FOND DU LAC - Marian University women's volleyball (8-22, 3-9 NACC) closed out its season with sweeps of Rockford and Ripon.
VS. ROCKFORD (W, 3-0, 25-13, 25-11, 25-8)
- Marian easily took care of business in its first match of the day finishing NACC play with a sweep of Rockford.
- The Sabres opened with a 13-9 lead in the first before finishing off the set on a 12-4 run.
- Marian had seven kills and a pair of service aces in the run.
- The Sabres scored the opening five points of the second set to take an early lead.
- The lead for Marian was brought out to 8-4 before the Sabres pulled away with an 11-1 spurt to lead 19-5.
- Kills from Khloe Walling and Ja'Lynn Valadez-Hernandez ended the set and put Marian ahead 2-0.
- The third set was similar as Marian was able to jump ahead 13-4 to start.
- With a hefty lead in hand, Marian was able to finish the Regents scoring the final six points.
VS. RIPON (W, 3-0, 25-21, 25-22, 25-20)
- Ripon had a strong start jumping out to an 8-2 lead.
- The Sabres chipped away at the deficit and used a 12-3 run later in the set to lead 18-14.
- The Red Hawks immediately scored the next three points only for Marian to pull away again with a 6-1 spurt.
- There was no separation between the two sides with Marian leading 18-17.
- Marian scored the next four points to build a five-point lead which was enough cushion to take the set.
- The third set opened similarly to the second set with Ripon holding a slim 13-12 lead.
- Marian then scored the next five points to build a four-point cushion.
- The two sides nearly went point-for-point the rest of the way to lead Marian to a sweep.
VS. ROCKFORD
- Marian held a 41-16 advantage in kills and 32-23 edge in digs.
- The Sabres tied a season-best with 14 service aces, and it was the fifth match this season with double-digit aces.
- Marian hit .353 for the match and had at least 13 kills in each set.
- The final set saw Marian record 13 kills and hit .500.
- Defensively, Marian limited Rockford to six or fewer kills in each set and a .030 hitting percentage for the match.
- Marian is now 16-8 all-time against Rockford with wins in 13 of the last 14 meetings.
VS. RIPON
- Marian finished with a 41-30 edge in kills along with a 55-36 advantage in digs.
- The Sabre offense had at least 12 kills in all three sets and hit .208.
- Ripon finished with an 8-2 advantage in blocks.
- Marian improves to 19-33 all-time against Ripon.
- The Sabres finish the season with eight wins where seven of the victories were sweep.
