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Contact: Mark Albanese, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Media RelationsBox ScoreQUINCY, Ill. (Nov. 7, 2015)-- The University of Wisconsin-Parkside volleyball squad earned its second consecutive road victory on Saturday afternoon, sneaking past Quincy University 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 15-12) in a Great Lakes Valley Conference clash inside Pepsi Arena.
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The Rangers (19-8, 10-5 GLVC) claimed the opening two sets of the match but ultimately needed a five-point run in the decisive fifth set to escape with the victory, UW-Parkside's fourth win in its last five contests.
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The opening set was deadlocked at 19 before the visiting Rangers scored six of the next eight points, including three kills from
Lexi Turek to secure the 25-21 win. Parkside claimed a 25-22 win in set two before dropping the next two sets, 25-23 and 25-22 to force a decisive fifth set.
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In the fifth, the host Hawks (12-16, 6-9 GLVC) claimed three of the first four points and owned a 5-2 lead before Parkside struck back, scoring the next five points and led the rest of the way, emerging with the 15-12 win to secure the match.
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Three Rangers ended the afternoon in double figures, including
Rebecca Roembke who tallied a match-high 25 kills and 21 digs.
Jackie Langer added 19 kills and 24 digs while
Lauren Hickson posted a match-best 67 assists along with 14 digs. Turek chipped in 16 kills while
Meghan Conley and
Jessi Mainczyk tallied 34 and 23 digs, respectively.
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UW-Parkside returns to the court on Tuesday night, resuming GLVC East Division play against Lewis University.
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