Romeoville, Ill. - The No. 9 Lewis Men's Volleyball team picked up their third consecutive victory with a sweep of Roosevelt Tuesday evening at Neil Carey Arena.
The Flyers improved to 3-0 while Roosevelt dropped to 0-1.
IMPACT PLAYERS
Oguzhan Oguz (Bursa, Turkey/Ocean) paced Lewis with 13 kills while reigning AVCA National Player of the Week
Diego Estrada (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Adianez) amassed 28 assists. On the defensive side of the ball,
Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) led Lewis with seven digs while Long Island native
Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) tallied two total blocks. As a team, Lewis posted a .529 (41-5-68) hitting percentage compared to .212 (26-12-66) clip for the Lakers.
Kajetan Bieniek and Mark Zmodjin each had six kills for Roosevelt while Martino bertagnoli notched 17 assists. Zmodjin tied Paula for the match-high in digs with seven.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Tied 11-all midway through the first set, the Flyers offense was cleared for take-off as an Oguz kill sparked an 8-2 run that broke the deadlock and vaulted Lewis ahead, 19-13. The two Chicagoland rivals traded the next handful of scores, but the red and white scored three of the final four points of the stanza to take set one, 25-17 and a 1-0 match lead.
The Flyers dominated the second set as they hit at a season-best .706 (13-1-17) and used multiple long scoring runs to claim the set, 25-13 and open up a 2-0 match lead.
After trading the first handful of scores to begin the third set, Lewis broke away for good as a Lakers service error ignited an 8-3 spurt that pushed Lewis ahead, 16-9. The Flyers offense never slowed down and ended the match on a 5-1 run to claim the 25-15 set three victory and seal the straight sets win.
POST MATCH COMMENTS
MATCH NOTES
- Lewis is now 2-0 against Roosevelt.
- The Flyers have opened consecutive campaigns with three consecutive 3-0 wins for the first time in program history
- Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove HS) and Gauthier Brozak (Liege, Belgium/Institut de la providence de Herve) each made their season-debuts in the win with both players appearing in the third set.
- Lewis hit above .500 for a match for the first time since April 6, 2025 against Loyola Chicago (.506)
UP NEXT
The Flyers will head to the Quaker State to face St. Thomas Aquinas in a neutral site match on the campus of Penn State.
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