Romeoville, Ill. – Red-hot hitting led the No. 11 ranked Lewis University men's volleyball team as it swept No. 14 Saint Francis 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-21) Friday (Jan. 19) in a nonconference match at Neil Carey Arena.

It was the second straight win for the Flyers, who move to 2-3 on the year. The Red Flash fell to 4-3 on the season.

Tyler Mitchem (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) paced the Flyer attack with 11 kills on a .769 hitting percentage (11 kills, 1 error, 13 attacks), to go along with four block assists.

TJ Murray (Barrington, IL/Barrington) added nine kills on a .667 hitting percentage (9-1-12), while Julian Moses (Atlanta, GA/Atlanta International School), Ryan Coenen (Franklin, WI/Franklin) and Mitch Perinar (Channahon, IL/Minooka) all had seven kills. Moses and Michael Simmons (Aurora, IL/Waubonsie Valley) had eight and six digs, respectively, while Matt Yoshimoto (Ventura, CA/Adolfo Camarillo) dished out 36 assists.

The Flyers hit .467 (42-7-75) for the match, while Saint Francis hit .110 (24-16-70). Lewis had eight team blocks for the match.
 
The teams traded points for much of the beginning of the first set and the teams were tied at 10 when Lewis broke free with four straight points to take a 14-10 lead after an ace by Moses.

Lewis grew its lead to six at 21-15 after a service error. St. Francis pulled to within three points at 22-19 before a Coenen kill. An attack error and a kill from Perinar were the final two points of the set for the Flyers.

The second set was all Lewis as it jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never trailed in the set. After two points from the Red Flash, Lewis scored three straight to take a 6-2 lead.

Later in the set the Flyers scored five straight points to grab a 15-7 advantage and they continued to grow their lead from there.

The third set went much like the first with the two teams trading points throughout the early stages of the set as the first multi-point lead was by Lewis, 15-13, and the Flyers able to maintain the lead the remainder of the game.

The Flyers are back in action Saturday (Jan. 20) when they host Benedictine at 7 PM.