WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. — The Lewis University women’s volleyball team won its fourth straight Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Championship on Sunday (November 24) as the Flyers took down Rockhurst 3-1.
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CHAMPIONSHIP
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TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 22-10 | (RV) Rockhurst 21-7
LEWIS LEADERS vs. Rockhurst
Kills: Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (17)
Digs: Ally Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) (26), Hannah Alvey (Mapleton, Ill./Illinois Central College) (18)
Assists: Lily King (Channahon, IL) (18), Rachel Kaczorowski (Carpentersville, Ill./Harry D. Jacobs) (16)
Aces: Ray (3)
Blocks: Emma O’Neill (Papillion, NE/Papillion La Vista South) (6), Ray (5), Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (5)
SET BREAKDOWN vs. Rockhurst
Set 1: Rockhurst 25, Lewis 12
Both teams each scored six points to begin the match, making it 6-6. Rockhurst responded with back-to-back points and took control of the set from that point on.
Ray recorded a kill to make it 14-9 in favor of the Hawks but that was the closest Lewis was able to make it. Rockhurst outscored Lewis 11-3 the rest of the way to win the opening set 25-12.
Set 2: Lewis 25, Rockhurst 17
The second went back-and-forth as both teams traded five points apiece. Ray recorded a service ace to give Lewis back the lead and the Flyers never looked back.
Keegan Carey (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) and Ray recorded a block to Lewis a 16-13 set advantage. The Hawks got the next point before the Flyers rallied off three more in a row including a pair of aces from Ray to make it 19-14.
Rockhurst recorded the next score before Lewis scored three straight again including a pair of kills from Alvey and a block from Emma O’Neill (Papillion, NE/Papillion La Vista South) and Lauren Buxton (Springfield, Ill./Pleasant Plains) extended the Lewis lead out to 22-15.
The Flyers won the second set after picking up the last three points and tied it at 1-1.
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Lewis stuffs 8 shots en route to a 25-16 2nd-set victory!#GLVCvb | #GLVCchamps pic.twitter.com/zd1vPgR8mq
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