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.

	Khloe Walling had 22 kills between the two matches to go with five total blocks.
	Sofia Rodriguez had 18 digs on the day with a pair of service aces.
	Kaylie Engebose had a double-double against Ripon recording 18 assists and 10 digs.

Date posted: November 8, 2026