DE PERE, Wis. -- The Rockford University women's volleyball team fell 3-0 to St. Norbert College on Wednesday evening in a NACC tilt. The set scores were 25-13, 25-12, and 25-20.
A St. Norbert service error and kills from
Jayce Shaw and
Emmerson Heun helped the Regents take an early 3-1 lead in the first set. The Green Knights responded with a 10-1 run and never looked back, taking the opening set 25-13.
St. Norbert continued its strong play in the second set, grabbing an early 6-2 lead. The Regents kept pace before a late 6-0 run by the Green Knights helped secure a 25-12 set victory.
Rockford responded to two early St. Norbert attack errors in the third set with a 5-1 run. The Green Knights answered with a 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead. After a series of runs by both teams, the score remained close before St. Norbert used an 8-3 run to create separation. Two attack errors and a service ace brought the Regents within two, but St. Norbert closed out the set with a kill following a pair of Rockford errors to secure the 3-0 win.
Offensively, the Regents recorded a -.028 hitting percentage, finishing with 17 kills and 20 errors on 106 total attempts.
Kennedy Bryant and Heun led Rockford with five kills apiece.
Milee Law recorded six assists, while
Danica Grimm served two aces.
Leila Cooks and
Lilly Dewey each tallied 11 digs, and Heun added five blocks.
The Green Knights recorded a .192 hitting percentage, totaling 41 kills, 18 errors, and 120 attacks. Brooklyn O'Malley paced St. Norbert with 10 kills, while Anna Kudick added nine kills. Maddie Kitowski directed the attack with seven assists. Defensively, Kitowski led St. Norbert with 19 digs, while Keira Ashenfelter added 17 digs. At the net, St. Norbert recorded eight total blocks.
The Regents will return to action Thursday, Nov. 5, when they host Illinois Tech at the Seaver Center in their regular-season finale. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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