Five Seniors Finish Their Home Career in Fine Fashion with Five Set Win Over UC-Colorado Springs

Denver, Colo.:  The Regis University volleyball team and UC-Colorado Springs battled to five sets tonight with the Rangers coming out on top.  Regis took the first two sets by scores of 25-15 and 25-18, but the feisty Mountain Lions scrapped together the next two sets, 25-22, 25-14 to set up a fifth set tie breaker. 

Down 11-7 in the fifth set the Rangers went on a 6-1 run to  take a 13-11 lead and held on to win 15-13 on senior night at the Regis Fieldhouse.  Senior middle hitter Liz Franz led the way offensively for Regis with 12 kills.  Sophomore right side Kerry Grady supplied 11 kills for Regis (14-11, 10-7 RMAC).

Neither team hit well at the net with Regis leading the way with a .115 percentage compared to .086 for UCCS.  Regis however, dug better outpacing the visiting Mountain Lions 76-61 led by sophomore setter Devin Eckhardt's 16 digs and notching her ninth double-double of the season with 43 assists.  Senior Nia Ingram recorded her season-high with 15 digs, while fellow senior Kristin Thompson has 12.  Regis also had 10.5 blocks on the night led by Eckhardt's five blocks, with Franz and freshman Liz Kann getting four stuffs each.

Five seniors played their final game at the Regis Fieldhouse.  "These five have given a lot to Regis volleyball and will be missed in the future," says Head Coach Frank Lavrisha about Kristin Thompson, Nia Ingram, Liz Franz, Cassie Skipitis and Hannah Tautolo.

UCCS (12-14, 7-10 RMAC) were led by Molly Crockett and Andrea Brodie's 11 kills apiece.  Kelsey Pobar led the defense with a match-high 17 digs.

Regis will finish its regular season out next weekend on the road as they travel to Golden to take on Colorado Mines on Friday and then to Chadron, Neb. to take on the Eagles on Saturday.

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