No. 14 Lewis Men’s Volleyball Falls in Five-Set Battle at No. 20 Purdue Fort Wayne

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 14 Lewis University men’s volleyball team lost a long, hard-fought battle at Purdue Fort Wayne, 3-2, Thursday (April 4).

TEAM RECORDS

No. 20 Purdue Fort Wayne 13-11 (7-8 MIVA) | No. 14 Lewis 15-13 (8-7 MIVA)

LEWIS LEADERS

Kills: Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (20), Syver Drolsum (Vikersund, Norway/Toppvolley Norge) (16), Daniel Haber (Remsenburg, NY/Westhampton Beach) (12), Shawn Baggs (Gilbert, Ariz./Casteel HS) (10)

Digs: Nico Paula (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) (11), Drolsum (11), Roquet (10)

Assists: Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford) (53)

Blocks: Baggs (9), Haber (7), Morgan (6)

Aces: Morgan (2)

SET BREAKDOWN

Set 1: Purdue Fort Wayne 25, Lewis 19

Purdue Fort Wayne used a 3-0 run to take a 4-2 lead early. Lewis used a 6-2 charge featuring three kills by Haber and a service ace by Baggs to go up 9-7.

The Mastodons kept things close and took back the lead by taking five of six points to make it 17-15. Later, a 4-0 push from Purdue Fort Wayne made it 22-17 Mastodons.

Lewis took two of the next three, but two straight kills ended the set for Purdue Fort Wayne.

Set 2: Purdue Fort Wayne 25, Lewis 21

Both sides traded points early in set two until the Mastodons used a 3-0 run to go ahead 9-6. The Flyers charged right back, taking the next four points with a couple kills by Drolsum to take a 10-9 advantage.

Purdue Fort Wayne used another 3-0 push to go up 12-10, and the teams traded points from there. Just like set one, the Mastodons later used a 4-0 run to bring the lead to 22-17.

Lewis later took two points in a row to get within three, 24-21, but Purdue Fort Wayne finished the set with a kill.

Set 3: Lewis 31, Ball State 29

The Flyers came out with urgency in set three, going up 7-2 with four early blocks, three involving Baggs. The Mastodons got back in it with a 4-1 run to make it 8-6.

Lewis later used a 4-1 run of its own, started with a pair of kills by Roquet and finished by an ace from Morgan, to go up 17-11. The Flyers got ahead by as much as eight points, at 22-14, before Purdue Fort Wayne charged back with a 7-0 run to tie it at 23.

Lewis reached set point seven times and held off a match point for the Mastodons once, before a Purdue Fort Wayne attack error gave the Flyers the set.

Set 4: Lewis 25, Purdue Fort Wayne 19

An ace by Morgan gave Lewis a 5-3 lead early before the Mastodons used a 4-0 run to go up 7-5. The Flyers pounced right…