ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The No. 12 Lewis University men's volleyball team lost to McKendree 3-1 in a Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association match Saturday (Feb. 8).
 
TEAM RECORDS
McKendree 4-5, 1-1 MIVA | No. 12 Lewis 8-3, 1-1 MIVA
                    
LEWIS LEADERS vs. McKendree
Kills: Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (21), Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) (21)
Digs: Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford) (14)
Assists:  Morgan (33)
Aces: Haber (1), Oguzhan Oguz (Bursa, Turkey/Ocean) (1), Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove HS) (1)
Blocks: Frederick Krueger-Beer (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa East) (3)

SET BREAKDOWN
SET 1: McKendree 25, Lewis 18
The Bearcats jumped ahead in the first set of the match up ahead 7-3 after multiple kills by Xydakis. 
 
Later in the set, the Flyers decreased the deficit to just 3 after back-to-back kills by Haber and Krueger-Beer to push the score to 16-13.
 
The Bearcats continued their aggression for the remainder of set 1 as a Lewis serving error was the final point of the set with McKendree winning 25-18.
 
SET 2: McKendree 26, Lewis 24
McKendree started set two the same way they began the first with a kill by Hoskin to open the scoring 1-0.
 
Midway through the set, the Flyers came back to tie the score up at 11-11 a piece for the Flyers with a kill from Oguz. Soon after the Bearcats answered with a 3-point unanswered run started with a kill by McCraney and two Lewis attacking errors.
 
The score went back and forth all set long with it coming down to the wire at 24-24. McKendree used a Lewis serving error followed by a kill by Schuele to win the set 26-24 to put them up 2-0 overall. 
 
SET 3: Lewis 25, McKendree 23 
Both teams traded kills to open the scoring for set 3 but the Bearcats pulled ahead 12-7 on a 4-1 run started from a kill by Flayter.
 
Lewis flipped the deficit on its head after a 5 point unanswered run capped off with an ace by Haber and McKendree error putting the Flyers back up on top late 19-18.

A service error gave the Flyers possession for match point and a kill by Roquet ended the set at 25-23 in favor of Lewis.
 
SET 4: McKendree 30, Lewis 28
An early 3 point run by McKendree put the Bearcats ahead 5-3 but it was quickly responded with another 3-point run by Lewis to retake the lead 6-5.
 
A twelve point back and forth swing between the teams finally ended with a Bearcats kill by Hoskin which put McKendree up 17-16.
 
The teams battled back and forth with one another until the very end of the set where an ace by McCraney concluded the match with McKendree winning 30-28. 
 
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Thursday, February 13 as the Flyers travel for a MIVA contest against Ball State starting at 6 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
 
FLYERS ANNUAL FUND
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