Women's Volleyball | 12/1/2015 8:27:00 PM

Complete Tournament Notes (PDF)

No. 20 in the nation and third seeded Lewis women's volleyball opens the NCAA Midwest Regional with sixth seeded Grand Valley State on Thursday (Dec. 3) at 2:30 p.m. ET.  Top seed Ferris State is hosting the regional. Lewis won 3-2 (25-21, 14-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-11) over GVSU earlier this season. The schools have met in 2006, 2007 and 2010 in the NCAA Tournaments with the Lakers winning all three. 2007's contest came in the regional final when Lewis fell 3-2. The other two matches both went four sets.

- This is Lewis' 15th NCAA bid in program history.

- Lewis' best NCAA DII finish: 1981 National Runners-up.

- Lewis' best NCAA DII finish under Lorelee Smith: 2007 & 2009 - Regional final "Sweet 16".

- Alexis Davito (Crest Hill, Ill./Lockport)'s 51 aces this season are a new rally scoring era single season Lewis record. Her total bests the record 46 she recorded last year.

- Alexis Davito (Crest Hill, Ill./Lockport) enters the NCAA Tournament with 1,192 career kills, eighth most in Lewis history.

- Three Flyers earned 2015 All-GLVC accolades: Alexis Davito (Crest Hill, Ill./Lockport) (First Team), Aly Schneider (Granger, Ind./Penn) (Second Team) and Nicole Yuede (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North) (Second Team).

- Nicole Yuede (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North) was named the 2015 GLVC Libero of the Year.

- The last time Lewis played a match in the month of December was the 2013 regional against Ferris State, a 3-1 loss. Before that, the Flyers last played in December in the 1988 NCAA Tournament.

- Lewis is one of eight schools in NCAA DII this season with 30 wins.

- Lewis is 3-1 against the seven teams in the NCAA Midwest Regional this season. The Flyers split against Rockhurst and earned wins over Grand Valley State and Findlay at the Midwest Region Crossover in October.

- Nicole Yuede (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North) is one dig away from history. Her 638 digs this season are tied for the most in a single season in school history. In 2007 Ashlee Lindish also recorded 638. Yuede needs just one dig to break the mark.

- Nicole Yuede (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North)'s 42 digs against Truman State (Nov. 7) set a Lewis rally scoring era single-match record.

- Aly Schneider (Granger, Ind./Penn) owns 109 block assists this season, sixth most for a single season in Lewis history. If she can get to 114, she will rank second all-time for a single season in Lewis history. First for a single season is Kim Enk's 139 in 1988.

- The Flyers have played 10 five-set matches this season, going 7-3 in the contests. Lewis had a stretch of six straight five-set contests, going 4-2 in the matches. The 10 five set contests are the most in a single season in school history. The previous high was six. All three of Lewis' GLVC losses this season came in five sets.

A look at each of the four opening matches:
#1 Ferris State (31-2)
vs. #8 Trevecca Nazarene (20-11)

#4 Findlay (25-8)
vs. #5 Hillsdale (23-7)

#3 Lewis (30-4)
vs. #6 Grand Valley State (20-11)

#2 Rockhurst (31-3)
vs. #7 Saginaw Valley State (22-8)

All-time against the regional field Lewis is:
9-24 vs. Ferris State
8-7 vs. Rockhurst
1-2 vs. Findlay
5-2 vs. Hillsdale
11-26 vs. Grand Valley State
3-2 vs. Saginaw Valley State