No. 20 Lewis Women’s Volleyball Returns Home To Sweep Truman State

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The No. 20 Lewis University women’s volleyball team swept Truman State 3-0 Friday (Oct. 7) in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest at Neil Carey Arena.

TEAM RECORDS

No. 20 Lewis (12-6, 4-2 GLVC) | Truman State (1-14, 1-6 GLVC)

LEWIS LEADERS

Kills: Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) (11), Bella Ray (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (11), Megan Schlechte (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (9)

Digs: Andrea Zeiser (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) (18), Schlechte (10), Stenman (9)

Assists: Stenman (35)

Blocks: Stenman (7), Ray (6), Farah Taki (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) (4)

Aces: Natalie Stefanski (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet West) (2)

SET BREAKDOWN

FIRST SET: No. 20 Lewis 25, Lewis 13

• Five straight points gave the Flyers a 6-3 lead as three different Flyers recorded kills.
• The Bulldogs cut the lead to 9-7, but five more in a row from Lewis built the lead to 14-7, thanks to a pair of kills from Stefanski.
• After a Truman point, six more in a row from Lewis made it an 11-1 run all together as Ray tallied two kills in the run.
• Van Loo recorded the final two kills of the set.

SECOND SET: No. 20 Lewis 26, Truman State 24

• Lewis opened up with a 6-3 lead after three consecutive kills.
• Truman tied the score at 16-16 on a kill.
• The Bulldogs took a 20-19 lead, but the Flyers came right back to lead 21-20 on a Stefanski ace.
• The two teams traded leads again before the Flyers scored the final two points on a Van Loo kill and an ace from Schlechte.

THIRD SET: No. 20 Lewis 25, Truman State 10

• The…