SAN DIEGO – Day two of the Seaside Invitational wrapped up with the No. 22 ranked Regis University volleyball team (1-2) suffering a five-set loss to Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions (1-1) on Friday night. Graduate student Caitlyn Burroway sets a career-mark with 28 digs in the effort.
 
How it Happened: Regis carried their momentum from game one this afternoon into the opening set against tournament host, Point Loma. The tea opened the set with a 5-1 lead that quickly evaporated into a 10-8 deficit. The Rangers pulled together and rallied for a 25-19 set one win to take 1-0 set advantage in the match.
 
The home-sided Sea Lions countered with wins in set two and three by scores of 25-18 and 25-22, respectively. Now trailing two sets to one, it was time for RU to buckle down once again to knot things up in set four. That is exactly what they did, despite both teams hitting .000 in the fourth set, Regis owned an advantage offensively with 11 kills to only six for Point Loma. With a 25-21 win in set four, that set the table for the first five-set match of the season for the Rangers.
 
In the deciding set of the match, both teams posted their least amount of attacking errors on the entire match. On the RU side, they had 10 kills and only six attacking errors for a .108 hitting percentage. On the flip side, the Sea Lions errored only one time, but only had four kills in the final set. Regis had 37 attack attempts in the fifth and final set, while the home team only had 19. The Rangers could not get the ball to reach the ground for points on their attacks. The set ended with a final score of 15-12 in favor of the tournament hosts, Point Loma.
 
Game Notes: Burroway has been impressive all tournament long serving primarily as a defensive specialist in the back row. In this match, Burroway made her way around the horn as a six-rotation player and contributed a new career-best 28 digs to go along with 12 kills offensively. Her 28 digs in the match moves her into a tie for 17^th all-time in single game history. The current single-game dig record is held by Kristina Schell who posted 36 digs in match against Colorado Mesa University in 2018.
 
Senior Rachel Siurek once again led the squad with 13 kills and had a hitting percentage of .125. For the second match in a row, sophomore Halle Theis registered double-digit kills with 10 in this contest. Junior Mara LeGrand tallied 49 assists, 15 digs, four kills and a service ace. The overall hitting percentage for RU dropped to .083 at the end of the fifth set with 58 kills and 41 attack errors in 206 total attacks.  
 
Up Next for the Rangers: The second day of the Seaside Invitational is complete for the Regis University volleyball team ended in a split as they finish the day 1-1, beating Azusa Pacific in four sets and falling to Point Loma Nazarene University in five sets. Tomorrow, the volleyball team will wrap-up the Seaside Invitational Tournament with a match against California State University, Los Angeles.