LEWISBURG, Pa. – Loyola University Maryland won its longest set of the year, taking Friday night's second, 35-33, over Bucknell University, and the Greyhounds led the third, 14-7, but the Bison rallied to win that frame and eventually the match, 25-15, 33-35, 25-23, 25-16.
Bucknell turned a 14-7 deficit into a 19-6 lead in the third and held the Greyhounds off late in the set.
Ellie Joffe and
Addie Lowe teamed for a Greyhounds block to put Loyola in front by six, 13-7, and then after a Bison timeout,
Ava Nepkin put away a kill for a point that gave the Greyhounds a seven-point lead.
Bucknell reeled off seven of eight points before an
Elsie Afful kill put the Greyhounds up, 16-14, but the Bison scored the next five points to go up by five. Loyola would close the gap to one, 24-23, but Bucknell sided out to take a 2-1 lead in the match and eventually win the fourth by nine.
Morgan Crawford and Nepkin each had 11 kills for Loyola, and
Ellie Joffe had a season-high 10 to go with five total blocks.
Addie Huber had 22 digs for the Greyhounds, and
Madison Monahan added 24 assists.
