EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The No. 4 seed Lewis women's volleyball team defeated No. 5 seed Missouri S&T, 3-2, in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Quarterfinals, with a balanced team effort at Eastside Centre Thursday (Nov. 10).

TEAM RECORDS
No. 4 seed Lewis (20-8) | No. 5 seed Missouri S&T (16-9)

LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (15), Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (12), Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (12), Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (10)
Digs: Andrea Zeiser (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) (22), Stefanski (21), Lauren Stenman (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) (18), Schlechte (15), Mikah Freppon (Cold Spring, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) (10)
Assists: Stenman (50)
Blocks: Ray (8)
Aces: Stenman (3), Zeiser (3)

SET BREAKDOWN
FIRST SET: Missouri S&T 25, Lewis 22

• Both teams went back and forth to start the first set then Van Loo recorded a kill to make it 12-9 Lewis.
• Missouri S&T rallied for four points in a row to grab a 13-12 lead.
• It would go back and forth before the Flyers jumped out to an 21-18 advantage after a service ace by Stenman.
• The Miners used a 7-1 rally to pull ahead and win the opening set.

SECOND SET: Lewis 25, Missouri S&T 19

• Lewis jumped out to an early 7-2 lead after a kill by Schlechte. 
• Missouri S&T bounced back and cut it down to one (8-7 Lewis).
• The Flyers scored six straight unanswered points capped off by a kill by Farah Taki (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora).
• Moments later, Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) made it 19-9 after recording a kill. 
• The Miners looked to come back in the set but Lewis came out on top 25-19 after Taki picked up a kill.

THIRD SET: Lewis 25, Missouri S&T 21

• The Miners went up 5-2 early in the third set before Lewis rallied for three straight capped off by a kill by Stenman. 
• Lewis jumped out to a 14-9 lead midway through the set before S&T used an 9-2 advantage to go up 18-16. 
• The Flyers would rally for five straight to go up 22-20 after a block by Van Loo and Taki which helped lead Lewis to a 25-21 victory.

FOURTH SET: Missouri S&T 25, Lewis 21

• Missouri S&T took an early 7-3 lead in the fourth set. 
• Stenman got the Flyers back in the set to cut it down to one (8-7) after recording a service ace. 
• The Miners went ahead 13-9 moments later then a block by Stenman and Ray made it back down to one (15-14 S&T). 
• Lewis tied it at 20-all late in the fourth set before S&T scored the next five out of six points to win 25-21.

• Both teams each scored three points each to start the fifth set before Lewis recorded four unanswered capped off by a block by Stenman and Ray.
• S&T responded and cut it back down to one a couple of times making it 8-7 and 10-9 but that was the closest the Miners got.
• Lewis scored the last six points of the match capped off by a kill by Schlechte to win the match.

Final Score: Lewis 3, Missouri S&T 2

NOTABLE STATS

• Schlechte recorded her 1,000th kill in the victory against Missouri S&T Thursday (Nov. 10)

UP NEXT

• Lewis will be back in action Friday, November 11 as the Flyers take on top seed Quincy University at the Eastside Centre for the GLVC Tournament Semifinals starting at 2:30 p.m. CT.