LISLE, Ill. - The Rockford University women's volleyball team (0-10, 0-8 NACC) fell 3-0 twice on the road Sunday afternoon to the Benedictine University Eagles (2-4, 2-4 NACC). Despite the losses, Rockford continues to show signs of improvement, playing its best matches of the season on Sunday. The Regents were neck-and-neck with the Eagles pretty much the entire afternoon and led for large portions of numerous sets. Rockford also set season-highs in kills (40), assists (38) and hitting percentage (.314) in a match. 

Match 1 (25-22, 25-15, 25-17)

• With the opening set tied at 5-5, the Regents used a 3-0 run to tie for the largest lead for either team at any point during the set. Alyssa Ashford and Jacey Wilson each smashed home a kill, to help put their team in front.
• There were six lead changes and 13 ties over the next several minutes with Rockford still holding a 21-20 lead late in the set. 
• However, the Eagles closed on a 5-1 run to take a hotly-contested first set, 25-22.
• The second set again got off to a good start with the Regents jumping out to an early 3-0 advantage. Della Crain recorded a kill and Amelia Rehberg delivered a service ace. 
• With the set now tied at 8-8, Benedictine used a 10-1 run to grab an 18-9 lead. 
• Rockford was never able to get any closer than seven points the remainder of the way and dropped the second set 25-15. 
• After the Eagles scored the first two points of the third set, Rockford ran off four straight points to take the lead. Nicole Eggers led the way with two service aces and a kill, while Della Crain also added a kill.
• The game would go back-and-forth until the Eagles used a 9-2 run midway through, to retake the lead at 15-8. 
• The Regents continued to battle and were able to claw their way back to within three points on the heels of 7-3 spurt of their own. Rockford took advantage of multiple Benedictine errors and Della Crain and Brynn Atwell each tallied a kill.
• Unfortunately, Benedictine closed with a 7-2 run to win the set 25-17 and the match 3-0.

Match 2 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19)

• Rockford got off to an extremely slow start in the first set, quickly falling behind 10-3. 
• However, the Regents strung together an impressive 9-1 run to take their first lead of the set at 12-11. Four different Regents tallied a kill over that span.
• Benedictine was able to retake the lead at 16-14; however, Rockford scored the next four points to take its largest lead of the set at 18-16. Casey Sheetz smashed home a pair of service aces, while Della Crain and Nicole Eggers each had a kill.
• The two teams went back-and-forth over the next several points as Rockford still held a 21-20 advantage late in the set. 
• Unfortunately, once again the Eagles closed a set strong, scoring the final five points to take a 1-0 lead.
• After falling behind 3-1 in the second set, Rockford ran off three straight points, capped off by a Nicole Eggers kill to take a 4-3 lead. 
• However, the Eagles promptly went on a 7-2 run to retake the lead at 10-6. 
• Rockford responded with three straight points of its own, led by kills from Alyssa Ashford and Jacey Wilson to make it a 10-9 game. 
• Benedictine was able to extend its lead back out to four points on several occasions before Rockford made one final push down the stretch. 
• The Regents outscored Benedictine 6-2 late in the set to tie it at 20-20. Della Crain led the way with 3 kills over that span. 
• Unfortunately, the Eagles scored five of the final seven points to win the set 25-22 and take a 2-0 lead. 
• Benedictine slowly began to pull away in the opening moments of the third set, taking an early 10-5 advantage. 
• The Eagles would extend their lead to as many as six points before Rockford scored three straight points to make it a 16-13 game. 
• Unfortunately, Benedictine scored the next four points to take its largest lead of the set at 20-13. 
• Rockford was never able to get any closer than four points the remainder of the way and dropped the final set 25-19 and the match 3-0.

Match 1

• Della Crain led the offensive attack with a team-high 9 kills and a .318 hitting percentage. She also added 2 digs and a block.
• Jessica Witkowski tallied a team-high 12 assists, 1 kill and 4 digs. 
• Brynn Atwell led the Regents with 11 digs and 1 kill.

Match 2

• Jacey Wilson recorded a season-high 11 kills and career-best .409 hitting percentage. She also added 2 digs. 
• Della Crain had 9 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace and 5 digs. 
• Jennifer Quintas finished with a team-high 8 digs and 4 assists.
• Jessica Witkowski added 15 assists, 7 digs, 2 aces and 1 kill.
• Casey Sheetz tallied 14 assists, 3 digs and 2 aces. 
• Nicole Eggers recorded 7 kills and an impressive .417 hitting percentage.

The RU women's volleyball team concludes its season on Sunday, April 11 at home against Concordia University Chicago. First serve of the doubleheader is set for 2 PM in the Seaver Center.