BALITMORE, Md. – The Lafayette College volleyball team dropped their Saturday afternoon match to Loyola in three straight sets, 25-18, 25-22 and 25-19.

The Leopards were led by sophomore Grace Tulevech with 11 kills. Behind her was sophomore Leanna Deegan with 6 and freshman Ellie Carrera-Justiz and sophomore Kelly Austin with five each.

Lafayette jumped out to an early lead the first set and held onto the lead for most of the set but it would be a series of kills by the Greyhounds that would push them past the Leopards to take the 16-15 lead and the eventual 25-18 set victory.

Set two saw more of a back and forth battle. Loyola jumped out to take an early 2-1 lead and from there, the set would be tied 13 times. Tied at 22-22, it would be a series of Loyola kills that would give them the 25-22 set two victory.

The third set saw the score tied nine times before the Greyhounds took the 18-17 lead to eventually secure the 25-19 set victory and the match.

With the loss, the Maroon and White drop to 11-8 overall and 0-3 in Patriot League play.

Next up, the Leopards will return home for a pair of conference matchups, welcoming Holy Cross on Friday and Colgate on Saturday.