arena at 2p.m.

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