No. 7 Lewis Men's Volleyball Wins Fourth Straight With Sweep Of St. Francis (Pa.)

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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Behind 11 blocks and eight aces No. 7 Lewis men’s volleyball swept Saint Francis (Pa.) 25-15, 25-20, 25-16 on Friday evening at Neil Carey arena.
 
Eight different Flyers earned a block against the Red Flash. Senior Aaron Flick (North Ridgeville, Ohio/St. Edward) led Lewis with five. Junior Ian Karbiener (Orlando, Fla./Olympia) led Lewis’ offensive attack with nine kills while adding six digs and three aces. Freshman Greg Petty (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) recorded four aces and six kills.
 
“The guys established the intensity level from the beginning,” Lewis head coach Dan Friend said. “We brought a lot of pressure from the service line, jumped on those guys and said ‘hey can you match this level we are going to play at.’”
 
Lewis led the first and third sets from start to finish. The second set was the closet, with the Red Flash taking a 9-5 advantage before Lewis tied it up at 10. It was tied at 17 when a Karbiener kill, a Saint Francis attack error and Lewis block put the Flyers up 20-17. Karbiener added a kill for point 22 and an ace for point 24.
 
“Ian did some really nice things for us late in the second game and allowed us to finish it off,” Friend said. “We got in the third game and we jumped on them and finished them off.”
 
Junior Eric Varney (Oak Park, Calif./Oak Park/Moorepark CC) recorded double-digits in digs with 11.
 
The Flyers hit .270 while holding the Saint Francis to a sub zero -.014 attack percentage. It’s the first time Lewis has held an opponent to a negative hitting percentage since Mercyhurst hit -.011 against Lewis in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament on April 18, 2008.
 
Saint Francis falls to 1-5 while Lewis improves to 5-2. The Flyers host George Mason on Saturday at 7 p.m. Saturday’s match is Prostate Cancer Awareness night with fans encouraged to wear light blue.