Lourdes men's volleyball team posted one of the biggest victories in program history on Friday evening, defeating NCAA Division I foe IPFW 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 at the Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Ind.
 
We played very well tonight," head coach Greg Reitz said after the match.  "We won the serve and pass battle tonight and that allowed us to run a very efficient offense.  We were able to slow down their attack with our block and defense.  This is how we need to play."
 
The Gray Wolves hit .347 against the Mastodons for the match, tallying 45 kills while committing just 12 errors.  Lourdes also outdug IPFW 45-33 and outblocked the hosts 6-3.
 
Garrett Jones (Las Vegas, Nev./Las Vegas H.S.) tallied a team-high 12 kills while Zachary Hawkins (Dickinson, Texas/Dickinson H.S.) added 11 kills.  Ryan Maune (Washington, Mo./Saint Francis H.S.) and Brendan Brown (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny H.S.) added eight kills each with Maune hit .800, posting his kill total on just 10 swings.  Eric Ubior (Guaynabo, P.R./Wesleyan Academy) tallied six kills, but did not commit any errors on his way to hitting .545.
 
Ryan Ferkel (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly H.S.) quarterbacked the offense with 39 assists, while adding nine digs defensively.  CJ Rilveria (Kula, Hawaii/Kekaulike H.S.) led Lourdes with 11 digs while Ubior added 10 more.
 
Lourdes never trailed in the opening set, and used a late 9-3 run to open up a 22-14 lead on the way to taking the set.  Four straight points in set two put the Gray Wolves on top 11-8, but IPFW kept the stanaza tight throughout.  Hawkins put down the kills to clinch the win after the Mastodons closed to within 24-23.  In the third, Lourdes again led from start to finish.  A 7-2 run put the Gray Wolves in front 22-14 and Maune's kill eventually ended the match.
 
Andrew Sellan led all players with 14 kills for IPFW (4-12) while Tony Price and Andrew Sellan recorded a team-high seven digs.
 
Lourdes (14-3) will return home to Tam-o-Shanter next Friday evening as the Gray Wolves host Saint Xavier.  First serve is set for 7 p.m.