April 3, 2007

Box Score

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Drew Pickering served a career-high five aces, breaking Lewis' single-season aces record, as the Flyers downed Milwaukee School of Engineering 30-15, 30-28, 36-34, 30-15, Tuesday night at Neil Carey Arena.

The Flyers upped their record to 17-10, while the Raiders fell to 7-20.

Pickering entered play Tuesday night just one ace short of tying the school's single-season record of the rally-scoring era. He slammed his 47th ace of the season in game one to tie the record, which was set by Enrique Escalante in 2005. In game three, with Lewis trailing 12-10, Pickering broke the record and then rattled off three more aces in a row.

The Flyers ended up falling in game three but rebounded with a dominating effort in game four to secure the match.

Nathan Klass hit .526 and led Lewis with a career-high 14 kills. David Kelnhofer had 12 kills, and Jared Dayton added 11 kills and four digs. Pickering also registered eight kills and three digs. Alex Vigansky pounded six kills without an error, and he led the Flyers with five assisted blocks. Nick Perakes paced the Flyers with nine digs.

The Raiders' Mike Mocchi led all players with 20 kills, getting nine of those in the Raiders' game-three win. Dan Goray added 12 kills, and Christopher Brandt posted a match-best 10 digs.

The Flyers out-hit MSOE .367 to .230 and held a decisive 11-5 edge in total blocks. The Flyers also recorded a season-high 13 aces, while MSOE had two.

Lewis returns to action on Thursday, hosting IPFW at 7 pm.