SEATTLE — LMU (19-3, 10-1 West Coast Conference) defeated Seattle U (4-16, 1-9 WCC) 3-0 on Saturday. The Lions won the sets 25-21, 25-18 and 25-16, finishing with a 39-22 advantage in kills and a .214-.022 edge in hitting percentage. The Lions recorded 10 service aces, surpassing their season average of 5.76.
The Lions opened the first set with four straight points, including kills by
Delfina Schuh and
Camille Pomeroy and a
Gabriella Cascione ace, then built the margin to 11-5 behind a
Maria Tabacuks ace, a
Nicole Schuetz kill, a
Melania Katsitadze ace and an
Ayanna Henry kill. Seattle U later erased a 16-9 deficit with seven consecutive points, using Lions' attack errors, blocks involving Linnaea Moore and Teagan Melton, a Chloee Leslie kill and a Hailey McEllrath ace to tie the set at 16-16 before the teams traded points to 21-21.
Zaria Thornton's kill put the Lions back in front 22-21, and the Lions closed the set with a Tabacuks-Thornton block, a
Kayla Lopez ace and a Tabacuks kill from Schuh for a 25-21 win.
After Seattle U erased the Lions' 2-0 start and tied the second set at 2-2,
Zaria Thornton put the Lions back in front with a kill, and Cascione served the Lions through a five-point stretch that included a Pomeroy-Tabacuks block assist and a Cascione ace for an 8-2 lead. Seattle U got back within 12-8, but the Lions kept separation as Thornton and Tabacuks supplied kills to help move the set to 16-10. Schuh later served an ace during a three-point push that made it 19-12, and after Seattle U closed to 20-16,
Ayanna Henry's kill and consecutive Thornton kills pushed the Lions ahead 23-16. Seattle U extended the set once after the Lions reached 24-17, but Thornton finished it with a kill from
Kyla Firestone for a 25-18 set win.
The Lions opened the third set with a Thornton kill and a Cascione ace, but Seattle U used two service aces and later moved in front 7-6. The Lions answered with four straight points, tying it on a Seattle U attack error before kills from Thornton and Henry and another Seattle U error put them ahead 10-7. Kills by Lopez and Schuetz helped the Lions reach 18-12, and Tabacuks served four consecutive points from there, including an ace, with Henry, Schuetz and Pomeroy involved in blocks during the stretch. Seattle U scored the next four points to get within 22-16, but
Ayanna Henry's kill gave the Lions the sideout, Katsitadze followed with an ace and
Mariana Simao and Henry combined on the final block for a 25-16 set win. Simao recorded her first block of the season.
Lions Top Performers
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- team-high, career-high 13 kills with no errors on 16 attempts
- .813 hitting percentage
- 2 blocks
- 14.0 points
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- 10 kills
- 8 digs
- 4 blocks
- 2 service aces
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- 28 assists
- 7 digs
- 1 service ace
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- team-high 6 blocks, including 1 solo, exceeding her season average of 2.43
- 3 kills
- 6.5 points
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- team-high 3 service aces
- 8 digs
- 4 assists
The Lions are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in WCC play. Seattle U is 4-16 overall and 1-9 in WCC play.
Up Next for Loyola Marymount University Women's Volleyball
Up next, the Lions volleyball team travels to Stockton, California, to face Pacific on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, at 6 p.m.
