Molly Trachta recorded her 131
st career service ace in the fourth set to lead Rockhurst to a 3-1 victory over Maryville on Friday at Mason-Halpin Field House.
Trachta's 131st career service ace capped a 4-0 run to begin the fourth set. She recorded two prior service aces within the run, becoming just the fifth player in program history to reach 131 or more service aces.
Trachta ended the match with four service aces, tying a game high.
The Hawks rallied from trailing 15-10 in the first set to win 25-22. Maryville took the second set, 25-16. After the third set was tied 19-19, the Hawks closed on a 6-3 run to win 25-22.
The Saints cut the Rockhurst lead to 13-12 in the fourth set until a 7-3 run pushed the lead to 20-15.
Avery DeLong finished the match with a kill from a
Gracie Vanderbeek assist for a 25-19 victory.
Alyssa McDonald notched 14 kills and four digs. Trachta added 28 assists, five digs and two kills.
Abby Boyd tallied 16 digs and two assists.
Delaney Hope had 10 kills, a .563 hitting percentage and four blocks.
Kaitlyn Dumpit had 23 assists and nine digs.
As a team, Rockhurst finished with 64 kills, six service aces, five team blocks, 59 assists and 69 digs.
Rockhurst (16-6, 7-1 GLVC) hosts Missouri S&T on Saturday at 3 p.m. inside Mason-Halpin Field House.
