Marian University women’s volleyball (9-6, 2-2 NACC) easily took care of Rockford 25-11, 25-13, and 26-24 to finish a three-match homestand.
 

• Marian got things going quickly jumping out to a 10-2 lead to open the match.
• A 7-0 spurt later in the set saw the Sabres build its lead out to 23-8 and eventually take the set.
• The Sabres opened with a modest 11-4 lead to start the second set behind a 5-0 run.
• Rockford trailed by six at 19-13 only to have Marian score the final six points of the set.
• The third set was competitive with the largest lead being just three points.
• After a 20-20 tie, Rockford took a 23-22 advantage and had a set-point opportunity at 24-23.
• A pair of attacking errors from Rockford followed by a kill from sophomore Harley Bartels sealed the Marian sweep.

• Marian had at least 12 kills in each set finishing with a 46-25 advantage for the category.  The final set saw Marian record 21 kills.
• The Sabres also only committed 12 errors for the match finishing with a .291 hitting percentage.
• The Sabre defense didn’t allow a service ace, while Marian had eight aces at the service line.
• Marian has now won 10 matches in a row against Rockford with the last six victories being sweeps.

	Junior Riley Shores led Marian with a match-high 11 kills off of a .360 hitting percentage.  She narrowly missed a double-double with nine digs.
	Freshman Cami Arno had her third double-double of the season posting 36 assists with 12 digs.
	Sophomore Alana McDermott continued to pace the Sabre back row with a match-high 15 digs.