MANOA, Hawai'i – The No. 14 Lewis University men's volleyball team was swept by No. 3 Hawai'i Thursday in the OUTRIGGER Invitational.

TEAM RECORDS
No. 3 Hawai'i 15-1 | No. 14 Lewis 10-9

LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (9)
Digs: Roquet (2), Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford) (2), Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) (2)
Assists: Morgan (22)
Blocks: Shawn Baggs (Gilbert, Ariz./Casteel HS) (3)
Aces: Syver Drolsum (Vikersund, Norway/Toppvolley Norge) (1)

SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: Hawai'i 25, Lewis 9
Hawai'i took four of the first five points before Drolsum earned a kill to make it 4-2. The Rainbow Warriors just kept charging, though, using a 9-1 run to bring the score to 13-3.

Lewis took two of the next three points with a pair of kills by Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) but could not build much momentum. Another Hawai'i run made it 20-6. The Flyers only earned three more points in the set, two on Rainbow Warrior service errors and one on a Haber kill, before Hawai'i took the set.

Set 2: Hawai'i 25, Lewis 18
The Rainbow Warriors started set two by taking the first five points before a triple block by Lewis ended the run. Both sides went back-and-forth from there until the Flyers went on a 6-2 charge, started by a kill and solo block by Baggs and finished by two straight kills by Roquet, to cut the deficit to 15-13.

Hawai'i had the answer, though, using a 5-0 run to restore the lead to 20-13. Lewis responded with three of the next four points, with a kill by John Davis (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) and a solo block by Roquet to get within five at 21-16.

The Rainbow Warriors finished the set on a service ace, as Hawai'i had a 9-0 advantage in aces across the first two sets combined.

Set 3: Hawai'i 25, Lewis 21
Set three started with the Rainbow Warriors once again taking an early lead at 2-0. Moments later, a 3-0 charge from the Flyers with kills by Isaac Benka (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) and Baggs made it 5-4 Lewis.

After Hawai'i got it back even, the Flyers had another 3-0 run capped off by an ace from Drolsum to take a 9-6 lead. From there, though, the Rainbow Warriors worked its way back in front at 11-10.

Lewis took the next two points to regain the lead but Hawai'i used a 3-0 push to take the advantage at 14-12. Later, a 5-1 run by the Rainbow Warriors made it 20-15.

A 3-0 run by the Flyers on three straight Hawai'i errors later got Lewis within three, 23-20 but that was as close as it would get as the Rainbow Warriors won the match on an ace.

UP NEXT
Lewis men's volleyball continues the OUTRIGGER Invitational in Hawai'i Friday (March 8) against No. 5 California-Irvine at 8 p.m. CT.