Ball State University Athletics
Thursday, February 9
Muncie, Ind.
7 pm
Ball State University
5-4,0-1MIVA
2
vs
3
Lewis University
7-5,1-0MIVA
1st set1
2nd set2
3rd set3
4th set4
5th set5
FinalF
Lewis
25
19
25
20
18
3
Ball St.
22
25
23
25
16
2
Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services
Men’s Volleyball Suffers Heartbreaking Five Set Loss to Lewis
February 09, 2023 | Men's Volleyball
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Cardinals knew tonight's contest wasn't going to be an easy one in their Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association opener. So, it comes to no surprise that the preseason favorite Ball State Cardinals would take the match to a fifth set over the Lewis Flyers tonight in Worthen Arena.
Although the win column could have gone either way, unfortunately for the Cardinals (5-4, 0-1 MIVA) the Flyers (7-5, 1-0 MIVA) would be the team to come out on top in the extra period winning the fifth set 18-16 and then taking the match 3-2.
The Flyers did indeed hit slightly better than the Cardinals tonight, totaling 59 kills off 130 swings for a .254 hitting percentage while the Cardinals weren't too far behind with 55 kills off 118 attempts for a .237 hitting percentage.
All-in-all the match came down to defense and Lewis proved to be the better team in that regard.
Despite dropping the first set (22-25) and third set (23-25), the Cardinals kept up the pace when they needed to after taking both frames two (25-19) and four (25-20) from Lewis.
Ball State's offense was led by this week's MIVA Offensive Player of the Week, Tinaishe Ndavazocheva with a season best 27 kills on the night while his teammate Dyer Ball also reached double figures in that statistic with 15.
The Ball State men's volleyball continues MIVA action Saturday when it hosts McKendree for a 6 pm ET first serve in Worthen Arena.
Although the win column could have gone either way, unfortunately for the Cardinals (5-4, 0-1 MIVA) the Flyers (7-5, 1-0 MIVA) would be the team to come out on top in the extra period winning the fifth set 18-16 and then taking the match 3-2.
The Flyers did indeed hit slightly better than the Cardinals tonight, totaling 59 kills off 130 swings for a .254 hitting percentage while the Cardinals weren't too far behind with 55 kills off 118 attempts for a .237 hitting percentage.
All-in-all the match came down to defense and Lewis proved to be the better team in that regard.
Despite dropping the first set (22-25) and third set (23-25), the Cardinals kept up the pace when they needed to after taking both frames two (25-19) and four (25-20) from Lewis.
Ball State's offense was led by this week's MIVA Offensive Player of the Week, Tinaishe Ndavazocheva with a season best 27 kills on the night while his teammate Dyer Ball also reached double figures in that statistic with 15.
The Ball State men's volleyball continues MIVA action Saturday when it hosts McKendree for a 6 pm ET first serve in Worthen Arena.
Team Stats
Lewis
BSU
Kills
59
55
Errors
26
27
Attempts
130
118
Hitting %
.254
.237
Points
74
67
Assists
55
51
Aces
3
4
Blocks
12
8
Game Leaders
Kills
27
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
3
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Players Mentioned
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