Final Stats

ROMEOVILLE - The No. 2 Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball team suffered its second loss of the season on Wednesday night, falling to No. 4 Lewis in four sets (25-22, 16-25, 22-25, 25-23). The Flyers outhit the Ramblers .248 to .154 over four sets while also adding 18 team blocks to Loyola's seven. Jaeschke recorded his fifth double-double of the season after tallying a match-high 19 kills and 14 digs, while Cody Caldwell and Ben Plaisted each added four kills apiece.

The Ramblers scored three straight points to begin the first set behind back-to-back kills from Caldwell and Jaeschke, followed by a Caldwell ace. After trading points, the Flyers rallied to tie the game, but a Jaeschke kill put the Ramblers back on top, 9-8. The teams continued to battle back-and-forth until two straight kills from Jaeschke gave the Ramblers a 19-17 lead, forcing a Lewis timeout. The two teams traded points out of the timeout until Loyola scored three of the last four, including a kill from Jeff Jendryk, a Jaeschke service ace and a Caldwell kill, to end the first set, 25-22. Loyola outhit the Flyers .385 to .105 in set one, with Jaeschke racking up eight kills on a .667 hitting percentage.

The second set began with the two teams trading points back-and-forth until Lewis scored four unanswered to take a 7-4 lead and force a Loyola timeout. Lewis maintained the steady lead until back-to-back points upped the score 14-9, forcing Loyola to use its second and final timeout of the set. Loyola managed to pull within three points after a kill from Jendryk and block by Nicholas Olson and Ben Plaisted, but the Flyer offense continued to click as Lewis increased the lead to 20-14. Lewis then scored five of the next seven points to win the second set, 25-16, behind a .520 hitting percentage.

The Flyers jumped out to a 4-0 lead to begin the third set before an Olson kill ended the run. Loyola was able to cut the lead to two points, but Lewis responded with back-to-back points of its own to take an 8-4 lead and force a Rambler timeout. Loyola slowly chipped away at the lead until back-to-back points from Jaeschke, a kill and a service ace, tied the set at 16-16 and forced a Lewis timeout. The teams traded points out of the timeout until back-to-back kills gave the Ramblers a 20-18 lead, their first of the set. However, Lewis rallied to score seven of the next nine points, including the last five of the set, to claim the 25-22 victory and take a 2-1 lead.

The two teams traded points to begin the fourth set until Lewis scored two straight to take an 8-5 lead and force a Loyola timeout. After two kills apiece from Plaisted and Caldwell, the Ramblers scored three unanswered points to pull within one, but Lewis responded by scoring six of the next seven to take a 19-13 lead. The Ramblers then put together a string of runs, capped by back-to-back kills from Plaisted and Caldwell and a block by Peter Hutz and Olson, to take a 22-21 lead and force a Lewis timeout. However, Lewis stormed out of the timeout to score four of the next five points and win set four, 25-23.