As the Loyola women’s basketball team prepares for the upcoming season, determination and morale remain high even after low finishes the past two years.
The team ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 7-23 and the 2016-17 season with a record of 2-28. Last year, the team lost the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) tournament to Valparaiso 63-46.
“We knew we’d take our lumps the first two years,” head coach Kate Achter said. “But by year three, we have all of the kids that are fitting our system style-wise … we won’t change much, we’ll go a little more up-tempo because our kids are in better shape, they understand more.