NEW ORLEANS – In a match that was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, the Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team took down Faulkner University (Ala.) in three sets (25-12, 25-13, 25-21) in a rescheduled Thursday night matchup in The Den. 
 

Loyola's home Friday night contest with Andrew College in has been postponed until Saturday, Oct. 31, at 12 p.m.
 

After Thursday's win, the Wolf Pack maintains their seven-match winning streak while improving to 14-7 overall and 7-1 in Southern States Athletic Conference play. The Pack's 21 points put them atop the SSAC standings. 
 

Faulkner won the first three points of the opening set, but that was the all the momentum the visitors had. Loyola quickly took a lead thanks to a couple of kills each from Alexa Palmer and Tyler Alcorn. Isis Harink got her second and third kills a couple of points later, 10-7, then Ellie Connor served back-to-back aces, 13-8, to prompt a Faulkner timeout. Leading 15-11, Loyola closed the set on a 10-1 run that featured two more attacks by Palmer, two service aces from Lola Blancher, and blocks by Palmer and Harink. 
 

Mel Beachnau and Clarissa Dupree got in on the action early in the second set to give the Pack a 6-5 lead, and Belén Puche Laguna also served an ace to help extend the advantage to 11-6. Beachnau and Palmer had racked up three kills each by the time Loyola pushed its lead to 17-11, and consecutive aces by Olivia Smith highlighted a 7-0 run that gave the Wolf Pack complete control of the set. 
 

The third set was much closer than the previous two. After Loyola led 7-3, Faulkner battled back to get within one a couple of different times in the middle of the game. Kills by Smith, Dupree, Palmer and Harink gave Loyola a little cushion, 15-11, then a couple of kills by Beachnau kept it a two-point lead, 19-17. Alcorn had a couple of blocks down the stretch to keep Loyola in the lead, and Dupree finished things off with her ninth kill of the match. 
 

Pack Facts

• Thursday night's win moved the Wolf Pack's home record to 7-0 on the season. They've only lost one set in The Den all season as well. 

• The win also gives Loyola an 11-match winning streak over Faulkner, which dates back to 2021. 

• Setter Ellie Connor racked up 24 assists in the three sets, which is an eight-assist-per-set average. Her season average in Loyola's 6-2 rotation is 5.07 assists per set. 

• Libero Lola Blancher had 25 digs Thursday night, marking a season-high in digs for a three-set match. It's the second time she's had at least 20 digs in a three-setter this season. 

• Loyola had a team hit percentage of .286, and it's now 6-0 this season when hitting better than .250 in a match. 

• Alexa Palmer led the team with 13 kills, marking her 10th time this season in double figures. 

• Isis Harink had a team-best hit percentage of .571 on 14 attacks, and that's the fourth time this season recording a percentage .500 or better. 

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