Romeoville, Ill. — After defeating Loyola Chicago 3-2 on Thursday, the No. 9 BYU men's volleyball team will face No. 15 Lewis University for its second road match of the week in the state of Illinois on Saturday evening in Neil Carey Arena at 7 p.m. CST, with a livestream on Volleyball World's YouTube channel.
THE COUGARS (3-0)
With a 3-2 (19-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-22, 15-13) victory over Loyola Chicago, the Cougars improve to 3-0 on the season. In 2023, BYU’s longest win streak was nine games. The program record for most wins in a season occurred in 1999 when BYU went 18-0 in 1999.
Junior outside hitter Luke Benson was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday evening. Benson led the Cougars through two sweeps at home against No. 11 Ball State, totaling 23 kills on a .541 clip. On Friday, Benson boasted 17 kills on a career-high .762 clip. He also led the Cougars in digs with seven on the night. Benson recorded another career-best on Saturday night with four aces as BYU totaled six for the match.
THE FLYERS (1-3)
Lewis is 1-3 on the season, coming off a loss to No. 1 UCLA, falling 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 26-28, 23-25) in a tight match against the reigning NCAA Champions. In the three sets that the Flyers dropped against UCLA, all were decided by just two points.
COUGARS VS. FLYERS
The Cougars have not lost to the Flyers since 2014, going on a seven-game win streak. Most recently, the Cougars hosted Lewis in Provo and won in four sets 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 25-17). Shawn Olmstead is also a perfect 6-0 against Lewis since his first season as the men’s head coach in 2016.
BROADCAST
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Saturday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. CST in Neil Carey Arena