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It took a school-record performance for No. 12 Lewis to avoid a massive upset.
Outside attacker Max Roquet set a single-match program record during the 25-point rally scoring era with 33 kills as Lewis rallied to beat Mount Olive 21-25, 25-19, 30-28, 25-27, 20-18 on Friday in Romeoville, Illinois.
Roquet in the decisive fifth game led all players with eight kills, including two kills in overtime when Mount Olive was at match-point. The senior following his final kill added a solo block on the next play that set up the Flyers’ match-winning point.
Roquet also had a game-high 10 kills in the third game and helped spearhead the Flyers’ comeback.
Lewis trailed by as many as seven points midway through that game before going on a 5-1 run that featured three straight kills from Roquet. Roquet also had a kill to fight off one of three Mount Olive game-points and help force overtime.
Roquet in the victory had a .383 attack percentage on a season-high 60 attack attempts.
Lewis out-hit Mount Olive .329 to .315 highlighted with a match-best .500 attack percentage in the fifth game.
Along with Roquet, pin-hitter Oguzhan Oguz contributed 23 kills on a .354 attack percentage. Roquet and Oguz were the only Flyers to have at least five kills.
Mount Olive was one point away from winning its first match in program history against a top-15 nationally ranked team.
Opposite Kory Grant in the non-conference loss led Mount Olive with 20 kills.
Outside attacker Tate Sandvig added 16 kills and hit .389 against Lewis, while Constantinos Iacovou had 11 kills on a match-best .526 attack percentage.