MACON, Ga. – The Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team made quick work of the Wesleyan College Wolves on Friday earning the team's fifth-straight victory with a 3-0 (25-7, 25-6, 25-8) sweep.

The Wolf Pack improved to 12-7 overall and 5-1 in SSAC play with the victory, remaining atop the conference standings. Wesleyan, competing in its first season in the SSAC and NAIA, fell to 0-16. Loyola will wrap up its Georgia road trip Saturday at Brewton-Parker. First serve is scheduled for noon CDT.

Loyola jumped ahead early in the opening set, with kills from Alexa Palmer and Tyler Alcorn helping the Pack take a 6-1 lead. Wesleyan pulled within five at 10-5, but Loyola responded with eight straight points to take complete control of the frame, 18-5, and prompt a timeout from the home Wolves. Wesleyan scored a point after the timeout to end the run, but the Pack responded by scoring seven of the final eight points, including back-to-back kills from Olivia Smith, to take the opening set 25-7. 

Wesleyan briefly took a 2-1 lead to begin the second, but Loyola answered with nine consecutive points. Alexa Palmer had three kills during the run, and Clarissa Dupree had two, while Hayden Perret and Lola Blancher added aces as the Wolf Pack raced ahead 10-2. Loyola later put together another six-point run to extend the lead to 16-3. After Wesleyan scored two points to make it 16-5, Loyola closed the second set on a 9-1 scoring run, featuring two kills by Catherine McClain, a block and ace from Caroline Beahm, and a kill and block from Tyler Alcorn to end the frame. 

The Wolf Pack continued to roll in the third, building a 9-3 advantage behind kills from Beahm, Catherine McClain, Mel Beachnau and Alcorn, and an ace from Parker Sehlinger. After Wesleyan scored to make it 9-4, Loyola rattled off eight straight points, highlighted by back-to-back aces from Olivia Smith, to stretch the lead to 17-4. Ava Labat ran the offense for much of the third, totaling seven assists in the period. Wesleyan never got closer than 11 the rest of the way, and Sehlinger ended the match with an ace to give Loyola the 25-8 victory and the sweep.

Pack Facts

• Loyola hit .451 as a team on Friday, its first match hitting .400 or better since Nov. 9, 2023, when the Pack hit .418 against William Carey.

• Five different Wolf Pack players recorded multiple aces against the Wolves: Olivia Smith, Lola Blancher, Hayden Perret, Caroline Beahm and Parker Sehlinger each had two. The last time five or more Wolf Pack players served multiple aces was Aug. 15, 2025, against Pikeville.

• Catherine McClain led the Pack in hitting percentage, finding the floor on three of her four attacks. Caroline Beahm hit .667, recording kills on six of her nine swings. 

• Ava Labat led all players with 16 assists, setting a new season high for the freshman. 

• Tyler Alcorn, Clarissa Dupree, and Alexa Palmer tied for a match high with seven kills each, and they all hit above .500 for the match. Palmer, who tallied her seven kills in just nine swings, only played the first two sets. 

• Mel Beachnau and Olivia Smith each had five kills, making it six different members of the Pack to record five or more kills in Friday's balanced attack. 

• Lola Blancher led all players with 11 digs, and it was her 10th straight match in double figures in that category. 

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