BALTIMORE – The Colgate volleyball team completed an impressive weekend road trip with a 3-0 trouncing of Loyola Sunday afternoon. The Raiders have now won four-straight matches and six of their last seven.
 
First-year Alli Lowe led Colgate once again with a match-high 18 kills to go along with a strong .310 hitting percentage. Junior Jaelah Hutchison followed with eight kills.
 
Loyola got out to a quick 8-4 lead in the opening set and stayed ahead before working its advantage to 18-14. The Greyhounds held set point at 24-22, but a block from senior Lauren Sanderson and sophomore Jessica Lathan and a kill from Lowe allowed Colgate to knot the score at 24-24. A Loyola attack error and solo block from Hutchison followed as Colgate completed the comeback to take the opening term 26-24 and grab a 1-0 match advantage.

Colgate scores the final 4 points of the opening set to take a 1-0 match advantage with a 26-24 set-one win? pic.twitter.com/vImDIRN3J6

— Colgate Volleyball (@ColgateVB) October 29, 2017

The Raiders carried that momentum into the second set, getting out to a quick 8-2 lead. A block from Lowe and Hutchison helped Colgate stretch its lead to as much as 10 at 19-9 before the Greyhounds rattled off a 9-4 run that pulled Loyola within five at 23-18. The Raiders kept the Greyhounds at bay, however, as a kill from Lowe cemented the 25-20 set-two win.

Raiders take a 2-0 match lead at Loyola! All Lowe has 12 of Colgate's 22 kills. #GoGate pic.twitter.com/D6E0VoX2s9

— Colgate Volleyball (@ColgateVB) October 29, 2017

Colgate erupted on an 8-0 run early on in the third set to turn a slim 4-3 lead into a dominant 12-3 advantage. The Raiders continued to roll, working their lead to 23-12 following a Hutchison spike. Loyola answered with an 8-1 streak to narrow the Colgate edge to 24-20, but a kill from sophomore Taylor Flaherty put the set and match away with the 25-20 victory.

RAIDERS WIN! Colgate wraps up 2-0 weekend with a sweep of Loyola! Lowe led the way with 18 kills and a .310 hitting percentage. #GoGate pic.twitter.com/wfCd72N0d5

— Colgate Volleyball (@ColgateVB) October 29, 2017

 
BOTTOM LINE

• Colgate 3, Loyola 0

 
WON-LOST RECORDS

• The Raiders improve to 15-9 on the season with their fourth-straight win. Colgate is now 6-6 in Patriot League play and just one game out of fourth place in the Patriot League standings. The top four teams at the end of the regular season (four matches left to play) advance to the Patriot League Tournament.
• Loyola drops to 9-16 overall and 3-9 in the Patriot League.

 
KEY RAIDER INFO

• Lowe's 18 kills marked her 19th double-digit kill performance of the season. She has recorded double-digit kills in each of her last seven matches and Colgate has gone 6-1 during that stretch.
• Hutchison's eight kills were accompanied by four blocks.
• First-year Bridget Kolsky finished with a team-best 20 digs.
• Sanderson dished 31 assists and tallied eight digs and four total blocks.

 
FACTS & FIGURES

• Colgate finished the match with a .195 hitting percentage.
• The Raiders limited Loyola to a clip of .102.
• Colgate held a 10-7 team block advantage.

 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Ryan Baker

• "We got better with every set which is what you want to see. Our block and serve game were consistent which allowed us to win this match."
• "We have to get back at it against this week. It's one match at a time. We are playing some good volleyball right now, but we still have another level."

 
UP NEXT

• The Raiders return home next weekend when Colgate hosts Holy Cross and Army at Cotterell Court.
• The Raiders take on Holy Cross at 4 p.m. Saturday before welcoming Army at 2 p.m. Sunday.