Rockhurst rallied from down 2-0 in the match and rallied from four match points in the fifth set to defeat Lewis in five sets on Friday in Romeoville, Illinois. The Hawks are now winners of six-straight matches and seven of their last eight.
Rockhurst dropped the first two sets 25-21 and 25-23 before taking the next two 25-15 and 25-16.
In the fifth set, Rockhurst moved in front 9-6 in the fifth set on kills by
Avery DeLong and
Alyssa McDonald, but Lewis scored the next five points to take an 11-9 lead.
Rockhurst came back to tie the fifth set at 13-13 and went ahead 14-13 on consecutive Lewis errors, before Lewis answered and later held 15-14, 16-15, 17-16 and 18-17 edges.
Ali Olson tied it at 18-18 with a kill from
Molly Trachta and McDonald followed with a kill for a 19-18 Rockhurst lead.
Carlie Pandjaris served an ace to close the set 20-18 and win the match.
McDonald tallied 15 kills with a .345 hitting percentage and picked up three blocks.
Delaney Hope recorded 14 kills and a .591 hitting percentage.
Kaitlyn Dumpit had 29 assists, six digs and a service ace. Trachta collected 26 assists, seven digs and a service ace.
Victoria Gray notched 13 digs, seven kills and two service aces.
As a team, the Hawks finished with 65 kills, seven service aces, five team blocks, 60 assists and 63 digs.
With Friday's win, RU improved to 18-6 overall and 9-1 in the GLVC. The Hawks remain tied for second in the conference standings with 20
th-ranked Indianapolis, who they face on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET in Indianapolis, Indiana.
