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Loyola Greyhounds Volleyball Contact: Ryan Eigenbrode • (410) 617-2337, p • (443) 622-0550, c [email protected] • www.LoyolaGreyhounds.com @LoyolaVB • @LoyolaHounds • facebook.com/LoyolaHounds 2018 Schedule Loyola Greyhounds vs. Coppin State Eagles Day Date Opponent Time/Result Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | 7:00 p.m. August Fri. 30 ^ vs. Furman W, 3-2 Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena Fri. 30 ^ vs. Coastal Carolina L, 3-0 Sat. 31 ^ Virginia L, 3-0 September Fri. 6 # Loyola Chicago L, 3-2 Fri. 6 # vs. Western Michigan L, 3-2 The Teams Sat. 7 # vs. Montana State L, 3-1 Tues. 10 Howard W, 3-2 Loyola University Maryland Coppin State University Fri. 13 % Canisius W, 3-1 Overall Record 5-5 Overall Record 3-6 Fri. 13 % Charlotte W, 3-0 Sat. 14 % UMBC W, 3-1 Patriot League Record 0-0 MEAC Record 0-0 Tues. 17 Coppin State 7:00 p.m. Fri. 20 & Towson 7:00 p.m. Sat. 21 & vs. New Hampshire 10:00 a.m. Sun. 22 & vs. NJIT 3:30 p.m. Fri. 27 * Holy Cross 6:00 p.m. Sat. 28 * Colgate 4:00 p.m. October Quick Hits About The ’Hounds Fri. 4 * Bucknell 7:00 p.m. Sat. 5 * Lafayette 3:00 p.m. Crosstown Clash Fri. 11 * Navy 7:00 p.m. • Loyola plays its final midweek non-conference match of the season on Tuesday, Sep- Sat. 15 * Lehigh 7:00 p.m. Fri. 18 * Army West Point 7:00 p.m. tember 17, when it hosts Coppin State University at 7 p.m. in Reitz Arena. Tues. 22 * American 7:00 p.m. • The match will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network. Fri. 25 * Colgate 7:00 p.m. Sat. 26 *$ Holy Cross 4:00 p.m. Last Time Out November • Loyola won the Charm City Challenge presented by Residence Inn by Marriott Owings Fr. 1 * Lafayette 7:00 p.m. Sat. 2 * Bucknell 4:00 p.m. Mills last weekend, taking matches against Canisius College, UNC Charlotte and UMBC. Wed. 6 * American 7:00 p.m. • The Greyhounds opened the weekend with a four-set victory against Canisius, the Sun. 10 * Navy 4:00 p.m. MAAC preseason favorite, as Abby Hamilton put away 18 kills and had 17 digs. Ann Tues. 12 * Lehigh 7:00 p.m. Ernst and Molly Jarvis each added 10 kills, while Cat Vaccaro had nine. Sat. 16 * Army West Point 2:00 p.m. • Loyola then swept Charlotte on Friday night, hitting .242 against the 49ers team that Tues. 19 ! Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA entered the weekend third in Conference USA with a .180 opponent hitting percent- Sat. 23 ! Patriot League Semifinals TBA age. Hamilton finished one off her career-high with 20 kills, and Ann Ernst added 13 Sun. 24 ! Patriot League Championship TBA in the match. Schedule subject to change; times listed as Eastern; home matches played at Reitz Arena; * - Patriot League match; ^ - Cavalier Classic (Charlottes- • The Greyhounds finished off the tournament with a four-set win over UMBC, hitting ville, Va.); # - Rambler Challenge (Chicago, Ill.); % - Charm City Challenge (at Loyola.); & - Tiger Invitational (Friday at Loyola; Saturday/Sunday at .242 to the Retrievers’ .117. Hamilton recorded 17 kills, and Mackenzie Fedota posted 13 Towson);$ – match played at Johns Hopkins University; ! - Patriot League while Ashley Dwyer had a career-high 52 assists. Championships (quarterfinal at higher seed; regular-season champion hosts semifinals and championship) Awards For Abby & Ashley (Katie, too) Next Up • Abby Hamilton and Ashley Dwyer swept the Patriot League’s weekly awards on Mon- day after leading the Greyhounds to a 4-0 week (a Tuesday win at Howard prior to the Coppin State Eagles Charm City Challenge title). Hamilton earned her first career Player of the Week nod, Baltimore, Maryland | Reitz Arena and Dwyer was the conference’s Rookie of the Week. Tuesday, September 17 | 7:00 p.m. • Hamilton was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after averaging 5.0 kills and 2.25 digs per set in the three matches. She hit .264 from the outside in the Loyola Leaders matches and had 17 or more kills in all three contests. • Dwyer joined Hamilton on the All-Tournament Team after averaging 11 assists per set Kills/Set Ann Ernst 3.87 as the Greyhounds hit a strong .220 during the four matches, exactly 50 points higher Hitting % Molly Jarvis .296 that their hitting percentage entering the week. She opened the tournament with a then-career-high 48 assists to go with 11 digs versus preseason MAAC favorite Cani- Assists/Set Ashley Dwyer 6.87 sius, and she added 41 in just three sets versus Charlotte, a team that was third in Aces/Set Abby Hamilton 0.37 opposing hitting percentage in Conference USA prior to the week. Digs/Set Katie Forsythe 5.07 • Dwyer then had 51 assists in just four sets on Saturday