Box Score Lourdes lost the opening set and trailed in the second before rallying to defeat Lawrence Tech 15-25, 25-23, 25-8, 25-22 on Wednesday evening at Ridler Fieldhouse in Southfield, Mich.
 
The victory was the 100^th in the career of head coach Greg Reitz, 80 of which have come on the Gray Wolf bench.  Lourdes also improved to 10-0 all-time against the Blue Devils.
 
The Gray Wolves struggled early, committing 10 attack errors while registering just four kills in the opening set.  Lourdes hit -.194 to open the match despite jumping out to a 4-0 lead.  Lawrence Tech answered with a 10-1 run to take the lead of good, 10-5.  The Gray Wolves cut their deficit to two, 11-9 before another 8-1 Blue Devil run put the set out of reach.
 
In the second set, Lawrence Tech built a 17-13 lead looking to go up 2-0 in the match.  The Gray Wolves fought back, tying the set at 18 before finally taking the lead 20-19 on the first of two straight kills from Stephanie Richards (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.).  Lawrence Tech retied the set at 23 before a bad set and a Sam Dibert (Hartland, Mich./Hartland H.S.) kill evened the match.
 
The third set was all Lourdes as the Gray Wolves raced out to an 11-2 lead behind the serve of Richards.  Michi Jimenez (Vega Baja, P.R./Juan Quirindongo Morell H.S.) also served during a 7-0 run as the Gray Wolves hit .400 in the stanza. 
 
The Gray Wolves took the lead for good, 12-8, in the fourth with a 5-0 run behind two kills from Angie Pagan-Perez (Toa Baja, P.R./Bayamon Military Academy) as well as three attack errors from Lawrence Tech.  The Blue Devils closed to within two twice the rest of the way, the latest coming at 18-16 before Lourdes secured the match.
 
Richards led Lourdes with 12 kills while Pagan-Perez added 11 more.  Mallory Lenhart (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford H.S.) and Lexie Curtis (Toledo, Ohio/Bedford H.S.) each handed out 19 assists while Jimenez led all players with 19 digs.
 
Kasey Clark led Lawrence Tech (10-15, 4-9 WHAC) with 19 kills while Kelsey Haener tallied a team-high 11 digs.
 
Lourdes (12-10, 8-5) will return to action on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves play a pair of conference matches.  Lourdes will travel to Adrian, Mich. to face 16^th-ranked Madonna at noon and the host Saints of Siena Heights at 4:30 p.m. at the SHU Fieldhouse.