Romeoville, Ill. – The No. 9 ranked Lewis University men's volleyball team picked up their fifth sweep of the year as they downed In-state rival Quincy in intercollegiate men's volleyball action Friday evening.
With the win, the Flyers improved to 5-1 while Quincy dipped to 0-2.
IMPACT PLAYERS
Cole Sweitzer (Middleton, Wis./Middleton HS) paced the Flyers with a team-best 11 kills and season-best .563 (11-2-16) hitting percentage (min. 10 kills).
Diego Estrada (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Adianez) dished out 21 assists with
Cameron Hoying (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) adding 12 of his own. On the defensive side of the ball,
Josh Weyerhaeuser (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) tallied a team-best four total blocks while Hoying led the team in digs with four.
Bauer Larson paced Quincy with seven kills with Pawel Tuz tallying 23 assists. Jade Breckheimer totaled a game-high 13 digs in the loss
HOW IT HAPPENED
Tied 15-15 midway through the first set, a untimely service error from the Hawks sparked a 4-1 spurt for Lewis that put them in the lead for good, 19-16. The two sides traded the next handful of scores with Quincy getting to within one, 24-23, after a service ace. Still, the Flyers weathered the storm and an ensuing Quincy service error sealed the 25-23 set one win.
It was all Lewis in the second set as they hit at a clip of .476 (13-3-21) compared to .059 (9-4-17) for Quincy to claim the second stanza, 25-16 and open up a 2-0 match lead.
Tied 9-9 in the third set, the Flyers were cleared for take-off as a kill from
Gauthier Brozak (Liege, Belgium/Institut de la providence de Herve) ignited an 8-2 run that vaulted Lewis into the lead, 17-11. Despite a late Quincy run that trimmed the Lewis lead to just three, 22-19, the Flyers prevented the upset as they rattled off three of the final five scores of the match to complete the sweep of their in-state rivals.
Lewis ended the match hitting at a clip of .440 (42-9-75) compared to .157 (25-14-70) for Quincy.
POST MATCH COMMENTS
MATCH NOTES
- Lewis is now 61-8 all-time against Quincy with the series dating back to the Flyers inaugural 1994 campaign
- Lewis and Quincy ended the match with seven aces each. Dating back to last year, the Flyers are now 3-1 when tying their opponents in aces
- Sweitzers 11 kills tie his career-high which he set last year against Roosevelt
- Zach Pekol (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy), Ezra Boecking (Round Rock, Texas/Meridian World) and Preston Fixemer (Omaha, Neb./Millard South) each made their season debuts in the win with all three playing in the third set
UP NEXT
The Flyers will welcome the No. 6 nationally ranked Pepperdine Waves to Neil Carey Arena tomorrow night. Opening serve is set for 5 p.m.
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