ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Rockford University women's volleyball team earned a huge five-set win on Senior Night against the MSOE Raiders. Rockford won the first two sets in thrilling fashion, before dropping the third and fourth sets to the Raiders. The Regents then fell behind by as many as five points in the fifth and deciding set before rallying late. Rockford fought off a match point and then scored the final three points to win the fifth set and the match 25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 16-25, 17-15. Statistically the match was about as even as even can get. Rockford had slight edges in kills (60-58), assists (55-53), aces (12-10) and digs (56-54), while MSOE had an advantage in total blocks (5-3). The win snaps a 10-game losing streak to MSOE and gives the Regents their first win over the Raiders since 2011.

• The opening set was extremely close from start to finish, with each team leading by a maximum of just four points. 
• MSOE led for the vast majority of the set, including holding a 17-13 advantage. 
• However, Rockford went on an 8-3 run to retake the lead for the first time since it was 5-4. Three different Regents had kills during that span, led by two from Della Crain. 
• The Regents then closed on a 4-1 run, including a pair of Della Crain service aces, to win the set 25-21 and take a 1-0 lead. 
• The second set was again very close, but this time it was the Regents who led the majority of the way. 
• Rockford opened with an 8-2 run to take an early 6-point advantage. Three different Regents smashed home kills, led by a trio from Melody Moreno. 
• The RU lead hovered around three points until MSOE made a late push. 
• With Rockford out in front 20-17, the Raiders scored three straight points to knot the set at 20-20. 
• Following an RU timeout, the Regents answered with a 5-3 run to take the second set 25-23 and grab a 2-0 lead. Della Crain and Alexis Brashaw each had kills over that stretch. 
• The third set was also tight from start-to-finish. 
• MSOE opened on a 9-3 run to take the largest lead for either team. 
• The Regents responded with a 9-4 spurt of their own to make it just a one-point game at 13-12. Della Crain and Nicole Eggers led the charge with four and two kills respectively. 
• MSOE would build its lead back up to as many as four before the Regents came roaring back. 
• With the Raiders out in front 19-15, Rockford went on a 7-2 run to take the lead for the first time in the set at 22-21. Three different Regents tallied kills, including two from Della Crain.
• Unfortunately, this time it was the Raiders who scored the final four points to win the set 25-22 and make it a 2-1 match. 
• After winning the third set, MSOE jumped out to a quick 11-6 lead to begin the fourth set. 
• The Regents promptly scored the next five points to tie the score at 11-11. Della Crain had two kills and Taylor Sagen had a kill during the run. 
• However, MSOE was able to slowly and steadily build its lead from that point forward, winning the fourth set 25-16 and knotting the match at 2-2.
• The fifth and deciding set was also highly-entertaining, with both teams leading at various points. 
• Rockford led twice during the first few points, before MSOE scored four straight to retake the lead at 7-4. 
• The Raiders continued to build upon their lead following a Rockford timeout, extending it to as many as five points at 11-6. 
• Rockford would not go away though, as the Regents used a 5-1 run to get back within one and force an MSOE timeout. Della Crain had a kill and an ace over that span.
• After the timeout, Rockford scored the next two points, including another service ace from Crain, to take a 13-12 lead and force MSOE to use its final timeout of the match.
• Melody Moreno then smashed home a kill to give Rockford a pair of match points at 14-12. 
• MSOE answered with three straight points to get a match point of its own. 
• Fortunately, Rockford responded with the final three points of the match, including an Alex Burton kill, to win the fifth set 17-15 and the match 3-2.

• Della Crain finished with a match-high 20 kills on 37 attempts for a .459 hitting percentage. She also had a match-high 6 aces and 4 digs.
• Melody Moreno tallied 12 kills, 3 digs, 2 assists and a block.
• Nicole Eggers had 9 kills, 2 aces, a dig and a block.
• Jessica Witkowski finished with a team-high 24 assists, 12 digs, 3 kills and an ace.
• Brynn Atwell had 12 digs, 3 aces and 3 assists.
• Taylor Sagen recorded 21 assists and 4 kills. 

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