SPEARFISH, S.D. – The No. 24 ranked Regis University volleyball team (4-2, 4-1 RMAC) traveled to South Dakota to take on the Yellow Jackets of Black Hills State University (3-2, 2-2 RMAC), earning their fifth-consecutive win of the season. 

How it Happened: Looking to win their 13^th-consecutive set, Regis swung at a .226 clip while holding the home team to a .000 hitting percentage to win the opening set 25-20. The Rangers blocked four attacks and also had two service aces in the first set.  

Set two was another win for RU as they improved their hitting percentage to .353, holding three Yellow Jackets to a .062 hitting percentage. This win extended their winning streak to 14-straight sets. Regis had four service aces in set two, while neither team recorded a block in the set.  
That streak came to an end in set number three as the home side managed to steal the set from the Rangers 25-18. RU had eight attack errors in the third set, leading to a .026 hitting percentage, their lowest of the match.
 
After losing set three, Regis regrouped in set four and the defense stepped up big time. Freshman Halle Theis got things going with a massive solo block for the first point of the set, and then sophomores Mara LeGrand and Ayala Plummer combined for blocks on back-to-back plays.
 
Plummer and senior Caitlyn Burroway blocked an attack to give the visiting Rangers an 8-4 lead and right after that, Plummer and LeGrand came back for yet another combined block. Sophomore Londyn Johnson got in on the block party with a solo block at 15-6, and finally, Plummer and Theis combined for a block to extend the RU advantage to 20-9 late in set four. Final score of the fourth set was 25-15, giving Regis their fifth win in a row.

Head Coach, Joel List, on the win over BHSU, "I have to give BHSU a lot of credit because they definitely made us feel out of sorts most of the match, and I know they were missing a few players tonight, so kudos to them. We didn't score points the same way that we are used to tonight, but our blocking and serving were able to help swing the match in our favor in the times that we needed it." 

Game Notes: A wealth of kills was spread out amongst a variety of players in this one as junior Rachel Siurek led the way with nine. Six players recorded five or more kills in the match. Burroway (.100%, 13 digs, 1 AST, 1 BLK) and Theis (.107%, 2 digs, 3 BLK) finished with eight kills, while Plummer (7), LeGrand (6) and Johnson (5) rounded out the leaderboard. Plummer was the match leader with six blocks and LeGrand tallied 35 assists and 11 digs as she and Burroway each registered double-doubles. Sophomore libero Haley Kennedy led the match with 16 digs while her sister Hannah Kennedy recorded 12, and senior Sophie Griese added 11. The team combined for 70 digs with five players recording double digit digs in the match. 

Up Next for the Rangers: Tomorrow night, the 24^th ranked Regis University volleyball team will take on the Chadron State College Eagles in Chadron, Nebraska at 6 p.m.