STEVENS POINT, Wis. - The Rockford University men's volleyball team fell 3-0 on the road Tuesday night at UW-Stevens Point. Rockford struggled to find its rhythm offensively for much of the evening, as the Regents tallied just 22 kills in the match. Conversely, UWSP had double-digit kills in each set and 42 total for the match. Rockford's
Josh Bowling did tie one school record and break another. Bowling tied the total blocks record with 6 and broke the blocks per set record with 2.0 blocks per set. Unfortunately, the Pointers proved to be too much and won the match 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-19).
- UWSP opened the match by scoring 10 of the first 14 points to take a quick 10-4 lead.
- The Regents were able to cut the deficit in half thanks to a 5-1 spurt of their own. Joseis Dixon and Isaiah Dixon each had a kill to make the score 11-8.
- With Rockford still trailing 18-14, the Pointers ended the set on a 7-2 run to win the set 25-16 and take a 1-0 advantage.
- The Regents took a two-point lead on several occasions early in the second set, the latter coming at 7-5.
- However, Stevens Point ran off the next four points to jump back in front 9-7.
- The Pointers methodically built their lead up to as many as nine and went on to win the set 25-16 and take a 2-0 lead.
- Rockford played much better throughout the third set. The Regents led 4-2 in the opening moments and then led again at 5-4, 7-6 and 8-7.
- With the score now tied at 8-8, the Regents used a 4-1 run to take their largest lead of the match at 12-9. Danny Karpenko jump-started the run with a kill.
- Unfortunately, UWSP promptly went on a 7-2 run of its own to retake the lead at 16-14.
- Rockford was able to get back to within a point twice over the remainder of the match, but it was not enough.
- Stevens Point outscored Rockford 8-3 down the stretch to win the set 25-19 and the match 3-0.
- Isaiah Dixon led Rockford with 7 kills, 3 digs, a block and an ace.
- Josh Bowling tied the school record with 6 blocks and broke the RU record averaging 2 blocks per set. Bowling also had 2 kills and 2 digs.
- Joseis Dixon had a team-high 8 digs, 5 kills and a block.
- Tsubasa Namai tallied 11 assists and 8 digs.
