WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary had three players reach double figures in kills, and limited Loyola to just a .049 total attack as the Tribe volleyball team picked up its second win of the year with a 3-1 win over Loyola this evening in the second match of the William and Mary Invitational. Game scores were 30-24, 28-30, 30-16 and 30-27. W&M improves to 2-3, while the Greyhounds remain winless at 0-5.
William and Mary junior
Megan Eisenman (Eden Prairie, MN) led the Tribe offense with 13 kills and nine block assists, while classmate
Carly Huffman (Simi Valley, CA) posted 11 kills and nine block assists. Sophomore
Sarah Long (West Holbrook, NY) chipped in with 10 kills as the Tribe hit .152 for the match (55 kills, 27 errors on 184 total attacks).
Loyola outside hitter Becky Cobb led all players with 20 kills and Blair Snyder added 13, but the Greyhounds were undone by 44 attack errors in 184 attempts while posting 53 kills. Four Loyola players finished the match with negative at-tack percentages.
W&M took game one behind a blistering .314 team attack, as the Tribe posted 16 kills with just five miscues. Eis-enman led the way with five kills in the stanza, and the Tribe defense recorded four total blocks, as Huffman had three block assists as the College held the Greyhounds to just a .147 attack (13 kills, eight errors, 34 total attacks).
Loyola rallied to win game two as it held the Tribe to just a .035 attack (14 kills, 12 errors, 57 total attacks). Cobb led the way with six kills in the frame, and Jaime Arndt registered 10 of her match-high 31 digs as the Greyhounds held off a late Tribe charge to win the game 30-28.
The W&M defense gave the Tribe the match lead with a dominant performance in game three, as the Greyhounds finished the game with a -.087 attack (10 kills, 14 errors on 46 total attacks) as the Tribe rung up 19 digs, seven by
Erin Simmons (San Jose, CA), who finished the match with 18. Cobb only recorded one kill for the Greyhounds in the frame, while Eisenman,
Amy Owens (St. Louis, MO) and Long each recorded three as the College hit .333, recording just two er-rors while slamming down 14 kills in the 30-16 win.
W&M closed out the match in game four with another dominant defensive performance, limiting Loyola to a .000 total attack, as it recorded 15 kills and 15 errors on 51 attacks. W&M hit just .054, but recorded six total blocks, with Eisen-man recording four block assists and Huffman added three as W&M took game four and the match with a 30-27 win.
Owens had seven kills on eight total attacks to record an impressive .875 attacking percentage, and also finished with 37 assists, eight digs, one block solo and two block assists. Kathleen Hawley (Rolling Hills Estates, CA) finished with 13 digs and
Christi Moot (Centreville, VA) had 11.
Arndt led four Loyola players with double-digit digs. Libero Katie Sindelar finished with 22 while Cobb and setter Krystal Biegaj finished with 11.
The second day of the William and Mary Invitational features four matches from William and Mary Hall, starting at 11:00 a.m. when Maryland Baltimore-County and Loyola face off, followed by the Tribe and Hampton at 1:30. Loyola then faces Hampton at 4:30, and the tournament concludes with the Tribe facing Maryland Baltimore-County at 7:00. Admission to all matches is free.
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