WASHINGTON, D.C. – Loyola University Maryland led Wednesday night's Patriot League match, 9-8, in the deciding fifth set, but American University scored seven of the set's final eight points to win in five, 25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 25-16, 15-10, in Reitz Arena.
Earlier in the fifth,
Ellie Joffe and Abbie Lowe teamed for a block to put Loyola up 6-3, but the Eagles came back to score the next four points.
Morgan Crawford then had a kill to tie the match at 7-7 for Loyola, and
Ava Nepkin and Joffe had another block that gave the Greyhounds an 8-7 advantage.
American tied the score after a Loyola attack error, but another Crawford kill gave Loyola a 9-8 lead. The Eagles then scored two in a row to lead 10-9 before a Nepkin kill evened the score at 10-10. American reeled off the next five points to close out the match.
Crawford, Nepkin and
Elsie Afful all had 12 kills for the Greyhounds, and
Sydnee Peters finished with nine kills. Joffe set a career-high with nine blocks.
