Ranger Women's Volleyball Takes UC-Colorado Springs to Five Sets but Falls in Regular Season Finale

Colorado Springs, Colo.: The regular season finale didn't go as planned for Regis volleyball team as they fall in five sets to UC-Colorado Springs (25-23, 15-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-12).  Regis earned the six seed and a date with #3 seed Metro State in the upcoming RMAC Tournament to take place next weekend in Kearney, Neb.

Neither team hit well in the first set with Regis (14-13, 12-7 RMAC) out-doing UC-Colorado Springs (18-9, 13-6 RMAC) .119 to .111. 

Regis put together one of their best sets of the season as they had just one error in the second set with 17 kills in just 30 attempts for a .533 attack percentage.

The next sets were close battles with UC-Colorado Springs winning the third and the Rangers the fourth.  The Rangers offense failed them in the fifth set as they hit .000 connecting on nine kills but also having nine errors.

Regis lost their three sets by a total of 10 points, while winning their two sets by a combined 13 points.  A glaring statistic is that the Rangers had 13 service aces to just six for the Mountain Lions.

Each team had 78 digs and eight blocks while Regis out hit UCCS .227 to .156 for the match.

Offensively, junior All-American Jessica Howe had a match-high 18 kills, while also garnering four blocks.  Sophomore middle blocker Lyz Kann had a career-high 15 kills with just two errors on her way to hitting .406 in the match.

Junior right side hitter Kerry Grady had 10 kills in the losing effort.  Sophomore Cassidee Young had 15 digs to pace Regis, while junior setter Devin Eckhardt had sixth double-double of the season with 52 assists and 14 digs.  Senior Maggie Workman contributed 12 digs, while Kann led the Rangers with five total blocks.

Andrea Brodie led UCCS with 14 kills and she was joined in double figures by Sonja Johnson (13) and Nicole Pederson (10).  Kendall Utz had a match-high 25 digs for the Mountain Lions.

Regis will face Metro State, who they split with this season, on Thursday afternoon at 12:00 p.m. at the Sports and Health Center in Kearney, Neb.

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