Sept. 26, 2008

Box Score

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Junior Kim Richards (Evergreen Park, Ill. (Mother McAuley)) hit .375 and recorded a match-high 12 kills in the No. 21 Flyers' 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-13) sweep of Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Drury on Friday evening.

Senior Justina Begemann (Odessa, Mo. (Odessa)) recorded a career-high 11 digs. Senior Lauren Hatter (Avon, Ind. (Avon)) also added 11 digs. Sophomore Rachel Ruedi (Mahomet, Ill. (Mahomet Seymour)) finished with 33 assists and five digs. Junior Stephanie Sagat (Darien, Ill. (Hinsdale South)) had nine kills and nine digs. Freshman Danielle Mount (Crest Hill, Ill. (Lockport)) totaled eight kills and recorded five blocks (one solo).

Drury jumped out to a 17-14 advantage in the opening set but the Flyers came back with a seven-point run. Mount finished off the set victory with two kills. Set two was all Lewis from the get go, taking an 18-6 lead. The Panthers rallied back to make it a bit tighter, thanks to a 10-1 run, but a Sagat kill finally finished off the win. An 8-0 run in set three gave the Flyers all the separation they needed to finish off the Panthers.

Sagat was honored before the match for recording her 1,000th kill last Saturday at Kentucky Wesleyan.

The Flyers held a dominating .224 to .000 hitting percentage edge, recording 44 kills to Drury's 22.

Lewis improves to 13-3 (4-0 GLVC) while Drury falls to 7-7 (3-3 GLVC). The Flyers host Rockhurst on Saturday at 3 p.m.