Volleyball Sweeps Loyola Maryland in Patriot League Quarterfinal Match

Tuesday, November 19

West Point, NY

6:00 PM

Army West Point

15-11,10-6Patriot

Loyola Maryland

10-16,8-8Patriot

Loyola Maryland

Army West Point

Volleyball Sweeps Loyola Maryland in Patriot League Quarterfinal Match

November 19, 2024 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The fourth-seeded Army Black Knights hosted the fifth-seeded Loyola Maryland Greyhounds at Gillis Field House Tuesday night for one of two quarterfinal matchups taking place that evening as part of the 2024 Patriot League Volleyball Tournament. The Black Knights controlled the match from the first whistle, sweeping the Greyhounds with set scores of 25-20, 25-12, and 25-18 and securing their place in Friday's semifinals in Hamilton, N.Y.

The Black Knights dominated the serving game, notching 12 service aces in the contest to Loyola Maryland's four. Army led the Greyhounds in every category with 43 kills, eight blocks, 41 assists, 47 digs, and 63.0 total points.

Mackenzie Lynch, Chloe Murakami, and Juliette Myrick all tied for the most kills on the team with eight kills apiece. Myrick led the trio and the match with a .700 hitting percentage with only one error in ten total swings.

Nicole Stroud led Army's back row with ten total digs while Tatum Grimes put up a powerful block against Loyola Maryland's hitters with a match-high five block assists.

Match Recap
Although Loyola Maryland scored the first point in all three sets, Army's squad never failed to find their stride quickly as they battled with the Greyhounds.

A Kingsley Wallace kill as well as back-to-back blocks for Michelle Parker, first with Mackenzie Lynch and then once more with Wallace saw Army open up a 4-1 lead in the first frame, extending up to am 8-4 lead as the Black Knights put their foot on the gas.

The Black Knights' aggressive offense maintained Army's lead as the set wore on, keeping the Greyhounds from gaining more than two points in a row until a kill from Myrick brough the match to a 20-14 differential in Army's favor.

Three straight points for Loyola Maryland brought the points difference to only three points but kills from Lynch and Grimes, followed by a block from the same duo clinched the first set in Army's favor.

The Black Knights claimed a 4-1 lead for the second time in the match as the second set began, but the Greyhounds drew within one point on a service ace at 5-4 to Army. Kills from Wallace, along with points from Juliette Myrick and Chloe Murakami gave Army the edge once again.

A quick kill from Parker in the middle at 12-7 swung the momentum back to Army's favor and set Army up to claim an eight-point lead as the Black Knights put up a 4-1 run.

After Army went up to a 19-11 advantage with a kill from Grimes and the Greyhounds notched a kill in response, Army put together a 6-0 run to claim set two 25-12.

Two service aces from Murakami helped Army earn a 3-1 lead in the third frame but the Greyhounds bounced back to draw even with Army at 7-7 and claimed a brief lead at 10-9 before the Black Knights could gather themselves and mount a counterattack.

A six-point run comprised of a kill for Wallace, a block from Grimes and Myrick, a kill from Grimes, and three service aces for Naomi Chinchar gave Army an 18-13 advantage.

Loyola Marymount drew within two points at 20-18 in Army's favor but with the energy in the building palpably on Army's side, the Black Knights claimed five consecutive points to clinch the third set 25-18 and their quarterfinal win to keep their playoff dreams alive.

Black Knight Bullet Points

Juliette Myrick, Chloe Murakami, and Mackenzie Lynch led the Black Knights with eight kills each. Myrick paced the trio and the match with a .700 hitting percentage.
Army's offense was efficient throughout their three sets of action, collecting a .354 hitting percentage as a team.
Nicole Stroud led Army's defense with ten total digs in the contest.
Chloe Murakami and Naomi Chinchar paced Army's servers with four aces each while Myrick tallied three of her own.

Coach's Corner

Take a listen to what @ArmyVBCoach had to say after tonight's quarterfinal sweep ??#GoArmy pic.twitter.com/sRAt4nj91r
— Army Volleyball (@ArmyWP_VB) November 20, 2024

Up Next
The Black Knights will travel to Hamilton, N.Y. on Friday, Nov. 22^nd to take on the number two seed, Bucknell, in a Patriot League semifinal match beginning at 2:30pm EST and the match will be available to watch on ESPN+.

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