Match Information
Game Notes	Loyola
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
Getting There	Directions
Opponent	Lafayette Leopards
Date	Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time	4:00 p.m.
Online Media	Live Stats | Watch (ESPN+)

League Matches The Rest Of The Way

• Loyola University Maryland volleyball plays a single game this weekend, one of two weeks that the Greyhounds will have only a single conference match.
• The Greyhounds will host Lafayette College in a 4 p.m. match in Reitz Arena.
• Saturday's game will be Loyola's first in Reitz Arena in 21 days; the Greyhounds last hosted a home contest on Saturday, September 26.
• The match is set to be streamed live on ESPN+.

Looking Back

• Last weekend, Loyola split a pair of Patriot League road games, traveling 775 miles to do so. The Greyhounds first went to Worcester, Massachusetts, where they fell in four at College of the Holy Cross.
• They then played at Lafayette in Easton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, October 10, beating the Leopards in three.

Season-Best Hitting

• Loyola hit a season-high .322 on Saturday against Lafayette in the three-set sweep. Morgan Crawford went for 12 kills with only one error on 26 swings to hit .423. Mariah Sanabia and Elsie Afful combined for 10 errorless kills on just 14 swings to hit .714 out of the middle.

Continuing To Click

• Loyola has gone 4-2 in Patriot League play and pushed a Coppin State team that won 14 in a row to five sets over the last seven games, seeing statistical improvements in nearly every category versus the season's first 11 contests.
• In the last seven, Loyola has hit .198 as opposed to .126 in its first 11 matches. Kills per set are up 2.6 to 12.79 against Bucknell, Lehigh, Coppin State, Navy, American, Holy Cross and Lafayette after averaging 10.19.
• Defensively, Loyola has averaged 14.07 digs per set in the last seven compared to 12.94 in the first 11. The block has been a lot better, too, with Loyola posting 2.29 per set to 1.56 in the early matches.
• The attack has been keyed by increased kill numbers from Morgan Crawford and Ava Nepkin. They averaged 3.64 and 3.0 per set in the last seven contests compared to 2.31 and 2.25 in the opening 11. Setters Gabi Verdicchio and Madison Monahan have boosted their numbers, too, averaging 5.32 and 4.93 per set, respectively, compared to 3.97 and 4.19.

Addie's Aces

• Addie Huber enters this weekend's Patriot League matches leading the conference in aces and aces per set.
• The sophomore libero has a total of 35 service aces and is averaging 0.55 aces per set. Her numbers rank No. 19 and 23, respectively, in NCAA Division I this season. She has 24 aces in the Greyhounds' last 11 matches with five coming against Navy
• Huber's 35 aces have come in just 17 matches and 64 sets this season after she logged 34 aces in 25 matches and 95 sets a year ago.

Big On The Block

• Elsie Afful has keyed the Greyhounds' improvement in blocking of late as a part of 36 over the last seven matches, an average of 1.29 per set. She came into the seven-match stretch averaging 0.74 per set with 23 total blocks in Loyola's first 11 matches, and she now ranks eighth in the Patriot League with 1.00 per set.
• Afful recently had her first career match with 10 or more kills, posting 12 to go with a career-high eight digs in the win over Lehigh.

Leading The Defense

• Sophomore libero Addie Huber has taken up residence in the top four of two Patriot League statistical categories through the first 17 matches of the year.
• In addition to her aforementioned service ace numbers, Huber ranks fourth in digs per set (4.19) and total digs (268).
• Huber led Patriot League freshmen in digs and digs per set last season, racking up 407 total and 4.28 per set. Her digs per set mark was ninth-highest among NCAA Division I freshmen, and it was third overall in the conference regardless of class year.
• Huber had 10 or more digs in 21 of the Greyhounds' 27 matches last season when she played every set as Loyola's starting libero.She contributed 20 or more digs in 10 of those matches with 25 or more in three. In her career, she now has 10 or more in 30 of 42 matches, 20-plus in 15 and 25 or more in four.

Up Next

• The Greyhounds remain at home for their next two contests, hosting Colgate on Friday, October 23, at 6 p.m., and Army West Point the following day at 4 p.m.