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Box Score

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (Nov. 10, 2015)-- It was a case of déjà vu for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside volleyball team on Tuesday night, suffering another agonizingly close setback to a nationally-ranked Lewis University. The Rangers traded punches with the 23rd-ranked and host Flyers before ultimately suffering a 3-1 (26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24) defeat to the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division rival inside Neil Carey Arena.
 
Visiting UW-Parkside (19-9, 10-6 GLVC) trailed by two in the opening set before ripping off five straight points to seize a 20-17 lead. Lewis (25-4, 13-3 GLVC) quickly negated the run, tying the game at 22. The Rangers briefly regained the lead at 23-22 before Lewis benefited from a kill and a Parkside attack error to force set point. A Jackie Langer kill tied the score at 24 but a Kill and a service ace gave the hosts the 26-24 set win.
 
Lewis never trailed in set two, emerging with the 25-23 victory. The Flyers owned a comfortable six-point buffer before the Rangers tallied six of the next eight points, forcing a Lewis timeout with a 20-18 lead. The Green and White attempted one final run, getting kills from Rebecca Roembke and Langer to close the gap to one by a blocking error gave Lewis the two-point win.
 
UW-Parkside yielded the opening four points of set three before rallying to the 25-23 win, scoring the final three points of the set, capitalizing on a Lewis service error before a pair of Roembke kills gave the Green and White the win to extend the match.
 
The Rangers scored five straight to seize a 16-12 lead in set four but the nationally-ranked Flyers answered with an 8-2 run to take a 20-18 lead. Lewis never trailed the rest of the way, taking advantage of a Ranger service error and an attack error to escape with the 26-24 set win to secure the match.
 
The match was the second time this season the Rangers fell to the Flyers by a razor thin margin. UW-Parkside had Lewis against the ropes on Oct. 6 inside DeSimone Gymnasium, owning a 2-0 lead before yielding the final three sets, including a 16-14 defeat in the decisive fifth set.
 
Three Rangers ended the night with a double-double, including Lauren Hickson who posted a match-high 41 assists along with 11 digs record her sixth consecutive double-double. Roembke netted a team-high 16 kills with 13 digs while Langer collected 12 kills and 13 digs. Meghan Conley set the tone defensively, finishing with 22 digs with Jessi Mainczyk adding 20.
 
The Rangers resume their road trip on Friday, traveling to the Hoosier State to face Saint Joseph's College. First serve in Rensselaer, Indiana is slated for 7 p.m.