NEW ORLEANS – The winning streak is now at eight in a row for the Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team, defeating Point University in four sets Friday night in The Den. Loyola's next match will be at 1 p.m. in The Den on Saturday against Life University. 
 

The Pack is now 15-7 overall and 8-1 (24 points) in Southern States Athletic Conference play. 
 

The Skyhawks started the match hot by winning the first five points. Tyler Alcorn ended that run with a block, then Isis Harink, Alexa Palmer, Mel Beachnau and Olivia Smith all had kills to help tie the game, 7-7. Two more attacks by Smith kept the score tied, 11-1, and Palmer and Harink on back-to-back points put the Pack ahead, 13-12. After leading 16-12, Point battled back to tie the set again, but two kills by Beachnau and aces by Clarissa Dupree and Harink put Loyola back ahead 21-19. Point didn't give up, taking a 23-22 lead, however, the Wolf Pack won three straight points behind an ace by Ellie Connor and Smith's fourth kill of the set. 
 

The Skyhawks tied the match with a second-set win, but the Wolf Pack rebounded with a third-set win to take another lead in the match. 
 

After Point had good starts to the first and second sets, it was Loyola's turn to get off to a good start in the third. The Wolf Pack used an attack by Dupree, two aces by Lola Blancher and multiple attacking errors by the Skyhawks to jump out to a 9-1 lead. Point chipped into the lead after that, making it a 15-10 game. Kills by Alcorn, Palmer, Dupree, Beachnau and Smith allowed the Wolf Pack to push back ahead, 23-14. Consecutive kills by Beachnau and Alcorn ended the set in Loyola's favor. 
 

Loyola continued to spread its attack in the early going of the fourth set, as Alcorn, Palmer, Dupree and Harink all found the floor through Loyola's first six points, 6-6. A kill by Caroline McKinney kept Loyola close to Point, 11-10, but it trailed the Skyhawks by three, 15-12, a couple of points later. Loyola used an 8-0 run to regain the lead, 20-15, and that was highlighted by two kills by McKinney and two aces from Dupree. The Wolf Pack cruised to victory from there, as McKinney put the finishing touches on it with three more kills. 
 

Pack Facts

• Friday's win keeps the Pack unbeaten in The Den this season with an 8-0 record. They're also 5-0 when they were their gray jerseys. 

• Loyola is also 8-0 now all-time against Point University, a series that dates back to 2019. 

• Ellie Connor totaled 19 assists in the match, moving her career total to 2,168. That makes her sixth in the program's record book for career assists. 

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