Marian University women’s volleyball (1-4, 0-0 NACC) fell to Lawrence before defeating Rockford for its first win of the season.
 

 VS. LAWRENCE (25-14, 25-19, 25-18)

• Marian had a slow start to the triangular falling to Lawrence in straight sets.
• The Sabres only trailed 14-12 in the opener before the Vikings rattled off a 9-1 run.
• Marian rallied from an early deficit to only trail 20-19.
• Lawrence was able to end the set, however, scoring five straight points.
• Marian led 16-14 to start the third, but once again, a big run saw Lawrence score 11 of the final 13 points to end the match.

VS. ROCKFORD (25-17, 25-15, 25-20)

• Rockford had a strong start to the match leading 11-6.
• The Sabres were able to bounce back, however, going on a 10-2 run to lead by three.
• The Regents managed to tie the set at 17-17 before Marian scored eight straight to take the set.
• The second set was similar but a 10-2 spurt in the middle fo the set saw Marian pull away.
• The Sabres opened the third set ahead 8-2 with a fast start and never looked back.
• The Regents cut their deficit down to 24-20 before Marian forced an attacking error to earn the sweep.

VS. LAWRENCE

• Lawrence had a 40-30 advantage in kills and a 49-33 edge in digs.
• The Vikings also hit .343 in the win and only had six attacking errors.
• Marian is now 16-21 all-time against Lawrence with this being the first Viking win since 2019.

VS. WHEATON

• Marian had a 34-22 advantage in kills and  a 57-49 edge in digs.
• The Sabres also had a big match at the service line with 12 aces.
• Marian had at least 11 kills in all three sets.
• The Sabres are 15-7 all-time against Rockford and have won the last 12 meetings.

	Senior Harley Bartels had 12 kills to go with six service aces and a .524 attack percentage against Rockford.  She also had 10 kills versus Lawrence.
	Senior Alana McDermott had another solid performance with 10 digs against Lawrence and 24 against Rockford.
	Junior Raegan Montello had three service aces and seven digs in the win over the Regents.