NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team capped off the regular season with a five-set win over Mobile on Saturday, finishing undefeated in The Den with a 13-0 record in 2026. 
 

Because the match went five sets, Loyola earned two points in the Southern States Athletic Conference standings and Mobile got one point for the five-set loss. That means the Rams finished as the SSAC regular-season champions with 41 points to Loyola's 40, despite the Wolf Pack finishing the season with the best SSAC record at 14-2 to Mobile's 13-3. Loyola also beat the Rams in both matchups. 
 

The Pack will be the No. 2 seed in next week's SSAC Championship in Montgomery, Alabama, where they'll try to defend their SSAC Championship title after winning the tournament in 2025. The finalized championship schedule will be released shortly. 
 

Loyola finished the regular season with a 21-8 overall record.
 

In Set 1, an early 6-0 run for the Wolf Pack saw their lead get to 7-2, which prompted a timeout for Mobile. Tyler Alcorn had three kills during that time, and Clarissa Dupree served an ace. The Pack continued to roll in the opening set, eventually taking an 11-point lead, 16-5. Alexa Palmer and Isis Harink each had two kills, Harink and Mel Beachnau combined for a block, and Olivia Smith found the floor at the service line. Mobile battled to cut its deficit to seven, 21-15, but attacks by Caroline McKinney, Harink and Alcorn put the set away for the Wolf Pack. 
 

After losing the second set, 25-20, the Pack needed a third-set win to stay alive for the SSAC regular-season title. Loyola trailed by as much as six, 18-12 and 19-13, but it rallied to make it a one-point game, 22-21. Alcorn and Beachnau started that run with a block, Dupree added two attacks, and Smith served another ace. Mobile, however, won the final three points to take a 2-1 match lead and clinch the regular-season title. 
 

The fourth set was tight early, 6-6, until Mobile won three straight points, 9-6. Back-to-back kills by Alcorn and Beachnau got the Wolf Pack back to within one, and an ace by Dupree a few points later did the same, 13-12. Attacks by Palmer and McKinney kept the set tied, then blocks by Alcorn, Beachnau and Dupree sparked a quick 3-0 run for Loyola, 18-16. Three straight kills by Alcorn, Harink and Dupree followed, and Belén Puche Laguna even found the floor on a setter dump, 22-18. Harink had two kills and a block during the final three points to send the match to a fifth set. 
 

Lola Blancher got the scoring started in the fifth set with an ace, and Harink had two kills to push Loyola's advantage to 5-1. Dupree had another ace, but the Rams chipped away at the lead, 7-6, to force a Loyola timeout. Palmer and Alcorn had consecutive attacks, then McKinney recorded two kills to put Loyola in a good position, 12-9. Dupree and Harink each had a kill, and the two combined for a block, to put the match away. 
 

Pack Facts

• Loyola's 13-0 record in The Den this season marked the first time the program went undefeated at home. 

• The Wolf Pack's 14 SSAC wins tied the program record for league wins. It also happened in 2022. 

• That was Loyola's ninth five-set match of the season, and it's 5-4 in those contests. The Pack also moved to 3-2 this season when they trail 2-1 in a match. 

• Lola Blancher had a team-high 27 digs in the match, moving her season total to 536. She now ranks ninth in the program's record for digs in a season. 

• Isis Harink had seven total blocks, which gives her 126 this season. That's eighth in the program's record book for blocks in a season. 

• Ellie Connor recorded her 14th career double-double with 26 assists and 10 digs. 

• Clarissa Dupree totaled 19 digs for a new career high, and Olivia Smith had 16 digs for a new season high. 

• Isis Harink's 17 kills were a new season-high for the sophomore. Her career high set last season is 18. 

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