No. 17 Lewis Women’s Volleyball Earns Split During First Day In Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The No. 17 Lewis University women’s volleyball team finished Day One of the West Florida Tournament with a 1-1 record Friday (Sept. 9), defeating Spring Hill in three sets and falling to Oklahoma Baptist is straight sets.
 
MATCH ONE

TEAM RECORDS
No. 17 Lewis (6-3) | Spring Hill (3-5)
LEWIS LEADERS
Kills: Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (13)
Digs: Andrea Zeiser (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) (20), Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (12), Schlechte (11)
Assists: Lauren Stenman (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) (25)
Blocks: Farah Taki (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) (4), Stefanski (3)
Aces: Zeiser (4)
SET BREAKDOWN
FIRST SET: Lewis 25, Spring Hill 17

• The Flyers built an early 6-3 advantage on a kill by Stefanski.
• Spring Hill tied the match at 7-7.
• Lewis took control of the match at 14-9 off of back-to back errors.
• The Flyers scored five straight points to pull ahead 22-14 en route to the first set win.

SECOND SET: Lewis 25, Spring Hill 22

• Spring Hill scored four straight points to pull ahead 14-11.
• The Flyers tallied three straight points to pull ahead 20-19 on an attack error.
• Lewis scored five of the final seven points of the set.

THIRD SET: Lewis 25, Spring Hill 14

• Lewis scored the first 12 points of the set as Hannah Alvey (Mapleton, Ill.) tallied three kills and Zeiser added two aces in the run.
• Spring Hill would get no closer than eight points the rest of the way.

Final Score: No. 17 Lewis 3, Spring Hill 0

MATCH TWO

Team RECORDS

No. 17 Lewis (6-4) | Oklahoma Baptist 4-6

LEWIS LEADERS

Kills: Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (10)

Digs: Zeiser (24), Schlechte (10)

Assists: Stenman (23)

Blocks: Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (7), Stenman (3)

Aces: Van Loo (2)

SET BREAKDOWN:

FIRST SET:  Oklahoma Baptist 25, Lewis 15

• Oklahoma Baptist scored the first six points and had eight of the first nine in the match.
• Three straight points from the Flyers got them to within six at 13-7 after an ace by Ray.
• Four out of five points from OBU put the match away at 19-10.

SECOND SET: Oklahoma Baptist 25, Lewis 16

• Lewis pulled out to an early 3-2 lead before three straight points to Oklahoma Baptist gave It a 5-3 lead.
• The Flyers tallied back-to-back points by Van Loo and Stenman cut the deficit to three points at 15-12.
• Five out of six points followed for Oklahoma Baptist to give it…