Men's Volleyball Falls in Three Sets to No. 11 Lewis
 
Flash Points:

• Stephen Braswell (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) finished with 8 kills along with 6 digs.
• Joseph Koszelak (North Tonawanda, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) dished out 21 assist while also contributing with 4 digs.
• Saint Francis returns to action tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET against No. 7 Loyola-Chicago.

 
Romeoville, Ill. – The Saint Francis men's volleyball team fell to No. 11 Lewis University in three straight matches on Friday night at Neil Carey Arena. Lewis won 25-20, 25-11, and 25-21.
The Red Flash drop to 4-3, as the Flyers improve to 2-3 on the season.

Stephen Braswell (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) and Joseph Koszelak (North Tonawanda, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) finished the night for the Red Flash with a combined total of 14 kills and 10 digs. Koszelak also dished out 21 assist.  Jonathan Messa (Elmwood Park, Ill./St. Francis) helped contribute on the defensive side with 4 digs.
 
First Set
The Red Flash and the Flyers battled back and forth to begin the opening set. The Flyers started to run away with the lead (20-14) and force SFU to call its first timeout. After the timeout, SFU could not rally back as LUC would take the first set, 25-20.
 
Second Set
Lewis opens the second set with a 6-2 lead, as they would capitalize on some of SFU miscues. They would continue to apply pressure and extend its lead to 21-9 before forcing SFU to burn another timeout. LUC would eventually go on to win the second set, 25-11.
 
Set Three
As the Red Flash trail 2-0, they open the third set exchanging leads until the Flyers jumped out to a 19-15 lead. LUC would hold that four point lead for the remainder of the set and go on to win 25-21.
 
Saint Francis will look to jump back into the win column as they will travel to take on No. 7 Loyola-Chicago tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET.