DENVER, Colo. - The Rockford University women's volleyball team (1-5) dropped a pair of matches in straight sets on Friday to Johnson & Wales University (1-4) and William Peace University (5-0). Rockford fell 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-20) in its opening match of the day to JWU before dropping the nightcap 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) to William Peace.

Johnson & Wales University (Play-by-Play)

• Rockford fell behind 4-1 in the first set, before using a 5-1 run of its own to grab a 6-5 advantage. Della Crain and Alyssa Ashford each tallied a kill over that span. 
• Unfortunately, things went downhill quickly after that, as JWU used a 13-0 run en route to taking the opening set 25-10.
• The Regents again got off to a slow start in the second set, falling behind 5-1. 
• Rockford was never able to get any closer than three points for the remainder of the set, falling 25-13.
• The third set followed a similar pattern as the first two, with Rockford trailing 4-1 early on.
• The Regents continued to fight and would pull back within a single point at 4-3, after back-to-back kills from Nicole Eggers and Alyssa Ashford.  
• The Regents and Wildcats continued to trade points for the remainder of the match, as neither team led by more than four until late in the set. 
• Unfortunately, the Wildcats proved to be too much for the Regents, as they held on for the 25-20 win.

William Peace University (Play-by-Play)

• The Regents opened their second match of the day with an 11-4 run to take early lead. Rockford was led by two kills each from Alicia Puente and Mackenzie Blizniak over that span. 
• Rockford maintained its seven-point edge until late in the set, when the Pacers went on a 10-0 run of their own to retake the lead at 21-18. 
• The Regents were never able to get any closer than three points after that, as William Peace took the opening set 25-20. 
• Set two did not go well, as the Regents fell behind early and were never able to recover. 
• The Pacers scored ten of the first 13 points to take a quick 10-3 lead. 
• William Peace extended its advantage to as many as nine points, before ultimately taking the set 25-17.
• The third set followed an identical pattern with William Peace scoring ten of the first 13 points and grabbing a 10-3 advantage. 
• The Regents were never able to get any closer than four points for the remainder of the match, as Rockford fell 25-20.

Johnson & Wales University

• Paige Carpenter led the Regents with seven kills. 
• Mackenzie Blizniak finished with five kills and two digs.
• Brooke Mirshak had a match-high 13 digs.
• Casey Sheetz led Rockford with 12 assists.

William Peace University

• Paige Carpenter tallied a match-high ten kills and eight digs. 
• Brooke Mirshak had 16 digs and three assists. 
• Jennifer Quintas finished with 11 digs and two assists. 
• Jessica Witkowski had a solid all-around match with 14 assists, nine digs, one kill and one service ace. 
• Casey Sheetz tallied 11 assists and four digs. 

The RU women's volleyball team returns to the court on Saturday, September 7 against Mills College. The match has a scheduled start time of 10:00 AM in Denver, Colorado.