This past Friday and Saturday, Fordham Women’s Volleyball lost both matches at Rose Hill Gym against Loyola University Chicago by scores of 3-0.

Nonetheless, there were still positives to come away from these matches.

Starting with Friday’s match, Fordham began just narrowly losing the first set, 26-24. However, the following two sets would be less competitive. They would fall in both by scores of 25-18 and 25-19. Per usual, there were multiple standouts for Fordham. However, sophomore Zoe Talabong along with senior Whitley Moody especially stood out with seven kills each.

For Saturday’s match, Fordham was looking to bounce back and show a bit more than their previous performance but were unable. They started off with a disastrous 25-15 loss in the first set. The Ramblers would go on multiple runs, with the Rams having no answers. The next was a bit better, with Fordham only losing 25-22, but would lose the third set by a disappointing 25-19 score. On the day, sophomore Audrey Brown would finish with 13 kills while freshman Whitney Woodrow would finish with 10 assists. Since barely losing the first set on Friday in extra points, the Rams were unable to recover. However, they played a team with historic amounts of momentum and showed solid effort despite the losses.

Now, after both of these wins, Loyola Chicago now has truly unheard of 14 straight wins which started immediately following their 10-game losing streak. For Fordham, they only have two more matches left on the season, both on the road against George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. They currently stand at 16-10 on the year, and fell to 7-9 in conference play. What was once a record season for the Rams appears to have fallen back down to earth. They are still showing improvement from years past, but not at a level that is previously expected.