LAKE FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team opened the year with a pair of losses at Lake Forst on Friday.

FINAL SCORES
Carthage 3, Benedictine 0
25-19, 25-13, 25-15

Loras 3, Benedictine 1
25-13, 20-25, 25-17, 25-14

THE DETAILS
- Benedictine drew a tough opponent to open the season in national power Carthage
- Benedictine played the first set tight before Carthage pulled away
- Benedictine led early in the second as Yngride JeanPhillipe put down a kill to make the score 7-5 before Carthage notched the next six and nine-of-10 to pull away
- Kaitlyn Estopare and Caroline O'Connor put down kills to open the third and Benedictine led for much of the early portion before Carthage again pulled away
- Loras jumped out big early in the first set of the second contest and did not look back
- Benedictine rebounded in the second, leading almost the whole way and putting the contest out of reach late with a pair of kills from Hannah Griffith
- Loras pulled away midway through the third to take take the lead
- Benedictine led 4-1 early in the fourth after back-to-back kills from Brooke Huizenga but Loras tallied six in a row and did not look back to grab the win

STAT LEADERS
CARTHAGE
KILLS: Huizenga (8), JeanPhillipe (6)
ASSISTS: Alyssa Mojica (19)
DIGS: Courtney Levy (10)

LORAS
KILLS: Huizenga (12)
ASSISTS: Jamie Janczak (20)
DIGS: Levy (17), Sam Zurawski (14), Huizenga (12)

UP NEXT
Benedictine (0-2) continues play at Lake Forest with two matches on Saturday against Mount St. Mary and the host school