ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The No. 13 Lewis University men's volleyball team came back to reverse sweep Purdue Fort Wayne 3-2 on Saturday, February 22 at Neil Carey Arena.

TEAM RECORDS
No. 13 Lewis 11-4, 4-2 MIVA | Purdue Fort Wayne 6-7, 1-5 MIVA
                    
LEWIS LEADERS vs. Purdue Fort Wayne
Kills: Oguzhan Oguz (Bursa, Turkey/Ocean) (14), Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (14)
Digs: Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) (15)
Assists: Diego Estrada (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Adianez) (25)
Aces: Deyan Todorov (Sofia, Bulgaria/51st Secondary) (4)
Blocks: Frederick Krueger-Beer (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa East) (8), Shawn Baggs Jr. (Gilbert, Ariz./Casteel HS) (7)

SET BREAKDOWN
SET 1: Purdue Fort Wayne started the match on a 5-2 run early in set one with a block by Melendez Watts and Lipscomb. Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove HS) for Lewis took advantage of three Purdue Fort Wayne attacking errors later on to have a three point unanswered run to bring the Flyers within one at 9-8.

Sitting at match point for the Mastodons, Lewis used a service error and kill by Roquet to get to twenty three points in the set but soon lost to a Purdue Fort Wayne kill by Melendez Watts to make the final score of the set 25-23.
 
SET 2: Both teams began runs of their own to open set two with the Mastodons starting the set 4-1 and Lewis tying it at 4-4 with a three-point run of their own. Midway through the set Purdue Fort Wayne put themselves out front with a three-point run to put them up 15-12, the Flyers quickly returned with a four-point run to retake the lead at 16-15.

The finish line went back and forth between both teams with each side returning with a multi-point run late, a four-point run put Purdue Fort Wayne up 21-19 while another Lewis four-point run put them back up at match point, 24-23.

The final run of the set went to the Mastodons as they ended set 2 with a 3 point run highlighted with a service ace by Muir to make the final score 27-25.

SET 3: Lewis looked to grab a set in the series by starting strong in the third set with a kill by Baggs putting the Flyers up big 12-6. A kill later on the set by Oguz began a three-point unanswered run for the Flyers which pushed the score to 16-9.

The Mastodons were unable to get much offense started as the third set came to a close with the Flyers taking it firmly at 25-16.

SET 4: The Flyers found their rhythm early on the same way they did in set three with a substantial five-point unanswered run to increase their lead to five with the score at 11-6.

That run ended up not comparing to the massive seven point unanswered run again by Lewis soon after which left Purdue Fort Wayne with a 13 point deficit, the set ultimately went to the Flyers with the final score being 25-10.

SET 5: Both teams began the final set side by side with a kill by Roquet to get Lewis on the board while kills by both Muir and Melendez Watts opened the scoring for the Mastodons at 2-2. 

The Flyers pulled out in front towards the end of set five with a three-point run with a Purdue Fort Wayne service error and back-to-back aces by Todorov to up the score to 11-5.

A 4-1 Lewis run completed the reverse sweep for the Flyers as an ace by Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) and a final kill by Roquet ended the match at 15-7.

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Thursday, February 27 as the Flyers will be playing Loyola-Chicago starting at 7 p.m. CT.
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Wednesday, March 26 as we induct our newest inductees of the Athletics Hall of Fame at the Flyer Red Dinner at Bolingbrook Golf Club starting at 6 p.m. CT. Purchase tickets at https://lewisflyers.com/2025FlyerRedDinner
 
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