against UMBC in a match that she also had four kills and eight digs. Blocks/Set Adara Kellogg 0.71 • Katie Forsythe was named to the All-Tournament Team, too, averaging 5.73 digs in the 2019 Loyola Greyhounds Roster No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School 1 Sydney Wilcenski Jr. MB 6-2 Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills 2 Abby Hamilton So. OH 5-11 Colgate, Wis./Hartford Union 3 Clarke Dalton Jr. MB 5-10 Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy 4 Corinne Filograna So. DS 5-6 Collegeville, Pa./Mount Saint Joseph 5 Alaina Acchione Jr. S 5-5 Phoenixville, Pa./Villa Maria 6 Ann Ernst Sr. OH 5-9 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 7 Mary Grace Wilson Fr. DS 5-7 Arlington, Va./Yorktown 8 Ashley Dwyer Fr. S 5-9 Medina, Ohio/Medina 9 Adara Kellogg Fr. MB 6-3 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley 10 Cat Vaccaro So. RS 5-11 Arlington, Va./Yorktown 11 Molly Jarvis Sr. MB 6-1 Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee 12 Megan Bukala Fr. OH 5-10 Leesburg, Va./Loudon County 13 Alex Fisher Jr. S 5-6 Queen Creek, Ariz./Basha/Central Florida 15 Mackenzie Fedota Jr. MB 6-1 Portland, Ore./St. Mary’s Academy 16 Cecylia Guye Fr. MB 6-2 Fairview Park, Ohio/St. Joseph Academy 17 Alexia Austin Fr. OH 6-0 Westborough, Mass./Westborough 18 Katie Forsythe So. L 5-7 Perry, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Pronunciation Guide Sydney Wilcenski . wil-SIN-ski Megan Bukala . boo-CAHL-uh Corinne Filograna . PHIL-oh-grah-nah Mackenzie Fedota. .fuh-DOUGH-tuh Alaina Acchione . AH-key-own Cecylia Guye . suh-SEAL-ee-uh GUY Ann Ernst . UHRNST Katie Forsythe . FOUR-cyth Adara Kellogg . uh-DARR-uh Alija Pittenger . AH-lee-uh PITT-en-jerr Cat Vaccaro . vuh-CARE-oh Eric Arriaga. .ARE-ee-ah-guh Molly Jarvis. JAR-viss Alija Pittnger | 4th Season | Michigan ’01 | Pronounced: ah-LEE-uh PITT-en-jerr • Alija Pittenger was named the head coach of the Loyola University Maryland volleyball program on January 26, 2015, and is in her fifth season with the Greyhounds. • Prior to coming to Loyola, Pittenger was the head coach at Fairfield University from 2008- 13 and after moving to the Baltimore area, she was an assistant coach at nearby Towson University in 2014. • She is a three-time conference coach of the year, earning the Patriot League recognition in 2018 at Loyola and the 2011 and 2012 MAAC honor at Fairfield. • In her 11 years as a head coach, Pittenger has amassed a 157-160 overall record and has reached the postseason seven times. • She guided Fairfield to four Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season champion- ships (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013) and reached the MAAC Championships in all six of her seasons in Connecticut. • Pittenger and the Stags won the MAAC Championships in 2012 and 2013 to advance to the NCAA Championships. • She started her coaching career at the University of Southern Indiana in 2002, helping the Screaming Eagles to the NCAA Division II Championships Second Round. Pittenger then spent 2003-07 as an assistant at the University of Pittsburgh and was a part of two NCAA tournament coaching staffs for the Panthers. 11 sets. Forsythe had just two receiving errors in 60-plus opportu- Holy Cross, her 14th and final dig gave her 613 to break the Patriot nities in serve-receive. League record set by Bucknell’s Kristen Sydlowski in 2006. The next night, in a five-set win at the U.S. Military Academy, Forsythe Measuring Up totaled 23 digs, passing Brittany Born’s school record of 626 digs • Loyola ranks 11th in NCAA Division I in total kills this season with in 2007 in the process. 526, and the Greyhounds are eighth overall in assists (498). • She ended the year by earning All-Patriot League First Team hon- Loyola’s 645 digs are 14th nationally. ors and becoming the first player in conference history to earn • Katie Forsythe is fifth in Division I with 215 digs, while Ann Ernst is Rookie and Libero of the Year recognition. She finished 2018 27th in total points (165.5) and 28th in kills (148). fourth in NCAA Division I in digs per set (5.86) and seventh in total digs (697). • During the 2018 season, Forsythe earned Patriot League Rookie Career-High To Start of the Week honors six times and was named the VolleyMob.com • Ann Ernst came out of the gates with a strong performance for National Player of the Week in October. She had 13 or more digs the Greyhounds against Furman in the first match of 2019. She in all 29 of the Greyhounds’ matches, 20 or more 20 times, six posted a career-best 26 kills against the Paladins to top her pre- matches with 30-plus and two with 41 or more.