{"id":163919,"date":"2026-03-15T07:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:39:07","slug":"ramblers-tally-11-blocks-in-victory-vs-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163919\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramblers Tally 11 Blocks in Victory vs. Queens"},"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\/ohio_state_logo.png\" alt=\"Ohio State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>at Ohio State<\/p>\n<p>3\/19\/2026 | 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 19 (Thu) \/ 6 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\/ohio_state_logo.png\" alt=\"Ohio State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Ohio State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/ohio-state\/79\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8212; No. 8 Loyola Chicago totaled 11 blocks and 12 service aces en route to\u00a0a two-match series sweep of\u00a0Queens, defeating the conference foe\u00a0in a 3-0 on Saturday, March 14 inside Gentile Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Ramblers improved to 13-5 overall and 7-2 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> led Loyola&#8217;s attack with 12 kills on\u00a0.571 hitting, while contributing a season-high seven blocks. The Ramblers&#8217;\u00a0defense also got a match-high 10 digs out of senior libero\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/jj-sowa\/2380\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2380\" target=\"_blank\">JJ Sowa<\/a>\u00a0and five rejections 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>.\u00a0<\/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&#8220;We corrected exactly what we needed to from last night, showing it at the service line and at the net. Fabi [<a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/daniel-fabikovic\/2459\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2459\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Fabikovic<\/a>] and Aidan [Klein] were great tonight, and\u00a0I&#8217;m proud of the way our guys rallied this weekend. We&#8217;re ready to take this show on the road next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 1 | The Ramblers won the first point and never looked back, taking the opening set in a decisive 25-13 win. Loyola led by as many as 13 points before finishing the set with 13 kills and five blocks. Senior setter <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/ryan-mcelligott\/2373\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2373\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan McElligott<\/a> boosted the offense with three aces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SET 2 | Loyola stormed into the second set, taking the frame 25-11 to jump to a 2-0 lead. The Ramblers grabbed control of the set early\u00a0at 3-2,\u00a0holding\u00a0the lead the rest of the way. Graduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/loyolaramblers.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/josh-schellinger\/3069\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"3069\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Schellinger<\/a> and Klein each added two aces in the set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SET 3 | Loyola completed the sweep with a 25-17 third-set win, again leading from the first point and taking the advantage to the end. Fabikovic clinched the match with his 12th kill of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Box Score<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMcElligott had the match-high four aces and 32 assists.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFabikovic&#8217;s\u00a0match-high seven blocks matched his career high.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tLoyola&#8217;s 11 blocks is a team season-high in three-set matches.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Ramblers marked their second match this year with 12 service aces.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>\nLoyola hits the road to No. 16 Ohio State on Thursday, March 19 at 6 p.m. before a meeting at Northern Kentucky on Saturday, March 21 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: at Ohio State 3\/19\/2026 | 6 p.m. &#13; Mar. 19 (Thu) \/ 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-163919","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\/163919","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=163919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}