ROCKFORD, ILL. – The Concordia University Chicago women's volleyball team took the floor tonight for the first time in eight days as they downed the Rockford University Regents in a clean 3-0 sweep. The Cougars last contest came on September 18
th where they kicked off Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) play against Wisconsin Lutheran College ultimately falling to the Warriors. Looking to bounce back after a long week of practice, the Cougars leveled their NACC record and now sit at 6-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference.
INSIDE THE BOX
SET ONE
The Cougars kicked jumped out to an early lead at the hands of Perkins who gave them their first lead of the day off a powerful service ace to ignite CUC's momentum. A little run for the Cougars capitalized by a kill from Christensen and a service ace from
Bethany Roethel (Westby, Wis.) would put them up by four. A run from the Regents would level the score, but a monster kill from
Rachel Livesay (Medinah, Ill.) would allow the Cougars to regain the lead once again. Exchanging points for the better half of the set, the Cougars would remain one step ahead of the Regents while a long rally closed off by a Christensen kill would put them up by two.
Another string of back and forth points would level the score at 23, but an error from the Regents paired with a kill from Hunt would close the set in victory for the Cougars.
SET TWO
The Cougars came out hot in set two jumping ahead 2-0 off kills from Hunt and Christensen. The Regents continued to battle and leveled the score, and would put the two teams in a familiar situation.
With the Regents jumping out a head, a kill from Perkins followed up with a service ace would bring them within three before a run from the Regents would put the Cougars in their largest deficit of the set, down by five. The Cougars would start to claw back point by point before a massive block from
McKayla LeVoy (Kankakee, Ill.) would shift momentum.
Back to back aces from Perkins paired with a kill from Hunt would close the set with yet another tally on the Cougars' side.
SET THREE
Another good start for the Cougars would put them up 3-0 before the Regents would have an opportunity to break things up. After securing two points themselves, the Regents would be stopped another Christensen kill.
With the consistent tale of the back and forth coming into play once again, the Cougars would break free off kills from Hunt and Christensen and an ace from Roethel to top it off. With the Cougars on top by five, the Cougars would keep their feet on the gas and end the match with an ace from Perkins and kills from LeVoy and Livesay.
The Cougars will go back to some non-conference action this weekend as they host Lawrence University and Central College on Saturday for the CUC Tri. They take on Lawrence at noon and Central at 4:00 pm. Coverage can be found at cucougars.com/coverage.
