ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The No. 15 Lewis University men's volleyball team earns its third straight victory after a 3-1 win over UC San Diego on Saturday, January 14. The Flyers scored eight straight points to close the fourth set and seal the win.

RECORDS
No. 15 Lewis (3-2) | UC San Diego (1-4)
 
LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (19), Christian Prayer (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway North) (10), Michael Sack (Oak Lawn, Ill./St. Laurence) (9)
Digs: Jason Gibbs (Bellaire, Texas/Bellarie) (10), Roquet (10)
Assists: Kevin Kauling (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) (24), Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/New Hartford) (20)
Blocks: Roquet (5), Sack (4), Tyler Simpson (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) (4)
 
SET BREAKDOWN
FIRST SET: Lewis 27, UC San Diego 25

• Lewis took an early 9-4 advantage after a block by Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, IL/Buffalo Grove HS) and Roquet ultimately forced UC San Diego to call its first timeout of the evening.
• The Tritons were able to come back and tie the set at 17 with a kill by Jim Garrison and two errors by the Flyers.
• Both teams went back and forth on the scoreboard until two costly errors by UC San Diego gave Lewis multiple opportunities to end the set.
• Roquet recorded a service to secure set number one.

SECOND SET: Lewis 25, UC San Diego 20

• Lewis took another early lead, this time 7-3, involving four kills by all separate Flyers.
• UC San Diego was able to go on a run of its own and take its first lead of the set at 12-11.
• Lewis managed to regain the lead with two kills from Roquet.
• With a 20-18 advantage, Lewis scored four straight and capped a second straight win with another kill by Roquet.

THIRD SET: UC San Diego 25, Lewis 23

• UC San Diego was the team to jump out to an early lead in the third set, that they were ultimately able to hold onto.
• The Tritons 5-3 early advantage developed into a 10-7 lead that forced Lewis to call a timeout.
• The Flyers were able to recover and tie the game at 15 with back-to-back service errors by UC San Diego.
• Both teams traded points and found themselves tied at 23 then Jim Garrison and Nick Rigo had a kill each to help the Tritons win their first set of the evening.

FOURTH SET: Lewis 25, UC San Diego 23

• In the fourth set, UC San Diego looked to have everyone convinced that a fifth set was evident. The Tritons had a 7-3 early lead later turned into a 14-7 lead.
• The Flyers called their first timeout of the set down 18-12 and tried to get back in the match with a quick 5-3 run with UC San Diego taking a timeout up 21-17.
• After a service error and a kill by the Tritons, UC San Diego led 23-17 and it seemed a fifth set would be the deciding set of this contest.
• Lewis was able to change its fate with eight unanswered points to not only take the lead but take the match 3-1. 
• Throughout the stretch, Prayer had two kills while UC San Diego committed four attack errors.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 3, UC San Diego 1

UP NEXT

• Lewis will be back in action Friday, January 20 as the Flyers compete in the First Point Challenge hosted by Pepperdine and take on the Stanford Cardinal starting at 7 p.m. C