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Men’s Volleyball Closes Two Match Weekend at Lewis with 3-2 Heartbreaking Loss
March 30, 2024 | Men's Volleyball
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Ball State volleyball team (18-9, 11-3 MIVA) dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to close out its two-match Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association weekend at Lewis (15—12, 8-6 MIVA) Saturday evening at Neil Carey Arena.
The Cardinals took the opening set over the Flyers in dominating fashion as Ball State held the lead and controlled the pace of play over Lewis to win the first set, 25-18. As a team, the Cardinals turned in a .421 hitting performance from the floor which was led by Aaron Hernandez with seven kills.
Lewis then came back to take sets two and three, 25-19, to take the 2-1 edge over Ball State.
A tightly contested set four, Ball State trailed most of the frame but was able to come back late with kills from Lucas Machado, Trevor Phillips and Tinaishe Ndavazocheva to take a 23-22 edge over the Flyers. The back-and-forth affair continued but Will Patterson and Ndavazocheva had back-to-back kills to give BSU the 27-25 win in the fourth stanza to send the match into overtime.
Just like in the first meeting, the fifth set was close but this time the match win column went to Lewis after the Flyers won the set, 15-12.
For the contest, Ndavazocheva led the Cardinals offensively with 20 kills while Hernandez had 12.
The Ball State men's volleyball team returns home Thursday against Quincy at 7 pm ET in Worthen Arena.
The Cardinals took the opening set over the Flyers in dominating fashion as Ball State held the lead and controlled the pace of play over Lewis to win the first set, 25-18. As a team, the Cardinals turned in a .421 hitting performance from the floor which was led by Aaron Hernandez with seven kills.
Lewis then came back to take sets two and three, 25-19, to take the 2-1 edge over Ball State.
A tightly contested set four, Ball State trailed most of the frame but was able to come back late with kills from Lucas Machado, Trevor Phillips and Tinaishe Ndavazocheva to take a 23-22 edge over the Flyers. The back-and-forth affair continued but Will Patterson and Ndavazocheva had back-to-back kills to give BSU the 27-25 win in the fourth stanza to send the match into overtime.
Just like in the first meeting, the fifth set was close but this time the match win column went to Lewis after the Flyers won the set, 15-12.
For the contest, Ndavazocheva led the Cardinals offensively with 20 kills while Hernandez had 12.
The Ball State men's volleyball team returns home Thursday against Quincy at 7 pm ET in Worthen Arena.
Team Stats
BSU
Lewis
Kills
65
73
Errors
18
19
Attempts
147
156
Hitting %
.320
.346
Points
74.0
90.0
Assists
62
69
Aces
4
5
Blocks
5
12
Game Leaders
Kills
20
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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