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Bradley Volleyball Faces Loyola In Mid-Week Matchup

Ricky Bassman

Volleyball 10/17/2016 1:31:00 PM

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Volleyball will play its only mid-week match of 2016 Tuesday when the Braves travel to Chicago, Ill., for a 7 p.m. matchup with Loyola.

The Braves will try to snap a four-match skid against the Ramblers, who have dropped three of their last four and are three games ahead of Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. Tuesday's contest concludes the first half of the MVC regular-season slate for both teams.

Bradley has played a total of six mid-week matches since the start of the 2011 season and the Braves lone mid-week victory during that stretch came against the Ramblers. The teams have split 10 all-time meetings at Loyola dating back to 1984.

A link to live stats will be available at BradleyBraves.com and the tilt will be available on ESPN3 as part of The Valley On ESPN3 and can be viewed through WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.

Senior Kelsey Cave (Solon, Iowa/Solon) is coming off a career-best nine block performance Saturday against Drake, helping Bradley to its highest block total (10.0) against a MVC foe in almost two years. The team's active career leader in blocks, Cave had the most blocks by a Brave in a match since Amy Angelos notched nine blocks against Southern Illinois on Sept. 17, 2011. She enters the week with a team-best 0.86 blocks-per-set average and needs just 17 blocks to give her the highest season block total at Bradley since 2012.

Sophomore Erica Haslag (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias Catholic) collected 17 kills and 15 digs Saturday against Drake for her team-best fifth double-double of the year. She has turned in two of her eight career double-doubles against the Bulldogs and was the first Brave with at least 15 kills and 15 digs in a match since Alise Tupuritis had 15 kills and 20 digs against Missouri State on Nov. 14, 2013.

Haslag became the 41st player in program history to reach 500 career kills Friday night against Northern Iowa and is now the 10th player in program history to reach 500 kills as an underclassman. Her 523 kills is currently tied for the seventh most by a Brave prior to the start of their junior year.

Junior Jamie Livaudais (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) is coming off a season-best 14 kills Saturday against Drake. She has averaged 2.62 kills per set over the last eight matches and is hitting .152 during that span after averaging 1.79 kills with an .096 attack percentage in the first 11 matches of the year.

Following Tuesday's match at Loyola, Bradley returns to Renaissance Coliseum to open a two-match home stand Friday with a 7 p.m. contest against I-74 rival Illinois State.

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Players Mentioned

#6 Kelsey Cave: MB; 6' 2"; Senior

#3 Erica Haslag: OH; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#5 Jamie Livaudais: OH; 6' 1"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#6 Kelsey Cave
: 6' 2"; Senior
: MB

#3 Erica Haslag
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: OH

#5 Jamie Livaudais
: 6' 1"; Junior
: OH

Bradley Volleyball Faces Loyola In Mid-Week Matchup

Players Mentioned

#6 Kelsey Cave

#3 Erica Haslag

#5 Jamie Livaudais

Players Mentioned

#6 Kelsey Cave

#3 Erica Haslag

#5 Jamie Livaudais