Upper Iowa volleyball challenged Lewis in their first match of the weekend and fell in a 3-1 decision. LU took sets one and two with scores of 25-19 and 15-15. UIU responded in set three with a 25-18 victory before falling in set four in a 25-18 decision. The Flyers improved to 17-9 (8-2) on the season, and the Peacocks shifted to 10-14 overall and 2-7 in the conference.
UIU hit .175 on the day and recorded 53 kills, and LU mustered a .252 attacking percentage with 49 kills.
Semelroth led the team with 15 kills (.310), followed by
Emily Kono with 13 (.313) and
Alexis Moses (.353) with eight.
Nicole Pozorski tallied 43 assists, and
McKenna Diermeier collected 21 digs and two aces.
Lewis jumped out to an 11-7 lead in set one behind a 7-1 run with four points coming from Peacock errors. The home team closed the gap and came within two points (16-14) behind kills from Semelroth and Kono. LU put together a 5-1 burst later in the set for a 23-17 advantage before taking set one.
Upper Iowa came out with energy early in set two, taking an early 6-3 lead. Lewis was able to rattle off a 13-2 run several plays later, pushing them out in front with a 20-10 advantage and enough room to put the Peacocks away. The guests hit a game-high .346, while UIU recorded a game-low .088 attacking percentage.
The blue and white came to life in set three with a spark that lifted them to their 25-17 win in set three. They flipped the script to have their best performance at the net of the night with 19 kills (.265) after getting off a 7-2 start and not looking back. Semelroth tallied seven kills in this set alone, while Kono and
Maria Winter put together a strong performance at the net to help bolster the scoring.
McKenna Diermeier held down the back line and made diving plays to keep the action going.
Lewis responded with a scoring run in set four as they got ahead 7-1 early. The Peacocks were able to claw back to a 13-9 deficit from a mixed attack but traded points for the remainder of the set, unable to get another rhythm going.
The Peacocks take on Indianapolis tomorrow in Fayette at 3 p.m. for Senior Day.
