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Claire Viviano
Sonam Wangyal, TSU Athletics
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Truman State TSU 7-11, 3-6 GLVC
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Winner Lewis LEWIS 17-1, 9-0 GLVC
Truman State TSU
7-11, 3-6 GLVC
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Final
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Lewis LEWIS
17-1, 9-0 GLVC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Truman State TSU 18 13 25 16 (1)
Lewis LEWIS 25 25 23 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Cooper Weidenthaler, Athletic Communications

RECAP: Truman Falls to No. 3 Lewis on the Road

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Facing its stiffest test so far this season, the Truman State University volleyball team traveled to No. 3-ranked Lewis on Saturday afternoon for a showdown in the Land of Lincoln. The Bulldogs won the third set, 25-23, to cut the match deficit to one, 2-1, but the Flyers sealed their 17th win in the fourth set.

Truman (7-11, 3-6 GLVC) became just the sixth team this season to win a set against Lewis (17-1, 9-0 GLVC) in 18 matches as the Flyers have dropped just nine of their 61 total sets in 2017 and their one loss was against then-No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul in four. Saturday, the Bulldogs' leaders included Claire Viviano (seven kills), Savvy Hughes (26 assists), Meghan Gasper (14 digs), and Ellie Kaat (three blocks).

How it happened...
  • Truman got off to a great start with a pair of four-point advantages in the early going including 6-2 and 7-3.
  • Lewis battled back, though, and eventually was able to tie things up at 11 with eight of the next 12 points.
  • After three more ties, the final one being 14-14, the Flyers used a 6-1 run to go up by five on the Bulldogs, 20-15.
  • After that, the away team was never closer than three, 21-18, and the hosts won the set by seven, 25-18.
  • In the second set, Lewis controlled the momentum throughout thanks in part to an early 8-2 lead.
  • After that, Truman cut the margin to five several times, but was never closer than that as the home team won it by 12, 25-13.
  • For the third set, the Flyers tallied four of the first five points before the Bulldogs went off for 11 of the next 13 scores to go up six, 12-6.
  • Lewis hung around, though, and after getting within one point six times, it took the lead at 23-22.
  • Truman responded nicely with the next three points and a 25-23 set win.
  • The fourth set was the tightest one of the day as it saw a combined five ties and four lead changes.
  • After the hosts scored the first three points, their visitors scored five in a row to make it 5-3.
  • Quite a bit of back and forth happened after that before Lewis used an 9-2 spurt to lead by six, 18-12.
  • After that, Truman was never closer than five, lost the set 25-16 and the match in four.
Next up, the Bulldogs will compete in the 2017 Regional Crossover with three matches on Oct. 13-14 in Aurora, Ill.

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