Volleyball ends the regular season with a win at Life University

MARIETTA, Ga. – The Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team finished the regular season 24-8 overall and 12-4 in the Southern States Athletic Conference with a win over Life University on Saturday. The Pack won in four sets over the Running Eagles in both teams' season finale, and Loyola locked up the No. 2 seed at next week's SSAC Championship in the process. 
 

After the first set started close, the Wolf Pack dominated the rest of the way en route to a 1-0 lead in the match. Juliet Petruzelli had an ace and a kill in the early going, 6-3, but the Running Eagles won five straight points to help flip the lead to their side, 9-6. Clarissa Dupree sparked a quick 4-0 run for Loyola, 12-10, then a kill by Samantha Guillotte started a 5-0 run, 17-11. After Life won a point, a block by Isis Harink and Guillotte led to another 5-0 run, 22-11, and Harink ended the set with her second kill. 
 

Life tied the match with a second-set win, but the Wolf Pack answered in the third. Dupree got a few kills to win some early points, but the Running Eagles pulled ahead, 8-5. Guillotte and Harink each found the floor to help give Loyola a lead, 9-8. Life took another lead, 11-9, but Katy Hollingsworth, Alexa Palmer and Harink sparked a run that put Loyola ahead for good, 15-12. Five different attackers recorded a kill after that, and Harink had an ace to help close the set. 
 

The Pack carried that momentum into the third set, winning easily to finish the match. Three kills by Palmer helped Loyola get out to an 8-1 lead, and Harink added three kills to extend the advantage to 15-5. The freshman added three more kills, and Ivana De Carvalho Peixe and Dupree each notched two kills to finish off the Running Eagles. 
 

Pack Facts

• Ellie Connor set a new season high with 26 assists, adding three kills in three attempts and seven digs as well. 

• Kala Emanuelli led all players with 26 digs, her most in a match since August, and that gives her 549 digs this season. She passed former teammate Simone Moreau for eighth place in the single-season digs list in the Wolf Pack record book. 

• Isis Harink led the Wolf Pack front line with 11 kills and five blocks. She's now had nine matches with 10 or more kills this season. 

• Alexa Palmer was also in double figures for the third time in the last four matches, with 10 kills and only one attacking error (.333). 

• After 11 kills Friday night, Samantha Guillotte was a heavy contributor again Saturday with nine kills and five digs. 

• Clarissa Dupree also had nine kills and six digs, plus a pair of blocks. 

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