EAST PEORIA, Ill. – In the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament semifinals for the seventh time in program history, the top-seeded Hawks took on the fourth-seeded Lewis University Flyers and got swept (21-25, 18-25, 21-25).

The NCAA Selection Show is on Sunday, November 13^th at 9:30 p.m. That's when the Hawks will find out their fate in the Midwest Region.

Set 1
The Flyers jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set and carried that momentum throughout the set. Consecutive kills by Bella Ray, saw the Flyers lead grow to 8-3. Lewis kept the lead at 15-9, forcing the Hawks to call a time out. Ray finished off the set for Lewis to give them the opening set win.

The Hawks were held to a hitting percentage of just .132.

Set 2
The middle set was tight in the early going as both teams were knotted at 3. After that, the Flyers went on a 6-2 run to take a 9-5 lead. Emma Wijnbergen registered three consecutive kills to try and keep the Hawks in the contest, but the Flyers held to their four point margin. Lewis scored the last 4 out of 5 points in the set to take a commanding lead in the match.

Set 3
Back-to-back kills by Bella Ray gave the Flyers the 6-2 lead and carried their momentum from the opening two sets. The Hawks got to within 8-7 on an Alice Pavan kill, but the Flyers scored the next 6 points to take a sizable lead in the set. That run was too much for the Hawks to overcome as the Flyers took the set and the match.

Career Watch
Senior Mattison Norris registered her 1000^th career dig in the 3^rd set of the match.

Match Leaders
Emma Wijnbergen: 13 kills
Makayla Knoblauch: 28 assists