Box Score

HAMILTON – The Colgate volleyball team rebounded after a tough loss last night and took down Loyola, 3-1 (25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-11), in the first Patriot League meeting between the two squads.

The Raiders (12-6, 5-1 PL) didn't have an overpowering match, but was able to respond after the Greyhounds tied the match at 1-1. Diane Seely posted 11 kills, while Kaylee Fifer recorded 33 assists. Caitlin Cremin added 13 digs and Allie Dyer had 11.

Loyola (5-14, 2-5 PL) got 10 kills from Faye Lukas and Kara Schiffer had 16 digs. Lauren Anderson and Kelly McShea shared time as setters with McShea earning 17 assists and 14 from Anderson.

"Loyola came out ready to play and it took us a while to find our rhythm," head coach Ryan Baker said. "Our blocking made some great strides this weekend which has been a focus the last week. It was nice to see the team regroup after last night."

The teams played evenly early on in the first set, but a shot 7-2 run by the Raiders opened up a 14-10 lead. Kate Reilly, Lindsay Young and Seely had kills and Fifer added two blocks as well. The Greyhounds couldn't recover from that run as the Raiders put away the opening set with a kill from Seely to take a 1-0 lead with a 25-21 win.

Loyola, however, came out in the second set and dominated the first 19 points and had a 15-4 advantage. The Raiders got to within five at 19-14 with a kill by Young, but the Greyhounds ran off six-straight points to earn the 25-14 win to tie the match.

Colgate responded in the third set and opened the set on fire with a 7-1 lead. Colgate got help from Loyola errors, while Kenzie Hume, Seely and Young added kills and Dyer posted an ace. The Greyhounds didn't go away however as they tied the match at 14-14, but once again they hurt themselves with errors. Colgate got the lead back and it ballooned to 19-14 after a couple of errors and blocks by Fifer and Seely. The run proved to be the difference as Colgate won the set with a block by Young to regain the lead in the match at 2-1 with a 25-22 win.

The fourth set started out back-and-forth, but the Raiders blew out the Greyhounds with 15 of the last 17 points to win the match with a 25-11 victory. Colgate ran away with the set with 10 consecutive points with Cremin posting five aces out of the 10 points. Seely closed it out with her 13th kill of the match.

The Raiders are back on the court this coming Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Albany.