Sept. 25, 2002

Final Stats

St. Louis - Loyola (Chicago) became the first nonconference team to sweep the Billiken volleyball team at home in nearly five years with a 3-0 decision over Saint Louis at the Bauman-Eberhardt Center on Wednesday. Game scores were 28-30, 22-30, 24-30. The last non-Conference USA team to sweep SLU at home was Southeast Missouri State midway through the 1997 season.

Game one was a back-and-fourth affair. The Ramblers jumped out to an early lead, but the Billikens rallied. SLU led by as many as five points in the late going, but Loyola rallied. Saint Louis led 27-25, but the Ramblers forced a tie at 28-28. The Billikens committed a hitting error and Loyola killed their first chance to take a 1-0 advantage. Jorie Miguel and Shari Davis both tallied six kills to pace Loyola. The Loyola offense picked up in game two as the Ramblers hit .286 while holding SLU to a match-low .045. Loyola's defensive blocking was outstanding as they recorded 6.0 team blocks in game two and moved on for a 30-22 win in game two. Game three was tight early, but the Ramblers jumped out to a 15-7 lead and kept the Billikens at bay the rest of the match.

The Billikens hit just .102 for the match and saw Loyola hit 16 more winners. The Ramblers were strong defensively and recorded eight more digs than SLU. Colleen Hunter paced the Billikens with 19 kills but no other Saint Louis player had more than six. Missy Werges and Brooke Minniear led SLU with 12 digs. Shari Davis led a balanced Loyola attack with 15 kills, while Nichol Amberg had 13 and Jorie Miguel chipped in 10 kills. Kristen Daly led Loyola with 15 digs while setter Lauren Holbrook dished out 42 assists and had 10 digs along with six kills.

The Billikens drop to 9-6 on the season while the Ramblers extend their win streak to five and are 8-3 on the year.