ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (February 22, 2023)
 
In Short…
No. 10 Loyola (12-2, 5-0 MIVA) won its fifth straight match following a 3-1 road victory over Lewis (8-8, 2-3 MIVA) Wednesday evening inside Neil Carey Arena. Parker Van Buren led the Ramblers with 24 kills, three digs and three block solos (career high), while Dan Mangun registered a double-double effort with 39 assists, 11 digs and two aces. The Ramblers won by set scores of 27-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-22.
 
How it Happened
Loyola jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the match, but it didn't come easy as the host Flyers stormed out of the gate.
 
In the opening set, the Ramblers were forced to overcome an early 6-1 deficit and didn't claim their first lead until Cole Schlothauer's kill gave Loyola a 23-22 advantage. Lewis had led the entire set until the Ramblers rattled off four straight points to even the score at 17. From there it went back and forth the rest of the way as back-to-back kills from Schlothauer and Van Buren, who recorded seven kills in the first stanza, put the Ramblers up 1-0 in the match.
 
Set 2 was all Loyola with the Ramblers quickly extending a one-point lead at 13-12 to a six-point advantage at 20-14, following a kill by Nicodemus Meyer. Lewis got back within two at 21-19, but a couple attack errors from the Flyers put the Ramblers in position to clinch the second frame with an ace delivered by Cooper Evans.
 
The Flyers were able to avoid the sweep, limiting the Ramblers to a team hitting percentage of .115 in the third set. After the score was tied at 13 following another Van Buren kill, Lewis led the rest of the way and closed on a hot streak with seven of the set's final 10 points.
 
The final set started off close with the score level at 8-8 following kill from Brooks, soon after a Mangun ace sparked the Ramblers as the lead swelled to 17-10 for the Maroon & Gold. Loyola led 20-16 on another kill from Brooks, but Lewis didn't go down without a final stand and pulled back within a point when back-to-back Loyola errors made it 23-22. A Lewis service error stopped the run and the match ended on the next rally with a huge block from Jimmy Meinhart and Schlothauer.
 
Christan Prayer led the Flyers with 16 kills while Max Roquet recorded 14 on the night.
 
Inside The Box Score

• Loyola hit .257 overall while Lewis was held to a .192 mark in team hitting percentage
• Both teams had six aces and the sides combined for 36 total service errors
• The Ramblers had 10 blocks compared to seven on the Lewis side of the net 

Up Next
Loyola hosts McKendree Saturday with a 5 p.m. CT first serve at Gentile Arena.