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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Lewis women's volleyball team won their ninth-straight match on Friday evening with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-12) sweep over visiting Saint Joseph's in a Great Lakes Valley Conference matchup on 'Senior Night.'

The Flyers honored Kelly McConkey (Naperville, Ill., Naperville North), Danielle Mount (Crest Hill, Ill., Lockport), Katie Crawford (Downers Grove, Ill., Downers Grove South) and Hannah Koeneman (New Haven, Ind., Woodlan) for their time with the women's volleyball program. The group won two GLVC Tournament titles together while McConkey and Mount won a third in 2007 as both redshirted during their careers. 

Lewis jumped out of the gates early in set one out-hitting the Pumas .483 to .067. Lewis was led by Koeneman who added six kills on six swings. On the defensive side, the Flyers recorded three blocks and 16 digs. Lewis had an 11-0 run in the frame.

The Flyers continued to keep Saint Joseph's on the ropes limiting the Pumas to a .136 hitting clip in set number two thanks to three blocks and 24 digs by Lewis. 

Lewis out-hit the Pumas .443 to .113 for the match. Mount hit .583 leading the Flyers with 15 kills while Koeneman had 12 kill and hit .647. Junior Jen Krumwiede (Elkhart, Ind., Elkhart Memorial, IPFW) had 10 kills while freshman setter Leigh Barea (Battle Creek, Mich., Harper Creek) added a double-double of 38 assists and 12 digs. 

“Hannah and Danielle came out hitting 1.000 from the start and when you have seniors that can do that it sets the tone for everybody,” head coach Lorelee Smith said. “You also have to give credit to the sets they received from Leigh. They kept getting balls they could get big kills on."

Crawford provided three of Lewis' four aces in the contest.

“Katie did a nice job going in and scoring points,” Smith said. “She communicated well and played two different defenses.”

Lewis improves to 22-5 (14-3 GLVC) while the Pumas drop to 10-17 (3-14 GLVC). 

The Flyers return to action on Saturday at 3 p.m. for a match against No. 21 Indianapolis which will be aired live on Lakeshore Public Television in a battle for first place in the GLVC East Division.