Lewis Women’s Volleyball Falls to Missouri-St. Louis in Regular Season Finale Saturday

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Lewis University women’s volleyball was unable to come with the victory Saturday (Nov. 5) as the Flyers dropped their final regular season match 3-1 to Missouri – St. Louis. The Tritons won 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19.

TEAM RECORDS

UMSL (20-5, 11-1 GLVC) | Lewis (19-8, 8-4 GLVC)

LEWIS LEADERS

Kills: Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (13), Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (13), Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (12)

Digs: Andrea Zeiser (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) (30) and Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (21)

Assists: Lauren Stenman (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) (42)

Blocks: Ray (10) and Stenman (7)

Aces: Stefanski (2) and Van Loo (1)

SET BREAKDOWN

FIRST SET: UMSL 28, Lewis 26

·      UMSL jumped out to an early 6-3 advantage in the first set before Lewis scored five straight points to take a 8-6 lead.

·      Lewis would be the first to score 10 in the set after a kill and a block by Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg).

·      The Flyers had a 15-11 lead before UMSL scored eight of the next 10 to take a 19-17 advantage.

·      Later in the set, Van Loo had two kills and Stefanski had one kill to tie the score at 23.

·      Both teams went back-and-fourth the next couple of points before UMSL scored three straight to win the opening set 28-26.

SECOND SET: Lewis 25, UMSL 23

·      Stefanski recorded a kill to make it 3-0 Lewis to start off the second set.

·      Both teams would…