FOND DU LAC, Wis. - The Rockford University men's volleyball team (2-7, 2-6 NACC) picked up its biggest win in program history on Friday night with a 3-2 upset victory at Marian University (7-2, 6-2 NACC). The Sabres entered Friday's match just a game out of first place and were receiving votes in the AVCA Division III Men's Top 15 Poll. However, the Regents were not intimidated and took down the Sabres in a thrilling five-set match, 25-19, 10-25, 17-25, 27-25, 15-13. Rockford also set a plethora of school records on Friday night. As a team, Rockford broke school records in kills (55), assists (50), assists per set (10.00), attack attempts (144) and tied the school record for kills per set (11.00). Individually, James Davenport broke the school record for kills (18), Jett Stewart broke his own school record for assists (45) and the record for assists per set (9.00) and both Connor McNear and James Davenport broke the school record for hitting percentage (.379 and .378 respectively). 

• The Regents got off to a hot start in the first set by taking a quick 6-3 lead. James Davenport opened the match with back-to-back kills to jump-start the run. 
• With Rockford still leading by one point at 12-11, the Regents scored four straight points to take their largest lead thus far at 16-11. James Davenport and Matthew Seger each tallied a kill over that span. 
• The Regents were able to build their lead up to as many as seven points late in the set at 23-16. 
• Marian was able to get back within four, but hit its final serve into the net, to give Rockford a 25-19 win in the opening set. 
• Things did not go well for Rockford in the second set. The Regents quickly fell behind 18-5 as the Sabres cruised to an easy 25-10 win to knot the match at 1-1.
• The Sabres again got off to a fast start in the third set, taking an early 10-4 advantage. 
• Rockford was able to score three of the next four points to pull back within four at 11-7. James Davenport and Nathan Vana each had a kill and Jett Stewart smashed home a service ace. 
• Unfortunately, the Sabres promptly went on a 5-1 run to make it a 16-8 game. 
• Rockford was able to get within five points at 20-15; however, Marian scored five of the last seven points to take the third set 25-17 and grab a 2-1 lead.
• The fourth set was extremely close from start to finish, with the largest lead for either team being just four points. 
• With the set tied at 15-15, the Regents ran off four straight points to grab a 19-15 advantage.
• Nathan Vana spearheaded the attack with three straight kills to give Rockford the largest lead of the set for either team. 
• With Rockford still leading by four at 21-17, Marian went on a 7-2 run to retake the lead and give themselves a match point.
• Fortunately, Nathan Vana quickly erased the match point with one of his season-high 13 kills.
• The Sabres again had another point at 25-24, but promptly served the ball into the net, to once again tie the set at 25-25. 
• Rockford then took advantage by scoring the next two points off kills from Nathan Vana and Connor McNear, to take the fourth set 27-25 and force fifth and deciding set. 
• The fifth set highly-competitive and was played within a span of just four points. 
• With the set tied at 9-9, the Sabres ran off two straight points, thanks to a kill and a service ace, to take their largest lead of the set. 
• However, Rockford would bound and determined to come away with a win. The Regents promptly scored the next three points to retake the lead. Connor McNear tied the match with a service ace and Jett Stewart gave Rockford the lead with a kill.
• The two schools would then trade points until the set was again tied at 13-13. 
• Nathan Vana and Jeremy Weaver came through in the closing moments with back-to-back kills, to give the Regents a 15-13 win in the fifth set and 3-2 victory over the Sabres.

• James Davenport tallied his first double-double of the season. Davenport broke the school record with 18 kills and tallied a season-high 13 digs. His .378 hitting percentage was also a season-high and second best in program history. 
• Connor McNear also had his best match of the season. McNear finished with a season-high 14 kills and broke the school record with a .379 hitting percentage. 
• Nathan Vana was the final Regent to crack double-figures in kills. Vana finished with a season-high 13 kills on 34 attack attempts, 4 digs and 2 block assists. 
• Jett Stewart recorded his second straight double-double and his fourth of the season. Stewart finished with a school record 45 assists and also broke the school record by averaging 9.00 assists per set. He rounded out his evening with 10 digs, 4 aces, 3 kills and 1 block assist. 

The RU men's volleyball team returns home on Tuesday, March 23 to face Wisconsin Lutheran College. First serve is set for 7 PM in the Seaver Center.