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Box Score 2 After nearly defeating Florida College, the Pack lost a difficult match with NCAA member Millsaps College
NEW ORLEANS – Playing in their first doubleheader since early September, the Wolf Pack hosted Florida College and Millsaps, falling 3-2 to the Falcons and 3-0 to the Majors Saturday afternoon in The Den.
In their first match of the day, the Wolf Pack (13-18, 3-11 SSAC) opened up with a 25-18 win over Florida College (16-10, 9-5 SSAC) to take a 1-0 lead. In set two, the visiting Falcons would hold the lead and win 25-19, before Loyola won a tight third set by three. In the fourth set, the two teams traded late runs, with the visitors getting the last two points needed for the win, 26-24 to force a tie-break set. Florida College would go on to win the deciding set 15-6 to take the 3-2 win.
In match two of the day Loyola took on NCAA Division-III member Millsaps College. While the Pack took an early lead 12-5, the Majors (10-15) would climb back and win a close first set 26-24. The visiting team would go on to claim the next two sets by scores of 25-19 and 25-18, taking the 3-0 win.
Next up the Pack will host Brewton-Parker Monday, October 29th for a makeup match at 7:30 p.m. in The Den.
"We had the first match in our hands and we just let it slip away. We made errors at very bad moments and missed out on opportunities to win. I think we were tired in our match against Millsaps and even though we had control of the first set, we got stuck in our weakest rotation and just couldn't get it done."
Pack Facts
For the third time this season, the Wolf Pack registered 60 kills in a match, with four members of the team hitting double-digits against Florida College.
In game one today, Maddie Huekels posted a season-best 37 assists, her most in a game since her career-high of 42 during her freshman season.
The senior had an impressive match against the Falcons with a triple double of 13 kills, 37 assists and 18 digs.
The Pack posted 100 digs in the Florida College match today, only the second time they've hit that mark this season.
Five members of the Wolf Pack had double-digit digs against the Falcons, Cameron Clement (22), Maddie Huekels (18), Milabella Vasquez (17), Sunni Blanchard (16) and Anna Katherine Brunini.
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