The Lindenwood men's volleyball team (2-4, 0-0 MIVA) picked up its second win and sweep of the season after defeating King (0-5), 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo.

GAME OVERVIEW
The Lions jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead capped off by an Ian Schuller kill. Lindenwood maintained a comfortable advantage throughout the opening set, with the help of a .696 hit percentage as a team. Up 24-15, Clay Wieter capped off the first set with a termination as the Lions grabbed an early 1-0 advantage in the match.

Lindenwood never looked back from there, taking the second set as well. Although it was tight early, at 6-6, the Lions used a 6-2 run to pull ahead 12-8. The set continued with the black and gold in front. At 17-13, Wieter had back-to-back service aces to give the home squad a 19-13 lead. Lindenwood grabbed ahold of the second set, winning 25-21.

The serve continued to play a key factor in the third set, seeing the Lions have six more service aces. Lindenwood maintained an early lead, but King battled back to make the score 8-7 early in the stanza. The Lions were able to gain some separation, once again, with Wieters serve as he stepped up to the line and went on a mini run to make the score 18-14. Lindenwood closed the set and the match out at 25-19, picking up a 3-0 win.

GAME LEADERS
Clay Wieter (10 kills, .529 Hit %, five service aces)
A.J. Lewis (10 kills, .714 Hit %)
Ian Schuller (11 kills, .400 Hit &)

QUOTABLE
"It's good to be home, said head coach Joe Kosciw." "Offensively, we did a lot of things well, had a solid hitting performance Defensively, it's an improvement from where we've been, but we still need to continue to get better as we look ahead to the start of conference play."

UP NEXT
The Lions will host #12 Lewis on Wednesday, January 31. First serve from Hyland Arena is set for 7:00 p.m.