Match Information
Opponent	Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Date	Friday, September 29, 2023
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
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Opponent	Bucknell Bison
Date	Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time	6:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
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Game Notes	Loyola

Friendly Confines Of Reitz Arena

• Loyola University Maryland starts a three-match homestand this weekend with matches on Friday and Saturday in Reitz Arena.
• The Greyhounds welcome Lehigh University for a 7 p.m. match on Friday, September 29, before Bucknell University visits Reitz Arena for a 6 p.m. contest on Saturday, September 30.

Churney In The Middle

• Caitlin Churney has led Loyola with a .333 hitting percentage since September 8, totaling 43 kills with only 11 errors in 96 attempts in the six matches that included the Jack Kaiser Volleyball Classic at St. John's and the Patriot League matches against Navy, Army West Point and Colgate.
• She has hit .438 or higher in three of the last five matches (Siena, Stony Brook, Navy) and had a .455 mark with 11 kills and one error versus Navy.
• Churney leads Loyola in blocks this year with 34 total, an average of 0.76 per set. Her season-high of seven came against Navy when she had two solos and was in on five others.

Soares Sets

• Bryanne Soares has stepped in as a six-rotation setter for most of the last six matches after the Greyhounds opened the year in a 5-2. 
• Since the Stony Brook on September 8, Soares has 177 assists (8.85 per set) with a season- and Loyola-high of 43 coming in the four-set match against Navy. The Greyhounds' hitting percentage saw a corresponding rise as Loyola hit .216 in the first four of the matches after starting at .171 in the first seven.
• Soares also has been a key component on defense, leading the team with 3.35 digs per set over the stretch. 

Setting & Hitting

• Kacy Sekunda was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on August 29 after leading the Greyhounds in the first weekend of the season. Playing as a right-side hitter and setter, Sekunda averaged 2.91 kills, 5.0 assists and 2.36 digs in 11 sets that covered three matches.
• She had the first triple-double by a Loyola player since 2015 when she had 11 kills, 24 assists and 11 digs in the tournament's finale against Robert Morris. Her triple-double was the first for Loyola since Molly Werts recorded one, also in a four-set win, on September 11, 2015, against Manhattan.
• Sekunda followed that performance by recording another triple-double against West Virginia, posting 11 kills, 22 assists and 11 digs. She has played in eight matches this year and is averaging 2.39 kills, 4.89 assists and 2.32 digs per set while hitting .240.

Link-ing The Kills

• Lauren Link broke out as a sophomore outside hitter for the Greyhounds in 2021, finishing second on the team with 3.24 kills per set, a mark good for fifth-best in the Patriot League. She had 17 matches with 10 or more kills, including each of the Greyhounds' last 13 contests. During that stretch, she averaged 14.1 kills per match and 3.6 kills per set.
• Last season, Link moved into a role as the Greyhounds' primary option on the outside, and she had the stats to back it up. In 24 matches, she put away 406 kills, an average of 4.56 per set. Link's 4.56 kills per set were tops in the Patriot League and ninth in the NCAA. She had seven matches with 20 or more kills, 16 with 15-plus, and she has put away 11 or more kills in all but two of the 25 matches Loyola has played this year.
• To start the 2023 season, she has seven matches with 10 or more kills and one with 20-plus, a season-high 21 coming against Robert Morris.

Brenner Comes Back

• Sophie Brenner missed the first seven matches of the 2023 season with an injury, but she returned at the St. John's tournament and is averaging 1.78 kills per set in the last six matches.
• Last year, she was one of the Greyhounds' most productive hitters in the latter portion of the season, posting eight or more kills in 10 of the last 11 matches.

Up Next

• The Greyhounds wrap up their modest three-match homestand on Tuesday, October 3, with a 7 p.m. game against American University.