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Larry French

Women's Volleyball

Volleyball Hosts Pair of Weekend Patriot League Matches

Match Information
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Location Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
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Opponent Bucknell Bison
Date Friday, September 25, 2026
Time 6:00 p.m.
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Opponent Colgate Raiders
Date Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time 3:00 p.m.
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Returning To Reitz

  • The Loyola University Maryland volleyball team returns to Baltimore and Reitz Arena for a pair of Patriot League matches on its home floor this weekend.
  • Loyola will host Bucknell in a 6 p.m. match on Friday, September 25, and the Greyhounds then take on Lehigh Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
  • Both matches are set to be streamed live on ESPN+.

Looking Back

  • Loyola opened Patriot League play by going on the road for a pair of matches that took them more than 720 miles and 13 hours of driving over the course of the weekend. The Greyhounds headed first to the U.S. Military Academy to face Army West Point, pushing the Black Knights to four sets before falling, 3-1. Loyola then went to Hamilton, New York, and Colgate last Saturday for a match which the Raiders won in three.

Addie's Aces

  • Addie Huber enters this weekend's Patriot League matches leading the conference in aces and aces per set.
  • The sophomore libero is averaging 0.58 aces per set with a total of 21. Her numbers rank No. 24 and 49, respectively, in NCAA Division I this season. She has 10 aces in the Greyhounds' last four matches with four in both the contests against George Mason and at Army West Point.
  • Huber's 21 aces have come in just 10 matches and 36 sets this season after she logged 34 aces in 25 matches and 95 sets a year ago.

Right Side Returns

  • First-year opposite Sydnee Peters has increased her hitting output with experience through the first four weeks of the season.
  • She opened the year with three kills in two matches at James Madison, and she added another three against Towson before putting away seven on 20 swings at Morgan State.
  • Peters came back last weekend with 21 kills across three matches, posting eight in a four-set affair against George Washington. She followed that with seven at Georgetown, six versus George Mason and another seven at Army West Point.

Leading The Defense

  • Sophomore libero Addie Huber has taken up residence in the top six of two Patriot League statistical categories through the first 10 matches of the year.
  • In addition to her aforementioned service ace numbers, Huber ranks sixth in digs per set (3.78) and total digs (136).
  • 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 19 of the Greyhounds' 25 matches last season when she played every set as Loyola's starting libero.
  • She contributed 20 or more digs in nine of those matches with 25 or more in three.

Follow The Leaders

  • In the span of the first five matches of 2026, the Greyhounds saw three different players lead the team in kills.
  • Addie Lowe paced Loyola in each of the year's first three matches with team highs against James Madison twice and then versus Towson when she had 16 kills, one off her career-best., while hitting .424.
  • Ava Nepkin one-upped Lowe's 16 kills a day later with 17 kills in the win over Morgan State. Nepkin and Morgan Crawford then had 12 kills each in the three-set sweep of Saint Peter's.

Swinging Away

  • Three of Loyola's primary hitters return from last year in Crawford, Nepkin and Lowe. Respectively, the trio finished third, second and fifth on the team last year in total kills.
  • Nepkin made 20 starts and played in 24 matches, spreading 195 kills over 80 sets for an average of 2.44 per. Nepkin's offensive output and efficiency went up as the season went on. She led the team with 2.77 kills during Patriot League matches while hitting .122 during conference play to .104 overall.
  • Crawford is the Greyhounds' active career leader in kills with 477 in 75 matches over the last three years. She had 181 kills in 2025 while playing mostly on the right side, a career high that was one more than her 180 as a freshman in 2023.
  • Lowe came on during conference play with 85 of her 89 kills in the 14 League games she played. She had a season-high of 17 kills in the Greyhounds' five-set win over Navy on September 27. 

Schedule Change

  • The game time for Loyola's final regular-season game against Holy Cross on Saturday, November 14, has been changed to 3 p.m.

Up Next

  • Loyola goes on the road for its next five matches, starting with a  Tuesday, September 29, match at nearby Coppin State.
  • Over the weekend, Loyola will stay in Maryland and neighboring Washington, D.C., for contests at Navy and American.
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Players Mentioned

Morgan Crawford

#23 Morgan Crawford

OH
5' 11"
Senior
Addie Huber

#6 Addie Huber

DS
5' 5"
Sophomore
Addie Lowe

#11 Addie Lowe

OH
6' 0"
Sophomore
Ava Nepkin

#10 Ava Nepkin

OH
6' 1"
Senior
Sydnee Peters

#7 Sydnee Peters

OPP
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Morgan Crawford

#23 Morgan Crawford

5' 11"
Senior
OH
Addie Huber

#6 Addie Huber

5' 5"
Sophomore
DS
Addie Lowe

#11 Addie Lowe

6' 0"
Sophomore
OH
Ava Nepkin

#10 Ava Nepkin

6' 1"
Senior
OH
Sydnee Peters

#7 Sydnee Peters

5' 10"
Freshman
OPP