Aug. 29, 2008

Shippensburg Box Score
Concordia-St. Paul Box Score

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - The No. 15 Lewis Flyers swept Shippensburg and fell to defending national champions and preseason No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul on Friday to open the 2008 campaign.

The Flyers had no problem with Shippensburg, sweeping the Raiders 25-15, 25-14 and 25-11. The entire match featured only four ties and four lead changes. Juniors Stephanie Sagat and Kim Richards each had nine kills. Richards also totaled four block assists and three aces. Sophomore Lauren Seliga notched six kills and 10 digs. Senior libero Lauren Hatter had a match-high 18 digs and three aces. In her first collegiate start, sophomore setter Rachel Ruedi tallied 28 assists. The Flyers out-blocked (8 to 2) and out-hit (.274 to -.079) the Raiders.

The Flyers were taken down 3-0 (25-15, 25-17 25-21) by Concordia-St. Paul in Lewis' second match of the day.

The Flyers were within one at 18-17 in set one, but a 7-1 run down the stretch by the Golden Bears got the Flyers off on the wrong foot. Set two was similar, with Lewis trailing only 17-16 before the defending champs finished with an 8-1 run. The Golden Bears controlled set three to finish off the Flyers.

Sagat hit .600 with 12 kills and seven digs. Senior Justina Begemann and junior Sara deBuhr each had five kills. Reudi totaled 23 assists, seven digs and three kills.

There is little time for the Flyers (1-1) to relax as they are back in action on Saturday. They face No. 22 UC San Diego in the early match and tournament host No. 4 Cal State San Bernardino in the late match.