ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The Lewis University men’s volleyball team fell to Ball State 3-2 in its final home game of the season on Saturday evening (April 1).
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis (14-11, 5-6 MIVA) | Ball State (16-8, 9-3 MIVA)
LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Cole Brillhart (York, Pa./Northeastern) (17), Max Roquet (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (15)
Digs: Brillhart (13), Jason Gibbs (Bellaire, Texas/Bellarie) (10)
Assists: Tyler Morgan (Dike, Iowa/New Hartford) (53)
Aces: Roquet (1), Piotr Wymoczyl (Arlington Heights, IL/Buffalo Grove HS) (1) and Christian Prayer (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway North) (1)
Blocks: Antonio Elias-Rodriguez (8), Morgan (7)
SET BREAKDOWN
FIRST SET: Ball State 25, Lewis 22
- The first set began with Ball State taking a narrow 5-4 lead in the early moments of the contest.
- Lewis answered back with three straight points to take the lead, including two kills with Brillhart.
- Both teams went began to trade points and find themselves tied at 18.
- Ball State scored three straight to take a 21-18 lead that they would inevitably hold onto to close out the first set.
- On two separate occasions, Brillhart had a kill to cut the lead down to two, but the Flyers could not recover.
SECOND SET: Ball State 25, Lewis 19
- Both teams began the second set trading blows and were tied at nine before Ball State managed to score three straight and take a 12-9 lead.
- Ball State held the lead for the remainder of the set and expanded its lead to as large as six.
- Lewis struggled throughout the set with 10 attack errors and a 0.083 hitting…
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