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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – No. 9 Lewis men's volleyball opened the 2015 season on Friday (Jan. 2) evening at Neil Carey Arena with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-17) victory over Windsor in an exhibition contest.
 
The Flyers out-hit the Lancers .321 to -.031 with the help of a 15.5 to 3.0 blocking advantage.

Senior Greg Petty (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) hit .545 with seven kills on 11 attempts. Senior Geoff Powell (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) added five kills with three aces and four block assists. Junior Bobby Walsh (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) led Lewis with seven blocks (one solo). Sophomore Jacob Schmiegelt (Lombard, Ill./Willowbrook) added six blocks of his own.

Both junior Scott Fifer (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) and redshirt freshman Gert Lisha (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) saw time at the setter position. Fifer recorded 13 assists while Lisha had eight.  
 
The match featured just six ties and one lead change, which came in the second set. The Flyers won the match on a block by seniors James Hofmann (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop McNicholas) and Eric Butch (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South).
 
"I thought the guys did a nice job of adjusting to a team we just didn't have a lot of information on," Lewis head coach Dan Friend said. "We got to see some different guys and different lineups which is what we wanted to do at the beginning of the year before we got to Irvine."
 
Gabriel Burlacu led the Lancers with 10 kills.

Lewis opens the season for real on Monday (Jan. 5) at No. 8 UC-Irvine. First serve against the Anteaters is set for 7 p.m. PT/9 p.m. CT.