{"id":163899,"date":"2026-03-15T07:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:19:33","slug":"ramblers-earn-hard-fought-win-vs-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163899\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramblers Earn Hard-Fought Win vs. Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> Queens<\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/2026 | 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 5 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Queens&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/queens\/365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO\u00a0&#8212; No. 8\u00a0Loyola Chicago\u00a0tallied a .436 attack percentage on the way to a three-set victory (25-21, 25-11, 25-20) over Queens on Friday, March 13 inside Gentile Arena.\u00a0The Ramblers improved to\u00a012-5 overall and 6-2 in Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior outside <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/daniel-fabikovic\/2459\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2459\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Fabikovic<\/a> finished with 14 kills\u00a0on .522 to lead the Ramblers&#8217; attack and their defense\u00a0got seven\u00a0digs from senior libero <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/jj-sowa\/2380\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2380\" target=\"_blank\">JJ Sowa<\/a>\u00a0and four blocks from junior middle <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/aidan-klein\/2461\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2461\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Klein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Quote: <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/coaches\/shane-davis\/584\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"584\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Davis<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#8220;A big shoutout to our servers tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/aidan-klein\/2461\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2461\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Klein<\/a> did a really good job from the service line, putting a ton of pressure on Queens so that they were on their heels for most of the second set. We were able to ride that momentum, make some changes and didn&#8217;t settle. Tomorrow, I&#8217;d like to see us have a faster first set start. Tonight, we were more error prone and it kept Queens close. We kept great pressure, and we need to keep that pressure on them from an attack standpoint, and there&#8217;s some lineup from our blocking that can be better tomorrow too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 1 | The Ramblers survived a back-and-forth first set to win 25-21.\u00a0The\u00a0lead changed seven times\u00a0and there were 13 tied scores. Neither team led by more than four points in the set.<\/p>\n<p>SET 2 | After a set-one victory,\u00a0Loyola\u00a0put themselves on the cusp of a sweep with a 25-11 victory in set two. The Ramblers led from the first point on to earn a 2-0 lead. Loyola opened its biggest lead, 14 points, to close out the set. The Ramblers hit .778 over the course of the stanza, led by Fabikovic. Loyola&#8217;s offense also got a boost from five aces in the frame, four of which came from Klein.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SET 3 | Loyola\u00a0capped the three-set sweep with another victory in set three. The Ramblers won\u00a025-20 thanks to a strong showing on the attacking side, putting together a .400 hitting clip with 13 kills. The Ramblers ended on a strong note, stretching their lead to its largest point in the set to finish out the stanza. Loyola&#8217;s front row had a solid defensive performance, blocking five Queens&#8217; attacks in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>inside the Box Score<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tKlein marked his third\u00a0match this season with four service aces.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tLoyola recorded its fifth match hitting above .400 as a team.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Ramblers&#8217;\u00a0attack was helped by a match-high 35 assists from senior setter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/ryan-mcelligott\/2373\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2373\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan McElligott<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Ramblers rematch the Royals tomorrow, Saturday, March 14 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: Queens 3\/14\/2026 | 5 p.m. &#13; Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 5 p.m.&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-163899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}