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VOLLEYBALL: LIVE BLOG FROM CHICAGO!

VOLLEYBALL: LIVE BLOG FROM CHICAGO!

Oct. 10, 2010

4:23 pm ET Good Afternoon from the Windy City! We are LIVE from Alumni Gym where the Vikings are coming off a big win over Valpo on the road Friday night.

4:32 pm 25 minutes on the clock. both teams have the pink warm ups on. Very intamate setting here on the campus of Loyola University of Chicago. Much smaller then Wooding Gym.

4:35 pm - Good Sunday to you...beautiful weekend here in Chicago. We are on the 'North Side' for this match up.

4:53 pm - Ok, so we are less than five minutes until we kickoff here. Cleveland State will be wearing the white unis and Loyola will be in the maron.

On a side note: if you complain about the space, things happen. After talking to the nice people here at Loyola, Alumni Gym will meet the wrecking ball in June.

5:00 pm - The Vikings are in a three-way tie atop of the Horizon League with Milwaukee and Butler..

Starting Lineup for the Vikes: Amy Grabiec, Amy Benz, Brittany Holland, Amanda Medvtez, Jordan Goad, Kara Koch, and Megan Barhorst.

5:02 pm - Grabiec makes a dive, but Loyola 1-0

1-1 Benz gets the kill 1-2 Loyola with the point

2-2 Good rally, but Barhorst gets the kill

3-2 Ball hit too far by Loyola, Grabec lets it go.

3-3 Vikings tip the kill, Loyola point.

4-3 Vikings get the point on the miss hit

4-4 Loyola pokes one over, tied again

5-4 Vikings get the poiint on the kill... Barhorst serves...

5-5 But Loyola answers

6-5 Koich gets the kill

6-6 ...and Loyola answers..

6-7 and take the next point...

Chuck Voss takes a time out for the Vikings...

7-7 Vikings get the point on a miss hit.

8-7 Loyola's Francis with a BIG hit, but CSU blocks

8-8 A big kill for Loyola. 8-9 Loyola tips one over, gets the point

9-9 But the serve it too long

9-10 Francis with a kill for the Ramblers

10-10 Another serving error on Loyola

11-10 Vikings block it at the net

12-10 Loyola hits it backwards

12-11 Serving error on the Vikings.

12-12 Two hits with by Vikings.

13-12 Loyola hit the ball too far

14-12 Double it ball by Loyola

14-12 But another serving error

15-12 Dabelt with a kill

15-13 Barhorst has a tough time with the kill

15-14 Loyola with a points

15-15 and have taken the lead

15-16 Good hit, Vikings trail here

Time out by Voss...

The head coach looked at the stats and something did not make him happy

15-17 Another big kill by Loyola

16-17 Benz hits one off a Rambler

17-17 Benz sneaks a ball in between two blockers and the net

17-18 ..And the Grabec ball hits the low ceiling

18-18 Tied again after a long hit

19-18 Goad blocks Loyola's shot

20-18 Grabec saves a ball that sails over the Loyola defense, just in...bit of luck for the Vikings

Loyola calls the time out

21-18 Miss hit by Loyola

21-19 Ball hits the judge up top

21-20 Chuck Voss asking for four hits, but the referees say no...Loyola still go the point

21-21 Tied again after the CSU shot hits the post and goes out

21-22 Ramblers go on top after a good rally.

22-22 Koch ties it up with a kill

22-23 Vikings with a service error

23-23 But Goad gets a kill

23-24 Ramblers get the set point

24-24 But a miss hit ties it

25-24 Two hits, Vikes set point

26-24 Back and forth, but the VIkings tip it off Loyola and Vikings win the set.

1-0 Vikes

1-0 Vikings get the point to start

1-1 Ramblers hit the ball off CSU, its tied

2-1 Block was in Vikes go ahead

3-1 And another block puts them up 2

4-1 Barhorst with a killer

4-2 Loyola with the kill

5-2 Loyola hits the ball out

5-3 But come back

5-4 Another big kill for Loyola

6-4 Vikes get the call on a wierd hit

6-5 Loyola with the kill

7-5 Vikings get the point

8-5 Benz gets a kill

8-6 Good point by Loyola

8-7 And the kill gets them within one

Time out by the Vikings

9-7 Dabbelt with the kill

9-8 Grabec cant control the kill and it goes sideways

9-9 Griffith hits it too far

10-9 But a service error by Loyola

10-10 Grabec again has a hard time with the dig

10-11 Koch hits one back to Ohio,

10-12 Ball hits the net and Vikings cant get to it

10-13 Koch has a hard time with the kill

10-14 Benz has a hard time, more like self defense than anything, goes over and out

Time out Vikes...

