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Women's Volleyball Secures Third Straight GLVC Championship

babyÖ±²¥app Women's Volleyball Secures Third Straight GLVC Championship With Sweep of Missouri-St. Louis

Published: November 19, 2023.

The No. 2 seed babyÖ±²¥app University women's volleyball team swept No. 1 Missouri-St. Louis Sunday (Nov. 19) to win the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship. The Flyers hit an incredible .442 in the match and had 12 blocks to secure its third GLVC title in a row.

babyÖ±²¥app seniors  (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic),  (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul), and  (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) earned GLVC All-Tournament Team honors.

TEAM RECORDS
No. 13 babyÖ±²¥app 26-6 | No. 2 Missouri-St. Louis 30-1

LEWIS LEADERS
°­¾±±ô±ô²õ: Van Loo (8),  (Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg) (8), Ray (8)
Digs:  (Granger, Ind./Penn) (17), Schlechte (14)
´¡²õ²õ¾±²õ³Ù²õ: Stenman (34)
Blocks:  (Papillion, NE/Papillion La Vista South) (6), Ray (5), Stenman (5)
´¡³¦±ð²õ: Hickey (3), Stenman (2)

SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: babyÖ±²¥app 25, UMSL 20
It was 2-2 early, but UMSL went on a 7-0 run with four kills and two aces to take the lead. After a babyÖ±²¥app timeout, the Flyers went on a 13-4 charge with five kills and four blocks to snag the advantage.

Later, an 8-3 push for babyÖ±²¥app made it 23-17 Flyers. The Tritons took three of the next four points, but a service error secured the set for babyÖ±²¥app. The Flyers hit .414 in the opening set.

Set 2: babyÖ±²¥app 25, UMSL 20
babyÖ±²¥app started the second set hot, taking a 6-2 advantage after back-to-back aces by Hickey. After a timeout by UMSL, the Tritons took six of the next eight points, all on kills, to even the score at eight.

The teams traded runs and were tied up again at 13, when the Flyers used a 5-1 run to regain the lead. UMSL took three of the next four points, but that was as close as the set would get.

 (Bargersville, Ind./Center Grove) capped a 4-0 babyÖ±²¥app run with a service ace to make the score 23-17 for the Flyers. Schlechte finished off the set win with a kill, as the babyÖ±²¥app offense stayed hot, hitting .433 in the frame.

Set 3: babyÖ±²¥app 25, UMSL 19
The Flyers scored the first two points of set three, but the Tritons pushed back with a 6-2 run including five kills to take the early lead. Later, four consecutive UMSL attack errors headlined a 5-0 babyÖ±²¥app run to go ahead 10-7.

The Tritons got back to within one, but four straight Flyers kills made it a 16-11 advantage and prompted another UMSL timeout. The Tritons scored four of the next six points before the teams traded 4-0 runs, with babyÖ±²¥app calling a timeout to regroup holding a 22-19 lead.

From there, it was all Flyers. A block, an attack error by the Tritons, and a kill by Schlechte secured babyÖ±²¥app' third consecutive GLVC Championship. The Flyers hit .481 and frustrated UMSL attackers with seven blocks in the final set.

UP NEXT
babyÖ±²¥app women's volleyball waits to find out its opponent and match time for the NCAA Midwest Regional. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show airs live on NCAA.com on Monday (Nov. 20) at 6:30 p.m. CT.

babyÖ±²¥app University is an innovative Catholic university offering market-relevant undergraduate and graduate programs to 6,500 students. Sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, babyÖ±²¥app University is nationally recognized for preparing intellectually engaged, ethically grounded, and globally-connected graduates who impact the world for the better. Visit for further information.



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