Romeoville, Ill. – The No. 9 Lewis University men's volleyball team is on the verge of capturing the first outright Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular-season title in school history.
 
The Flyers (19-7, 10-2 MIVA), however, must go through No. 15 Ball State (18-5, 7-5 MIVA) on Thursday (April 11) with first serve at 7:30 PM at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Ind.
  
MIVA LEADERS - Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Geoff Powell (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) leads the conference with 342 total kills, averaging 3.72 kills-per-set.
 
NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS - The Flyers lead the country with 3.04 blocks-per-set average, according to the NCAA Statistical Rankings were released on Monday (April 8).
 
BIG BLOCKERS - Lewis middle hitters freshman Bobby Walsh (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) (1.54) and junior Yiwei Zhou (Nanjing, China/Nanjing No. 1) (1.44) are first and second against MIVA opponents in blocks-per-set. Zhou is No. 7 nationally with a 1.26 blocks-per-set season average.
 
SERIES RECORDS – Ball State holds a 25-20 lead over Lewis.
 
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS - Lewis has been in the AVCA National Rankings for 47-straight weeks, dating back to Jan. 2011, when the 14th poll of the 2013 season came out on Monday (April 8).
 
SETTIN' STORM - Redshirt junior BJ Boldog (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) is sitting in fouth with 3,237 total assists in Lewis program history. Current assistant coach and former Lewis setter Mike Iandolo is third with 3,389 total assists (2008-10).
 
LAST TIME OUT - Lewis swept Ohio State on Senior Night (April 4), as the Flyers out-blocked Buckeyes 11-2. Sophomore opposite Eric Fitterer (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) led the Flyers with 14 kills, three block assists and two aces. Walsh put together a .600 hitting percentage and nine kills on 15 attempts and no errors and five block assists. Boldog tallied 34 assists, two kills, four digs, four block assists and a solo block.
 
LAST TIME WE FACED OFF - Lewis swept Ball State at Neil Carey Arena on Feb. 22^nd, as redshirt senior outside hitter Jay Petty (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) paced the Flyers with 13 kills, seven digs and two aces. Walsh led the squad with seven block assists as the Flyers out-blocked the Cardinals 15-5. Boldog also had 30 assists and four block assists.
 
TO 1,000 KILLS & BEYOND - Jay Petty (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) captured his 1,000th kill against George Mason on Jan. 26. He heads into Thursday's match with 1,163 total kills which puts him 8th all-time. Jeff Soler (2002-05) is 7th with 1,250 total kills.