Oct. 24, 2003

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Lewis women's volleyball team looked poised to win on the road at Northern Kentucky for the second straight season after winning game 1 30-24, but the slumbering Norse were awakened and won the final three games easily.

Northern Kentucky (18-10, 9-2 Great Lakes Valley Conference) has never lost at home in consecutive seasons to the Flyers, and a 24-30, 30-21, 30-11, 30-17 defeat prevented Lewis (13-8, 5-4 GLVC) from accomplishing the feat.

Lewis hit .409 in game 1 and outscored the Norse 11-5 following the final tie of the game at 19-all.

NKU began to turn the tide with a 20-10 run to open game 2 and a demoralizing 20-5 run from the outset of game 3.

Game 4 was tied at 9-all, but an 8-0 Norse scoring run effectively sealed the game.

Lewis was led by senior Katie Gilman (Springfield, Ill./Lutheran)'s 16 kills, 12 digs, three blocks and .351 hitting percentage. Fellow senior Lisa Paasch tied Gilman with a team-high 16 kills while adding nine digs.

Removing Gilman and Paasch from the final stats, the Flyers combined to hit .031 as a team.

NKU outhit the Flyers .370-.163 and outdug them 73-52.

Gilman's 12 digs leave her nine shy of 1,000 for her career. She also needs 72 kills to reach 1,500 career kills.

The loss drops the Flyers into a tie for third with Wisconsin-Parkside in the GLVC Green Division. Lewis remains on the road and will face Bellarmine Saturday, October 25 at noon. The team will look to improve on its 28-4 all-time series lead over the Knights who are just 4-21 overall and 1-10 in GLVC play this season.