Second-seeded Rockhurst (23-7) earned their fourth GLVC Women's Volleyball Tournament championship and the first since 2019 with a five-set win over top-seeded and No. 22 Indianapolis on Saturday in Williamsville, Illinois. Saturday's victory also marks the first GLVC Tournament championship under head coach
Trent Jones.
Due to winning the GLVC Women's Volleyball Tournament championship, the Hawks secured the league's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA DII Women's Volleyball Tournament. Seeding and location will be announced onÂ
NCAA.com on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. Rockhurst was ranked fourth in the latest Midwest Region rankings.
The Greyhounds took the first set, 25-22. Rockhurst was leading 16-15 in the second set before a 7-1 run with kills from
Delaney Hope and
Riley Hays, a
Victoria Gray ace, a Hope-Hays block and a Greyhounds set error to reach 23-16. Hope put Rockhurst at set point with a kill at 24-17, and
Ali Olson closed the set with a kill for a 25-18 win.
Indianapolis won the third set 25-21 to take a 2-1 lead in the match. In the fourth set, the Hawks used a 9-0 run to sprint to an 18-9 lead after being tied 9-9. Late kills from Hope,
Chloe Tyrrell and Olson before a block by Tyrrell and Olson led Rockhurst to set point.
Alyssa McDonald finished the set with a kill from
Molly Trachta as Rockhurst won 25-13.
The Hawks opened the fifth set on a 7-0 run. It started with a McDonald kill from Trachta before
Bailey Donnelly served the next six points, including an ace and two Indianapolis attack errors that came on Rockhurst blocks. After Indianapolis scored twice to cut the Rockhurst lead to 14-10, Hope finished the match with a kill from
Kaitlyn Dumpit for a 15-10 win.
Hope recorded 17 kills with a .444 hitting percentage and added 11 blocks. McDonald had 20 kills on a .419 hitting percentage with three blocks.Â
Dumpit tallied 24 assists, 10 digs and a service ace. Trachta collected 23 assists, 11 digs and two service aces. Olson had five blocks and five kills.
As a team, Rockhurst finished with 61 kills,10 service aces, 17 blocks, 58 assists and 59 digs.
Quick Facts
McDonald, Hope and Trachta were named to the GLVC All-Tournament Team. Trachta was also named GLVC Tournament MVP.
Jones has a 128-54 record as Rockhurst head coach since 2021.Â
The Hawks enter the 2026 NCAA Tournament on a five-match winning streak, their third winning streak of five or more matches this season.
Saturday's win over Indianapolis is RU's third win over a top 25 ranked team in 2026.
Rockhurst is now 27-18 overall in the GLVC Tournament and 4-3 in GLVC Tournament championship matches.
