(RV) Lewis Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Both Matches in New York Saturday

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. & GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The (RV) Lewis University women’s volleyball team swept both games in New York as the Flyers won both games 3-0 Friday (Sept. 20). 

GAME 1

TEAM RECORDS

(RV) Lewis 5-4 | Molloy 6-4

                    

LEWIS LEADERS vs. Molloy

Kills: Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (7), Mallory Januski (Bourbonnais, Ill./Valparaiso) (7)

Digs: Ally Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) (13), Rachel Kaczorowski (Carpentersville, Ill./Harry D. Jacobs) (13), Lily King (Channahan, IL) (13)

Assists: King (12)

Aces: Kaczorowski (3)

Blocks: Januski (1)

SET BREAKDOWN vs. Molloy

Set 1: Lewis 25, Molloy 20

Lewis took the lead 3-0 with a service ace from King. Molloy stayed close behind Lewis with consistent scoring from both teams.

Four consecutive scores from Lewis gave them an 11-5 lead. Molloy brought the score closer with four consecutive points.

Lewis managed to keep its lead throughout the game, although it was a small lead. Lewis managed to score three in a row and Kaczorowski gave the team a 20-16 lead with a service ace.

Lewis kept up the scoring and Molloy was unable to pull ahead and a kill from Gracie Schultz (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest High School) ended the set with a 25-20 win for Lewis.

Set 2: Lewis 25, Molloy 19

Going into the second set, Molloy pulled ahead 3-0 (winning score first) but Lewis retaliated back with six consecutive goals points to bring their lead to 6-3 with a kill by Emma O’Neil. After back and forth scores, Lewis lost their lead after three consecutive scores from Molloy and were tied 8-8.

Lewis kept up with Molloy but Molloy pulled ahead after another three consecutive scores. After being down 13-11, Lewis launched a counterattack and almost scored seven consecutive goals  points to bring their lead to 18-14.

After more back-and-forth scoring, Lewis managed to pull ahead again with four consecutive scores after a kill by Avery Holubar (Bargersville, Ind./Center Grove) gave Lewis a 23-17 lead. Molloy was unable to keep up and the second set ended 25-19 in favor of Lewis after a service error from Molloy.

Set 3: Lewis 25, Molloy 17

The final set started with many consecutive scores for Molloy and Lewis was down 7-1. Molloy struck back harder with three consecutive scores and Lewis was down further at 10-2.

But Lewis managed to swing back with five consecutive points scores to drop their deficit to 10-7…