INDIANAPOLIS -- The Lewis University women's volleyball team swept the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds 3-0 Saturday afternoon in a Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) contest.

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 15-7, 7-1 GLVC | UIndy 14-8, 4-3 GLVC
                    
LEWIS LEADERS vs. UIndy
Kills:  Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (12) 
Digs: Ally Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) (22), Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (18) 
Assists: Rachel Kaczorowski (Carpentersville, Ill./Harry D. Jacobs) (25), Lily King (Channahon, IL) (17)
Aces: Ray (2)
Blocks: Ray (6)

SET BREAKDOWN vs. UIndy
Set 1: Lewis 25, UIndy 15
Saturday afternoon's match began with an early Greyhound lead, Lewis scored their first point iof the match off of a block by Buxton and Mallory Januski (Bourbonnais, Ill./Valparaiso). The two squads went back and fourth during the beginning of the first set until Lewis gathered a four point run due to three attack errors and a kill by Buxton. 

The Greyhounds responded with a three point run of their own, however the Flyers launched another four point run off of a service error, kills by Buxton and Alvey and a combined block by Buxton and Ray. Lewis continued to hammer home points with short two and three point runs, then a kill by Stefanski off of a set by Kaczorowski gave the Flyers a first set victory. 

Set 2: Lewis 25, UIndy 23
A close second set began with a kill from the Greyhound which the Flyers matched with four straight kills from Januski, Ray and Buxton. UIndy sprinkled in a few more points shortly after to which Lewis hit the Greyhounds with a five point run off of kills by Alvey, Stefanski, Ray and Gracie Schultz (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest High School) with a service ace by Alvey.

Down 10-4, the Greyhounds battled back to make the set more competitive putting up short runs of their own to close the distance between the two teams. Another three-point run from Lewis widened the gap again but UIndy stayed in the fight with more scoring.

Lewis fell behind after a UIndy three point run putting the Flyers at a three 22-20 deficit. Two kills by Ray and Stefanski tied the game but the Greyhounds launched another kill moving them closer to victory. The Flyers bounced back with three points due to a kill by Schultz, a block by Buxton and Januski finished off by an attack error, giving Lewis the second set.

Set 3: Lewis 25, UIndy 19
The Greyhounds once again started the set by scoring first which was met by a kill by Lewis' Buxton to tie the set. The third set went back and fourth the entire contest and both teams traded points and runs until the set's conclusion.

The Flyers put up the first three point run of the set off of two kills and a block by Ray. The Greyhounds responded with their own three point run followed by yet another Lewis three point run off of two kills by Stefanski and Schultz with a service ace from Ray. 

Lewis finished off the set with three two-set runs to bring them within one, finally a kill by Emma O'Neill (Papillion, NE/Papillion La Vista South) end the set and the match in the Flyers favor.
 
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