ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The No. 14 Lewis University women's volleyball team took down Indianapolis 3-1 Saturday at Neil Carey Arena. Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) led all players with 18 kills and hit .571 in the match, and Lauren Stenman (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) recorded her sixth match this season with 50+ assists.
 
TEAM RECORDS
No. 14 Lewis (17-5, 6-1 GLVC) | Indianapolis (15-7, 4-3 GLVC)
                   
LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Ray (18), Hannah Alvey (Mapleton, Ill./Illinois Central College) (12), Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (10)
Digs: Alley Hickey (24), Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (17), Chloe Fornetti (Caledonia, Mich./East Kentwood) (11)
Assists: Stenman (51)
Blocks: Gracie Schultz (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest High School) (4)
Aces: Hickey (2), Elena Gubera (Jamestown, Ind./Western Boone) (2)
 
SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: Lewis 25, UIndy 12
The match started with a series of errors, with Van Loo recording the first kill of the match to make the score 5-2 Lewis. Two more points for the Flyers made it a 4-0 run and prompted a timeout by UIndy.
 
The Greyhounds took a point out of the timeout, but Lewis then charged ahead with a 7-1 run behind four kills. After another single point for UIndy, the Flyers secured a 3-0 push with two kills by Schlechte.
 
Lewis had pushed the lead to 22-8 before UIndy snared its only three-point run of the set to trim the deficit to 11. The Flyers finished the set by taking three of the last four points.
 
Set 2: UIndy 25, Lewis 19
After a 3-1 start to the second frame for the Greyhounds, Lewis took a 3-0 run to grab the lead. After a bit of back-and-forth, UIndy took the lead back with a 3-0 run of its own.
 
The set stayed tight until the Greyhounds went on another 3-0 burst to take a 14-11 advantage. Later, a 5-1 push by UIndy with three kills made it 19-14 Greyhounds.
 
Play went back-and-forth from there, with the Greyhounds earning the only back-to-back points the rest of the set. UIndy finished off the set with a kill.
 
Set 3: Lewis 25, UIndy 22
UIndy took a slight 5-3 advantage early in set three, but the Flyers came rushing back with a 3-0 run. The Greyhounds responded immediately with a 6-1 charge to earn an 11-7 lead.
 
Lewis regrouped with three consecutive kills, two by Newberry, to get back in the set. The Flyers later grabbed the lead with another 3-0 push capped by back-to-back aces by Gubera.
 
Later in the set, a 3-0 run for UIndy put the Greyhounds back in front and drew a timeout by Lewis. The Flyers came out of the timeout with a 4-1 push behind three kills to regain the advantage, 21-19, and force UIndy to call timeout.
 
The Flyers finished off the set with back-to-back kills, with Ray earning the kill on set point.
 
Set 4: Lewis 25, UIndy 15
Lewis came out hot in the fourth set, taking the lead on a 5-0 run with three kills. The Greyhounds got back into the set later with a 3-0 run to trim the Flyers' lead to 12-11. After more back-and-forth play, Lewis held a 16-14 advantage.
 
That's when the Flyers stepped on the gas and put the match away. Two kills and a UIndy attack error led to the Greyhounds using its final timeout. UIndy scored one more point to make it 20-15, but Lewis finished the match with a 5-0 run.
 
Alvey had the match-sealing kill as the Flyers hit .571 in the closing set.
 
UP NEXT
Lewis women's volleyball takes on Maryville on Friday (Oct. 27) at 6 p.m. CT in St. Louis, Mo.