ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The Lewis University men's volleyball team fell to Ball State 3-2 in its final home game of the season on Saturday evening (April 1).
 
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis (14-11, 5-6 MIVA) | Ball State (16-8, 9-3 MIVA)
 
LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Cole Brillhart (York, Pa./Northeastern) (17), Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (15)
Digs: Brillhart (13), Jason Gibbs (Bellaire, Texas/Bellarie) (10)
Assists: Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/New Hartford) (53)
Aces: Roquet (1), Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, IL/Buffalo Grove HS) (1) and Christian Prayer (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway North) (1)
Blocks: Antonio Elias-Rodriguez (8), Morgan (7)
 
SET BREAKDOWN
FIRST SET: Ball State 25, Lewis 22

• The first set began with Ball State taking a narrow 5-4 lead in the early moments of the contest.
• Lewis answered back with three straight points to take the lead, including two kills with Brillhart.
• Both teams went began to trade points and find themselves tied at 18.
• Ball State scored three straight to take a 21-18 lead that they would inevitably hold onto to close out the first set.
• On two separate occasions, Brillhart had a kill to cut the lead down to two, but the Flyers could not recover.

SECOND SET: Ball State 25, Lewis 19

• Both teams began the second set trading blows and were tied at nine before Ball State managed to score three straight and take a 12-9 lead.
• Ball State held the lead for the remainder of the set and expanded its lead to as large as six.
• Lewis struggled throughout the set with 10 attack errors and a 0.083 hitting percentage.

THIRD SET: Lewis 25, Ball State 21

• Lewis took an early 9-7 advantage on the third set after a service error by Ball State and a kill by Tyler Simpson (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park).
• After Ball State regained the lead at 15-14, Lewis scored six straight points. The Flyers took advantage of five attack errors and one service error.
• Ball State was able to cut the lead down to three, but a Brillhart and Roquet ended the set.

FOURTH SET: Lewis 25, Ball State 17

• The fourth set began with Lewis scoring three consecutive kills, two from Tyler Simpson (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) and one from Syver Drolsum (Vikersund, Norway/Toppvolley Norge).
• Finding themselves tied at 12, Lewis scored three straight points with an attack error by Ball State and a kill from Brillhart and Drolsum.
• Ball State continued to make mistakes and committed three more errors that extended the Flyers lead to six.
• In fact, the set came to a close as Ball State committed one attack and one service error.

FIFTH SET: Ball State 15, Lewis 12

• In the final set, Ball State managed to take a 6-3 lead after scoring four straight.
• In an effort to climb back into the set, Roquet and Drolsum posted back-to-back kills that cut the lead down to one at 10-9.
• After trading points and still finding themselves down one at 13-12, Ball State was able to record a kill and serve an ace for the final point to complete the win on the road.

FINAL SCORE: Ball State 3, Lewis 2
 
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Thursday, April 6 as the Flyers travel to St. Charles, Missouri to face Lindenwood at 7 p.m.