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Team Celebration
Steve Woltmann

Women's Volleyball Luke Rinne, Director of Athletic Communications

Flyers Finish The Year Ranked 14th By AVCA

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 2019 NCAA Volleyball season is in the books and the American Volleyball Coaches Association released their final rankings of the season. Following the NCAA Tournament, the Flyers rank 14th in the country.

Lewis finished the season 28-6 and 12-3 in the GLVC. They qualified for their 19th NCAA Regional Tournament, 14th in a row, and finished in a tie for second in the GLVC.

Flyer senior rightside hitter Colleen Wilhelm (Euclid, Ohio/Lake Catholic) and junior middle hitter Ava Venema (Westmont, Ill./Timothy Christian) were named to the AVCA All-American team. They joined Alexandra Preuss (Elmhurst, Ill./York) on the All-GLVC Team. Wilhelm and Venema were First Team All-GLVC selections while Preuss was named to the All-GLVC Second Team.

National Champions Cal State San Bernardino finished first in the rankings. They took over the top spot in week two of the poll and held on through the rest of the season. National runners-up Nebraska-Kearney ranked second followed by Concordia-St. Paul, Regis and Washburn.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alexandra Preuss

#2 Alexandra Preuss

OH
5' 9"
Senior
Ava Venema

#27 Ava Venema

MH
6' 2"
Junior
Colleen Wilhelm

#14 Colleen Wilhelm

MH/RS
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Alexandra Preuss

#2 Alexandra Preuss

5' 9"
Senior
OH
Ava Venema

#27 Ava Venema

6' 2"
Junior
MH
Colleen Wilhelm

#14 Colleen Wilhelm

6' 0"
Senior
MH/RS