Box Score DENVER, Colo. – Different members of the Regis University volleyball team keep stepping up, this time, Caitlyn Martinez had herself a career night helping the Rangers to a 3-0 win over the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks (4-14, 3-7 RMAC).
 
Regis experienced rocky starts at the beginning of the first and second sets. The Skyhawks jumped out to an early 4-1 lead but the Rangers refocused to take a 5-4 lead with three straight kills from match-leader Katie Klein. Fort Lewis did not back down battling to regain control of a slight 11-10 lead. The score would tie four more times but a service ace from Kristina Schell put RU ahead 1-0 with the 25-23 win.
 
The Rangers found themselves fighting from behind again at the start of the second set. Regis was forced to call a timeout at 11-5 in hopes of slowing down the FLC attack. RU bounced back rattling off five straight to come within one of the visitors, 14-13.
 
A kill from Maggie Steward gave the Rangers their first lead in the second set, 18-17. RU would not relinquish control again as they went ahead 2-0 in the match with the 25-19 second set win.
 
RU did not waste any time in the third set jumping out to an early 9-3 lead immediately putting the Skyhawks on their heels. The Rangers created too large of a deficit for Fort Lewis to recover as they cruised to a 25-15 third set win making that their second straight three set victory.
 
Three Rangers produced double-digit kills led by Klein with 16, her 11^th straight match of double-digit kills. Klein hit at a season-high clip of .517, committing just one error in 29 attacks. Martinez recorded a career-high 12 kills on 18 attempts for a .667 hitting percentage. Martinez did not commit a single error playing in all three sets to produce the highest hitting percentage of anyone thus far this season at .667. Steward added ten kills, eight digs and two blocks.
 
Regis finished the match with their second highest hitting percentage of the year at .394. The Rangers dominated the statistical categories outhitting the Skyhawks 52-39 with five blocks to the visitors two. Schell led the charge defensively tallying 19 digs and two service aces while Jaclyn Williamson added 23 assists, eight digs and one service ace.
 
RU will host conference-leading MSU Denver (14-3, 9-0 RMAC) on Tuesday, October 18 at 7 p.m.