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