SPOKANE, Wash. – Loyola Marymount won its 10
th match of the season with a 3-0 road victory over Gonzaga volleyball Saturday in the Martin Centre.
THE ACTION
First set – Loyola Marymount 25-23
- After jumping out to a 3-1 lead, Gonzaga took an 8-5 advantage after an LMU (10-4, 3-1 West Coast Conference) attack error.
- Trailing 17-15, the Bulldogs went on a 3-0 run after a kill by Maggie Rickert and an ace by Zoe Thiros.
- GU tied the set at 23 following a Thiros kill. The Lions sealed the set victory with back-to-back kills.
- The Zags' Nia Damuni finished the set with seven assists, while Thiros had four kills. Alisa Kim added four digs.
- The first set featured 13 ties and seven lead changes.
Second set – Loyola Marymount 25-20
- Block assists from Thiros and Grace Ehler evened the set at 5-5.
- After trailing by seven, GU made a run to cut the lead to 18-16 for LMU, with block assists to Ehler and Juliette Russell.
- Despite efforts to bring the score within three, LMU hung on to take Set Two, 25-20.
- Damuni had six assists in the second set.
Third set – Loyola Marymount 25-19
- The Lions got out to an early third set lead, but the Bulldogs would cut into the margin with three straight points from a kill by Ehler and block assists to Ehler and Russell to make the LMU lead 7-6.
- A solo block by Russell capped another a 3-0 Zag run with the score 13-10 in favor of Loyola Marymount.
- Once again, GU strung together some rallies, but the Lions' lead proved too much as the visitors hung on to complete the 3-0 sweep.
- Damuni had six more assists in Set 3.
Damuni finished with a match-high 19 assists for Gonzaga (3-12, 0-4 WCC). Thiros matched a match-high of nine kills, adding seven digs and an ace. Kim had a team-high eight digs. Ehler and Russell ended with five and four block assists respectively.
UP NEXT
Gonzaga remains at home and hosts Pepperdine (8-6, 4-0) Thursday at 6 p.m.
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