Rangers Rebound from Loss to Mesa State with 3-2 Defeat of Fort Lewis
Denver, Colo.: A tale of teams was the story tonight for the Regis Rangers volleyball team. Regis dropped the first set to Fort Lewis in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in a manner not consistent with the Rangers over the past eight games. Regis, however, responded and defeated the Skyhawks 3-2.
Regis (10-8, 8-2 RMAC) lost the first set 25-20 after hitting just -.022 with 11 errors and 10 kills. They responded in the second set with a 25-14 win after getting 12 kills and just one error and hitting .289 compared to .021 for Fort Lewis (4-15, 2-9 RMAC).
Fort Lewis took the third set by a score of 25-20 and then Regis came back to take the fourth set 25-23. Regis scored 20 of their 25 points in the fourth set off of kills.
Regis then turned up the heat as they took it to the Skyhawks 15-5 and had nine kills with no errors for a .529 hitting percentage.
Regis finished with a .201 attack percentage which is considerable considering they hit -.029 for the first set.
Three Rangers were in double figure in kills with junior All-American Jessica Howe with 18 kills. Howe had just two kills in set one and 16 in the final four. Sophomore Lyz Kann posted a career-high with 14 kills and also registered a season-high seven blocks. Junior Kerry Grady chipped in with 11 kills.
Two freshman, Jordan Hughes and Catilin McDonnell had good games offensively. Hughes had a career-high nine kills and also got eight digs. McDonnell also had nine kills and had a career-high nine digs.
Junior setter Devin Eckhardt had a season highs of 54 assists and 18 digs. Sophomore Cassidee Young had 15 digs, while freshman Katie Hudencial had 14.
Regis tallied 66 total kils, while Fort Lewis had just 48. Regis had only one block after set one and then tallied 11 more in the next four sets.
Regis will head to the road for the next five matches including a three-game trip next weekend Thursday-Saturday beginning with Western State on Thursday night.
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