MADISON, Wis. - The Regents women's volleyball team (4-20, 1-10 NACC) fell in straight sets (25-14, 25-20, 25-14) on Friday night to the Edgewood College Eagles (16-8, 7-4 NACC). The Eagles were in control for the majority of the match and led the Regents in every team statistical category, including a 47-28 edge in kills. Despite the tough loss, Rockford got an outstanding performance from senior Nicole Eggers. Eggers led everyone with a match-high 12 kills and three blocks. 

• The match began with the Regents and Eagles trading points in the opening moments. Rockford was led early on by a pair of kills from Nicole Eggers, to knot the opening set at 4-4. 
• The Eagles then went on a 6-1 run to take the largest lead thus far for either team at 10-5. 
• With Edgewood still holding a five-point lead at 14-9, the Eagles scored the next four points to take a commanding 18-9 advantage late in the set. 
• Rockford was unable to get any closer than seven points the remainder of the way and dropped the first set 25-14. 
• The second set was extremely tight and went back and forth from start to finish.  
• Edgewood scored the first three points before Rockford responded with the next three points and tied the set at 3-3. Nicole Eggers and Jaszmin Minneyfield led the RU attack with one kill each over that span. 
• With the Eagles once again clinging to a three-point lead at 10-7, Rockford went on a 5-1 run to take its first lead of the match at 12-11. Della Crain, Melody Moreno and Alexxana Burton all smashed home a kill during the Regent surge. 
• The two schools continued to trade points over the next several minutes, as the hotly-contested second set came down to the wire with the score now tied at 20-20.
• Unfortunately, Edgewood used a 5-0 run to win the second set and take a 2-0 lead. 
• The third set got off to a rocky start, with Edgewood leaping out to a 14-4 advantage.
• The Eagles would extend their lead to as many as 13 points before ultimately winning the set 25-14 and the match 3-0.

• Nicole Eggers led the Regents with a match-high 12 kills, 3 block assists and 1 ace.
• Brynn Atwell finished with a match-high 16 digs, 3 assists and 1 kill.
• Jessica Witkowski added 11 assists and 6 digs.

The RU women's volleyball team is back in action on Saturday, October 23 at MSOE. The match between the Regents and Raiders has a scheduled start time of noon.