BELOIT, Wis. - The Rockford University women's volleyball team split its first two matches of the season on Friday. The Regents dropped their opener 3-0 to Martin Luther, but roared back for a 3-1 win in the nightcap against Finlandia University. Rockford played extremely well against the Lions, posting a .309 hitting percentage, including recording 14 kills compared to only 3 errors in the final set. Sophomore Melody Moreno was simply outstanding throughout the match, tallying a career and match-high 16 kills and a .485 hitting percentage. Rockford was also extremely effective with 16 service aces, including 6 off the hand of Della Crain.


Martin Luther 3 Rockford 0

• No stats were available at the time of writing this recap

Rockford 3 Finlandia 1

• Rockford got off to a slow start in the opening set of the match falling behind 8-3. 
• The Regents would eventually use a 6-0 run midway through the set and take their first lead of the day at 17-15. 
• The set continued to go back and forth until it was tied at 24-24, but unfortunately, Finlandia scored the final two points to win the opening set 26-24.
• The second set got off to a much better start with Rockford jumping out to a 13-7 lead. 
• With Rockford still leading 20-14, the Regents used a 5-1 run to close out the set and tie the match at 1-1. 
• The Regents dominated the third set from start to finish. Rockford opened on a 9-1 and never looked back. Della Crain had 3 aces over that span and served 9 straight points. 
• The Lions never got any closer than 7 points the rest of the set, as Rockford cruised to a 25-11 win. 
• Rockford again got off to a good start in the fourth set, seizing an early 10-5 advantage. 
• However, the Lions would score the next 4 points to pull back within one at 10-9. 
• From that moment forward though, the match belonged to the Regents. Rockford promptly went on an 8-2 spurt to make it an 18-11 game. Melody Moreno had two more kills and Della Crain added yet another service ace. 
• Finlandia was able to pull back within three at one point, but Rockford closed the match on a 6-2 run to seal the win.

• Melody Moreno led the Regents with a match and career-high 16 kills and 0 attack errors on 33 attempts. 
• Della Crain finished with 12 kills, a career-high 6 service aces and 6 digs. 
• Alexis Brashaw had 8 kills on just 12 attempts. 
• Jessica Witkowski finished with a team-high 24 assists and 6 digs. 
• Brynn Atwell tallied a match-high 16 digs. 

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