10-15 Vikings save it, but Loyola kills

10-16 Vikes tip it out

10-17 Loyola tips it right over the front line

11-17 But the service error stops the run

12-17 Then the Vikes get a point on the miss hit ball

12-18 barhorst tips one that was sailing out

12-19 Loyola dunks one over the net

13-19 Foul on Loyola at the net

13-20 Vikings block it, but the wrong way

13-21 Vikes miss play it

13-22 Four hits on the Vikings

13-23 Good kill by Loyola

13-24 Bad play by the vikings, set point

14-24 Dabbelt gets the kill and saves the Vikes 14-25 Loyola ties the match with a kill that was tipped by the Vikings

1-1 We are all squared away

Both teams return from the locker rooms.

Here we go..

0-1 Miss hit into the net by the Vikings

0-2 Vikings dive for the ball, but cant get to it

1-2 Vikes get teh point

2-2 Koch with the service ace

3-2 Vikes get ahead.

4-2 Koch with a serve off the net, but in

5-2 Koch on a roll

5-3 Rally dies, the Vikings could not get the kill

5-4 Loyola kills one just inside the back line

5-5 Put perfectly infront of Grabiec

6-5 Loyola blockers tip the ball out

6-6 Loyola gets the Vikes to miss hit it

6-7 Then take the lead with a bad hit.

6-8 Then a block at the net

6-9 Another block at the net

Timeout Vikings

6-10 Four Viking hits

6-11 Loyola kill

7-11 Kill goes wide on Loyola

7-12 Another key kill by Loyola

8-12 Serve goes out

9-12 Koch get the kill

10-12 Two hit by Loyola

10-13 Kill by Loyola

10-14 Vikings now two hit

11-14 Benz with the block

11-15 Kil for Loyola.. they are doing well to preserve this lead

12-15 Just as I say that, the hit goes wide

13-15 Goad with a kill

13-16 Vikings with service error

14-16 Koch with the kill

15-16 Vikings get the block

15-17 Loyola with the kill

16-17 Kill goes wide, Vikes within one

16-18 Loyola has the kill

16-19 Servce ace, but it looked out

17-19 Benz gets the kill after a fantastic dig by Grabiec

17-20 Loyola hits one off the net and finds a spot on the floor

17-21 Then block one at the net

17-22 Cannot keep the ball alive

Cleveland State need the timeout and takes it.

18-22 Benz gets the kill after the reset

19-22 And then another one

20-22 Loyola hits one well long

20-23 Koch kill was blocked...

21-23 Benz finds a spot for the kill

21-24 Great digs for the Vikings, but all for naught...set point

22-24 Koch with the great kill

23-24 Not touched at the net

23-25 Loyola get the kill

Loyola get the set, 2-1

0-1 Two touches by the Vikings

0-2 Misplayed by the Vikings

1-2 Service error

1-3 Now the Vikings serve is bad

1-4 Loyola with the point, Vikes killing themselves

2-4 Dabbely with the kill

2-5 Vikings called for four touches

2-6 Kill goes to wide

2-7 Deflection goes wide

2-8 Deflection goes bad for the Vikings

2-9 benz deflection does not go over...

3-9 Kill for the Vikings

4-10 Kill by the Ramblers

4-10 Griffith with the nice kill

4-11 Looked like the Vikings got the dig, but referee disagrees

5-12 Koch gets the kill

5-13 But the Vikings get error

5-14 Loyola capitalizes

5-15 Kill goes too long

6-15 good hit by the Vikings and Loyola cant handle it

7-15 Loyola cant get it over the net

8-15 Serve could not be handled

9-15 Hit twice, 4 straight points

9-16 good rally, but the Vikings are spot out of place

10-16 Koch gets the kill

10-17 Loyola answers

10-18 Then finds the kill

11-18 Kill by the Vikings

12-18 Koch gets the kill

13-18 Two hits by Loyola

14-18 Vikings get the kill

...And Loyola wants to talk it over...Timeout

15-18 good block by Benz.. is this the run they need?

15-19 Loyola keeps it in

16-19 Hit well long by Loyola

16-20 Loyola gets the point

16-21 Easily blocked at the net by Loyola

17-21 Grffith returns one that cannot be handled

18-21 Ben gets the kill

19-21 Miss hit. Hits the referee

19-22 But a bad serve

20-22 Koch with the kill

20-23 Grabiec cant get the dig

21-23 Big point for Loyola

21-24 Tipped at the net, Match point

22-24 Another kill keeps them in

22-25 Loyola upsets the Vikings