Lourdes moved one step closer to the Great Lakes Conference regular season championship on Tuesday evening as the Gray Wolves cruised to a 25-11, 25-8, 25-8 victory over Calumet College of Saint Joseph at the Rittenmeyer Center in Whiting, Ind.
 
The victory was the 10^th for the Gray Wolves in their last 11 matches, and increased their lead in the league to 2.5 games with three contests remaining.
 
"We played really well on our side of the net," head coach Greg Reitz said after the match.  "We were efficient in everything we did.  We served extremely well."
 
Lourdes tallied 17 service aces in the victory, including seven from Jo'Lon Clark (Compton, Calif./Long Beach Poly H.S.).  Six different Gray Wolves registered at least one ace in the match.
 
The Gray Wolves hit .466 for the match as a team, committing just seven attack errors in the contest.  Frank Craig (Jacksonville, Fla./Englewood H.S.) had a match-high 10 kills for the Gray Wolves while Clark added nine.  Austin Stout (Huntertown, Ind./Bishop Luers H.S.) and Sean Labriola (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot H.S.) each tallied five kills on six swings for an .833 hitting mark.
 
Brad Miller (Convoy, Ohio/Crestview H.S.) led Lourdes with 11 digs while Amaury Miranda (Naranjito, P.R./Luis Munoz Marin H.S.) handed out 29 assists.
 
Timothy Williams led Calumet (1-20, 1-9 GLC) with five kills while Liam Fagan tallied six digs.
 
Lourdes (13-5, 11-0) can clinch the Great Lakes Conference title outright on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves travel to Chicago, Ill. to fact second place Robert Morris (Ill.).  First serve is set for 8 p.m. EDT at the RMU Athletic and Convocation Center.