#25 Lewis Women’s Volleyball Honors Seniors with 3-1 Victory Against S&T Saturday

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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — The No. 25 Lewis University women’s volleyball team picked up a huge Great Lakes Valley Conference victory against Missouri S&T, 3-1, in their home finale on Senior Day Saturday. The Flyers honored Mikah Freppon (Cold Spring, Ky./Newport Central Catholic), Andrea Zeiser (Eureka, Mo./Eureka), Farah Taki (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) and Gisela Bode (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie) before the match. 

TEAM RECORDS

Lewis (19-7, 8-3 GLVC) | Missouri S&T (15-8, 7-4 GLVC)

LEWIS LEADERS

Kills: Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (15), Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (15), Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (12), Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (10)

Digs: Zeiser (21), Stefanski (15), Lauren Stenman (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) (13)

Assists: Stenman (33), Freppon (11)

Blocks: Ray (6) 

Aces: Zeiser (2)

SET BREAKDOWN

FIRST SET: Lewis 25, Missouri S&T 23

• Both teams went back-and-forth and scored six points a piece before Lewis rallied for three points in a row capped off by a block by Ray.
• Missouri S&T would rally for four in a row of their own to grab an 14-12 advantage midway through the first set.
• It would go back-and-forth most of the way through the set before the Miners led 24-23 then the Flyers scored three points in a row including back-to-back kills by Schlechte to win the opening set 26-24.

SECOND SET: Missouri S&T 25, Lewis 12

• Missouri S&T started the second set ahead 5-0 before Van Loo recorded a kill.
• The Miners went up 17-6 in the second set.
• Stefanski recorded a kill and a service ace to make it down to 23-12.
• MST scored the last two points of the second set to tie the match at 1-all.

THIRD SET: Lewis 26, Missouri S&T 24

• Missouri S&T used momentum from the second set and went on a 6-2 rally to start the third set.
• Van Loo got the Flyers right back in the third set after her service ace tied the set at 9-all.
• The Miners went on another rally to go up 16-12 before Lewis scored five straight to grab a 17-16 by a kill from Stefanski.
• Lewis went up 24-20 to have set point but the Miners would not give up scoring four straight to tie it at 24-all.
• Zeiser was able to give the Flyers a 2-1 set lead after a service ace gave Lewis a 26-24 victory.

FOURTH SET: Lewis 25, Missouri…