Nick Welden, whiteboard in hand, watched helplessly as the Loyola men’s volleyball team fell just short of the NCAA Tournament after not being able to overcome Lewis University.
Welden is a redshirt sophomore on Loyola’s men’s golf team, but he lives with five of the volleyball players and is one of the team’s biggest supporters. This is partly what separates Welden from the average fan at a Loyola volleyball game.
“We always have inside jokes at home, and when we say [them] during the game it kind of cracks them up a little bit,” Welden said.