Wolf Pack ends weekend in Kentucky 3-1

COLUMBIA, Ky. – The Loyola University New Orleans volleyball team completed a successful weekend by coming back to beat Goshen (Ind.) in five sets on Saturday, ending the trip with a 3-1 record. That was the second match of the day, falling to one of the Roar and Raid Invitational's hosts, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 3-1 to start Day 2 of competition. 
 

The Wolf Pack is set to host the Wolf Pack Welcome next weekend with two games on Friday and Saturday. They'll host Florida Memorial, IU South Bend (Ind.), Science and Arts (Okla.) and Xavier (La.), as the round-robin-style tournament will feature five matches each day in The Den starting at 11 a.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday. 
 

(RV) Lindsey Wilson 3, Loyola 1 (25-19, 27-25, 26-24, 25-14)
The opening set saw the Blue Raiders take control midway, using a 9-3 run to build separation and win 25-19.
 

Loyola responded in the second game to even the match. Clarissa Dupree, Ivana De Carvalho Peixe, Alexa Palmer, Katy Hollingsworth, Isis Harink and Samantha Guillotte powered a balanced attack to trade points with Lindsey Wilson, but the hosts were able to pull ahead 24-21. Guillotte went off with four kills on four straight Loyola points, then an ace by Ellie Connor and a block by Palmer and Hollingsworth tied the set at 24 apiece. The Blue Raiders had set point again, 25-24, but Guillotte and Dupree each recorded kills and an attack error by LWU gave Loyola the set win.  
 

The third set followed a similar script, with Loyola building an early lead, 11-6, on the play of Guillotte and Harink. Dupree added a couple of attacks to stay ahead, 15-12, but Lindsey Wilson tied the set, 20-20. Palmer helped give Loyola a 22-21 lead, however, LWU won five of the next seven points to take a 2-1 lead in the match. 
 

Lindsey Wilson started the fourth set with a 9-0 run on its way to the four-set win. 
 

Loyola 3, Goshen 2 (25-22, 21-25, 18-25, 25-14, 15-8)
The Wolf Pack opened strong in the first set, building a 15-4 lead behind 10 total kills from Zoe Barnes, Peixe, Harink, Guillotte, Palmer and Hollingsworth. Connor also served an ace to end that stretch before Goshen won nine of the next 11 points to make it a 17-13 Wolf Pack lead. The Maple Leafs continued to rally, cutting the score to 22-21, but a couple of attack errors by the opposition and a Palmer kill helped give Loyola a 1-0 lead in the match.  
 

Loyola held leads in the second and third set, however, Goshen found its rhythm to grab a 2-1 lead in the match. 
 

Loyola answered in dominant fashion in the fourth and fifth games, hitting .318 and .556, respectively to seal the comeback win. Harink recorded seven of her 18 kills in those two sets as well, and it started in the fourth set to give the Pack an early 6-3 lead. The Maple Leafs kept it a three-point game, 13-10, then a 6-0 run for Loyola created the needed separation to even the match, 2-2. 
 

Harink came out in the fifth with three consecutive attacks to start things, and three kills by Guillotte, an ace from Kala Emanuelli and a block by Palmer pushed the advantage to 10-5. From there, Hollingsworth, Peixe, Palmer and Dupree took turns finding the floor, and an ace by Juliet Petruzelli finished things off. 
 

Pack Facts

• After 16 kills in Friday's doubleheader, Isis Harink went off in the final match of the tournament, compiling 18 kills on a .500 hitting percentage against Goshen. In the Lindsey Wilson match, she had nine kills, leading the team with 46 total for the tournament. 

• Samantha Guillotte put up double digits in kills in three of the last four matches of the tournament, with 12 against Lindsey Wilson and 10 more against Goshen on Saturday. She finished with 41 kills for the tournament. 

• Belén Puche Laguna notched her third career double-double at Loyola in the Goshen match, matching both her career high in assists (24) and digs (13).

• Ellie Connor finished with 82 assists for the tournament after 23 in the final match. Connor and Puche both logged at least 15 assists in every match of the tournament. 

• The Wolf Pack served well throughout the tournament, with Puche and Kala Emanuelli each totalling nine aces between the four matches. Connor and Juliet Petruzelli each had seven aces, while Lola Blancher had six. 

• Kala Emanuelli totaled 78 digs for the tournament, with 17 against Lindsey Wilson and 14 against Goshen. 

• Ivana De Carvalho Peixe collected seven kills in each of Saturday's matches, finishing with 32 kills for the tournament on a .263 hitting percentage, second on the team behind Harink's .324. 

• Alexa Palmer also had 32 kills across the Pack's first four matches, including eight against Goshen. Palmer also led the team with 14 blocks, including five against Lindsey Wilson on Saturday.