CHICAGO -- The No. 15 Lewis men's volleyball team upset the No. 7 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers winning the match 3-1 on Thursday, February 27 adding a fourth win to their winning streak.

HEAD COACH DAN FRIEND 
"The guys were really good about applying what we worked on this week. We did some great things from the service line and on the defensive side."

TEAM RECORDS
No. 15 Lewis 12-4, 5-2 MIVA | No. 7 Loyola Chicago 13-2, 5-2 MIVA
                    
LEWIS LEADERS vs. Loyola Chicago
Kills: Oguzhan Oguz (Bursa, Turkey/Ocean) (17), Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (13)
Digs: Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) (12)
Assists: Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford) (30)
Aces: Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) (4)
Blocks: Shawn Baggs (8)

SET BREAKDOWN
SET 1: To start the match, the Flyers put themselves out front 6-2 by adding on with a four-point run started by a kill by Baggs and ended with a double block by Baggs and Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston). The lead did not stay around for long as a kill by Meyer and Lewis attacking error put the Ramblers within one at 11-10.

A Loyola service error soon after allowed Lewis to go on a returning three-point unanswered run finished with a kill by Roquet to extend their lead back to 14-10.

The Ramblers came within two points at 20-18 after an ace by Van Buren but it wasn't enough to even the score as the Flyers took set 1 at 25-20.

SET 2: The second set did not belong to either side to start as both teams traded points all the way up until a block by McElligott started a three-point run for Loyola to propel ahead 15-12. The Flyers quickly erased the deficit with a three point run of their own as Oguz racked up two kills and an ace to tie the score at 15-15.

Lewis retook control of the set with a dominant five point unanswered run right after finished off with a kill by Morgan to put the Flyers back up 20-16.

A Rambler kill by Fabikovic brought them back to within one at 22-21 but a three point rally for Lewis concluded the set at 25-21.

SET 3: Both teams began set three similarly to set two with the score going back and forth until Loyola capitalized on a 6-1 run to put them up by four at 12-8. Later in the set a kill by Oguz and double block by Baggs and Haber evened the score at 15-15 for the Flyers while a Loyola attack error put them up the point after at 16-15.

The sides took turns with possessions not letting either team jump out ahead comfortably as they went down the final stretch. Back-to-back kills by Roquet brought Lewis at 23-23 but a Lewis serving error gave the Ramblers position to take the set as Fabikovic ended it with a kill to have Loyola win 25-23.

SET 4: Lewis returned to set four using a Loyola serving error and attacking error to go up 3-1 early. Right after the Ramblers went on a controlling 7-1 run which created a 4 point difference at 8-4.

Later in the set a kill by Oguz sparked a 5 point unanswered run for Lewis retaking the lead at 11-10. The Ramblers chipped away that lead as a kill by Van Buren and Lewis setting error put them back on top at 15-14. The Flyers stayed in it and returned with another five point unanswered run finished off with an ace by Haber to retake the lead once again at 19-15. 

The deficit was too heavy for the Ramblers to force another lead change as Lewis used that run to win the set with the final score being 25-20.

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Saturday, March 1 as the Flyers will go up against Quincy on the road 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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