Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University women's volleyball team will be playing for its second straight Midwest Regional championship after rallying to beat Ferris State 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 25-10, 15-10) Friday (Dec. 1) in a Midwest Regional semifinal match at Neil Carey Arena.

It is the second straight year the Flyers (33-2) knocked Ferris State (24-8) out of the NCAA Tournament.

The 33 wins are the most for the program since it went 51-11-2 in 1981.

Maddie Seliga (St. Louis, Mo./Nerinx Hall) came up big for Lewis down the stretch, scoring the final four points of the match after the Bulldogs tied the game at 11-11.

"I don't know if I can even remember that," Seliga said of the final four kills. "I think (setter Abby) Becker was making good decisions. She did a really good job of executing."

Aly Schneider (Granger, Ind./Penn) paced the Flyers with 19 kills, two solo blocks and six block assists, while Seliga added 16 kills, 15 digs and six block assists.

"It feels great," Schneider said. "Our serve receive kind of broke down there but then we were able to pick it back up and the hitters were able to get kills."

Abby Becker (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) had 46 assists, Elizabeth Hyland (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) tallied 21 digs and Ronni Katarzynski (Winfield, Ill./West Chicago) had 18 digs. Seliga and Katarzynski had three aces each.

Lewis hit .238 for the match (57-of-172), while Ferris State had a .157 (55-of-185) hitting percentage. In the fourth set Lewis hit .355 (11-for-31), while the Bulldogs hit .000 (8-of-36).

The Flyers will face Rockhurst (30-7) in the championship match Saturday at 7 PM. It is a rematch of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship match, where the Flyers came back from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2.