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Romeoville, Ill. – The No. 11 Lewis University men's volleyball team ended the regular season on a high note as the Flyers swept Grand Canyon 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-13) on Saturday (April 12) at Neil Carey Arena on Senior Night. Prior to the match, Lewis honored its three seniors BJ Boldog (Palatine, Ill./Palatine), Victor Schaefer (Cooper City, Fla./Chaminade Madonna College Prep) and Yiwei Zhou (Nanjing, China/Nanjing No. 1).
 
With the win, the Flyers finish second in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association with an 11-3 record and improve to 21-6 on the season. The Antelopes fall to 14-17 on the year and 2-12 against league opponents.
 
"It's tough to play a team for a second night in a row and come away with two straight-set victories," Lewis head men's volleyball coach Dan Friend said. "The team came out from the beginning with a lot of energy and took care of business, never letting up off the gas pedal."
 
The Flyer offense was led by junior outside hitter Greg Petty (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) with 11 kills and two aces while redshirt junior outside hitter Geoff Powell (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) chipped in 10 putaways, five digs and two block assists.
 
Lewis junior opposite Eric Fitterer (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) hit at a .857 clip, collecting six kills on seven attempts without committing an error as junior libero Lucas Yanez (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) had 10 digs. Boldog dished out 27 assists, collected four block assists, three digs and two kills while sophomore middle blocker Bobby Walsh (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) paced the Flyers block defense with nine total blocks (1 solo, 8 BA) and eight kills.
 
The Flyers had control of the match from the first serve as they hit .468 collecting 44 putaways and seven errors on 79 attempts while holding the Antelopes to a .049 (22 K, 18 E, 82 TA) hitting percentage. Lewis also out-blocked Grand Canyon 9.5-to-3.5.
 
Grand Canyon's offense was led by Robbie Brannick's eight kills and 10 digs while the Antelopes' setter Keith Smith dished out 19 assists.
 
The Flyers and Antelopes meet again at Neil Carey Arena on Friday (April 18) in the first round of the MIVA Tournament. First serve is set for 7 PM.