Posted: Jan 12, 2019
BRISTOL, TENN. --- The University of Mount Olive men's volleyball team fell to the No. 9 Flyers of Lewis University in three sets on Saturday night at the Student Center Complex in Bristol, Tenn.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 9 Lewis, Mount Olive (25-12, 25-16 25-20)
Records: Mount Olive (0-3), No. 9 Lewis (3-1)
Location: Student Center Complex | Bristol, Tenn.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
FIRST SET
- The Flyers got off to a hot start scoring the first six points of the opening set.
- Mount Olive found themselves trailing 12-3 before long and forced the Trojans to call their second timeout of the set.
- Following the timeout, UMO went on a 7-3 run that put the score at 16-10 still in Lewis' favor.
- The remainder of the set was all the Flyers as they went on a 9-2 streak to close out the set 25-12.
SECOND SET
- Lewis got things started in the second set taking the first three points.
- A kill by Tobi Azeez followed by an ace from the Australian freshman put the score at 3-2.
- The Flyers scored another three points but a 6-4 run by the Trojans brought the score to 10-8 as UMO trailed by two.
- As the teams approached the midway point, Lewis had taken a 19-11 lead following a 9-3 run by the Flyers.
- Back-to-back service aces by Shane Yeo gave Mount Olive 16 points but Lewis put down the final kill to win set two 25-16.
THIRD SET
- Set three began with Lewis taking an early 10-5 lead.
- The Flyers sat ahead 19-10 but UMO scored five straight points capped with a pair of kills from Azeez and Eric Visgitis climbing within four points, 19-15, as Lewis called timeout.
- Coming out of the timeout both teams traded points back and forth with Lewis holding a late 24-18 lead.
- UMO scored two more points following a Flyers ball handling error and kill by Nicolas Laxar but Lewis scored the final point off a kill from Moses to win the third set 25-20 and the match 3-0.
UP NEXT
Mount Olive concludes the three-day road trip with a Sunday matinee at Lincoln Memorial in Cumberland Gap, Tenn., on Jan. 13 at 1 PM.