Volleyball Game-Recaps
Pete Theis
Issue date: 9/11/07 Section: Sports
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In its most impressive performance of the season, the Loyola women's volleyball team took out Coppin State in three games, 30-10, 30-23, 30-23, in its second game of the day and placed third overall at the Holy Cross College Crusader Classic in Worcester, Mass. With the win, the Greyhounds climbed back to .500 at 6-6.
Coppin committed 32 errors in three games, and the Hounds took advantage and put away the Eagles away. The mistakes allowed fourth-year head coach Kristina Hernandez to give almost her entire roster playing time as 13 different Greyhounds saw floor action.
Freshman sensation Nina Camaioni led Loyola with eight kills.
September 8
It took five games and a superb offensive effort, but Loyola outlasted Holy Cross in the team's second match at the Crusader Classic, 30-23, 30-24, 25-30, 19-30, 15-9. Sophomore Karlee Woodward had 18 kills and a .538 hitting percentage. Camaioni had 14 kills and 16 digs and junior Rachel Schillinger dominated on offense and defense by recording 12 kills and six blocks
Junior Christina Greenup, playing for the first time all season, was unfazed by the Crusaders as she recorded 13 kills to go along with 10 digs.
The Hounds closed out the game thanks to their blocking, eventually wearing down Holy Cross with 13 total blocks.
September 7
The Loyola women's volleyball team fell to 4-6 after losing to a determined Hartford team on Friday night. The game was closely fought, but the Hawks prevailed, 30-24, 22-30, 31-29 and 30-29. Hartford deterred the superior play of Woodward, who logged 12 kills on 23 hit attempts while recording four blocks from her middle-blocker position.
The Greyhounds tied up the contest at one game apiece after winning the second game, 30-22, but could not put together another win. Schillinger also played well in the loss. She had a game-high five blocks and 10 kills. Hartford's Hallie Fullagar was the star of the game, finishing with 19 kills.
September 6
Loyola's timely errors proved costly in their loss to local-rival Towson in four games, 32-30, 30-26, 23-30, 30-24. The Greyhounds recorded 32 hitting and 13 service errors, which ultimately gave the Tigers the upper hand. Woodward tied the contest for Loyola when she blasted home a kill in the first game to make the score 28-28.
However, Towson's Lindsey Neighbors and Maddie Haseltine had two great kills as the Tigers captured the first game. Loyola responded in the third game when sophomore Anastasia Collins had five kills to give the Greyhounds their only win of the match. Towson then took the fourth game and earned the victory. Freshman Nina Camaioni led all players with 17 kills.
September 1
Schillinger garnered All-Tournament honors and Camaioni had a game-high 17 kills as the Hounds earned a hard-fought victory over LaSalle at the LaSalle College Invitational. The turning point of the match came in the fifth and final game when La Salle had four hitting-errors.
Schillinger stood out with 12 kills and only one error in 28 hitting attempts as Loyola won in five games, 27-30, 30-21, 30-27, 25-30, 15-7.
Collins and Woodward had 13 and 14 kills, respectively. "We came back today and hit very well," Hernandez said to Loyola Athletics.
September 1
Camaioni had 17 kills and Woodward and Collins had 14 and 13 kills apiece as the Greyhounds ousted Saint Peter's in the daytime portion of the LaSalle College Invitational. Loyola won in four games, 30-27, 22-30, 30-23, 30-25.
The Hounds were in control for most of the game until the Peahens evened up the score at 26 during the first game. However, Woodward put the game away with a kill. Saint Peter's would go on to win the second game, but Loyola did not falter the rest of the way.
August 31
After getting off to a hot start in the first game, Loyola could not overcome mental errors and the pressure from Lafayette as they dropped the first match of the LaSalle College Invitational, 21-30, 31-29, 31-29 and 30-15. Shillinger logged16 kills in the defeat to lead Loyola.
The Hounds hit well initially, but did not hit better than .192 in any of the three games following their win in the first. Lafayette was led by Kayly Elmer's 19 kills.
August 25
The Greyhounds needed just six games combined to defeat Norfolk State and South Carolina State, 3-0, 3-0, on the second day of the North Carolina Central University Tournament in Durham, N.C. In the first match, Loyola easily handled Norfolk State, 30-15, 30-17, 30-21. Camaioni led all players with 12 kills, while sophomore Chrissey Cruz played excellent at the net with 30 set assists. The Hounds' defense dominated as they held the Spartans to a .064 hitting percentage.
Between the victories, the Greyhounds squared off against North Carolina State, and despite 14 kills from Collins, could not recover from a 30-23 third-game defeat, losing, 30-26, 24-30, 30-23, 30-20.
The Hounds, however, rebounded and finished off the day with a sweep of South Carolina State, 30-26, 30-19, 30-17. Schillinger hit .412 for the match with 10 kills.
August 24
The first game of the 2007 campaign ended in a tough loss as the Greyhounds went five games before losing to Campbell in the first game of the North Carolina Central University Tournament.
"We played very hard tonight, but we had too many errors in the fifth game," Hernandez said to Loyola Athletics.
Collins notched 14 kills in her first college start on the front row, but she was one of the only offensive bright spots as Campbell held Loyola to a low .152 hitting percentage for the match.
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