NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Duhawks.com) - The Loras women's volleyball team fell in five sets on Friday night against North Central. Senior Haley Bergan finished with 32 digs while junior Paige Griffith recorded her fifth double-double of the season, posting 38 assists and 10 digs.

LORAS STATISTICAL LEADERS
Kills – Michelle Budden (11), Kayla Kinney (9), Kelly Boge (6)
Aces – Reilly Kuhn (4), Haley Bergan (1), Morgan Potts (1)
Blocks – Kelly Boge (2), Kayla Kinney (2), Michelle Budden (2)
Assists – Paige Griffith (36), Morgan Potts (2), Kayla Kinney (1)
Digs – Haley Bergan (32), Reilly Kuhn (14), Paige Griffith (10)

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
-Set 1 was extremely even with neither team building more than a four-point lead at any point
-Trailing 11-8 in Set 2, North Central went on a 14-4 run to close even the match ... The Duhawks struggled offensively, hitting -.214 as a team, compared to the Cardinals hitting .231
-With North Central leading 15-10 in Set 3, a timeout by Loras shifted the momentum, which resulted in a 5-0 run for the Duhawks
-Level at 25, Loras owned five of the final eight points, capped by a pair of errors by the Cardinals
-After a 5-0 run with Bergan at the service line, North Central responded in Set 4 to take a 23-19 advantage before forcing a fifth set
-The Cardinals turned the momentum in their favor in the fifth set with back-to-back service aces, which they used to fuel their way to a 9-2 run

NOTABLES
-With the win, North Central levels the all-time record between the two programs at 3-3 … First win for the Cardinals since 2014 against Loras … The last five-set match between the two programs was in 2002, a 3-2 win for the Duhawks
-Junior Reilly Kuhn set career-bests in digs (14) and aces (4)
-Freshman Jackie Alberto registered a career-high five kills and three digs
-Loras' record in five-set matches this season is now 1-2
-The Duhawks' match with Lake Forest was cancelled due to poor court conditions inside Gregory Arena

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME – HALEY BERGAN
The senior continued to add to her school record with 32 digs, bringing her career total to 2,004. Bergan becomes the first IIAC student-athlete since Coe's Alissa Wittenburg in 2015 to eclipse the 2,000-dig mark.

UP NEXT
Loras returns to conference play next Wednesday at Dubuque. The Spartans improved to 10-0 on Friday with a victories against Alverno and Monmouth. First serve from the Stolz Sports Center is set for 7:30 p.m.