ROCKFORD, Ill. - St. Norbert College reached a new milestone in a 3-0 win over Rockford University in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match at Seaver Gym.

St. Norbert swept Rockford 25-14, 25-23, 25-13 to improve to 11-13 overall, eclipsing the previous high for most wins in a season set in each of the last two years. St. Norbert, now 4-6 in NACC play, faces a key match for conference tournament-qualifying hopes when it hosts Illinois Tech at Noon Saturday in De Pere.

St. Norbert held control throughout Set 1, seeing an 11-9 lead balloon into a 19-10 advantage behind an 8-1 run thanks to service aces by Michael Whitney and Kaden Kornaus. A Skyy Russell kill clinched a 1-0 lead. The Green Knights led for most of the second set, eventually leading 22-18. The Regents responded with a 5-0 run to take a 23-22 lead, but a Rockford service error, a Cam Doty service ace and a Kornaus kill closed out the set win and a 2-0 lead. St. Norbert jumped out to a 7-1 lead in Set 3, eventually taking a 14-3 lead and closing out the match in relative ease the rest of the way.

The Green Knights hit .289, with 37 kills against 13 errors in 83 attempts. Jacob Van Ooyen had eight kills, while Kornaus added six. Noah Cullen (pictured, left) and Nikola Zlatkovic (pictured, right) had four kills apiece. Whitney finished with 30 assists and three service aces. A total of 19 St. Norbert players saw action with 12 registering at least one kill.

Van Ooyen had a match-high 10 digs, with Whitney adding six. Zlatkovic, Grant Bettag and Kade Nelson all had two blocks each.

Rockford hit .190, with 31 kills against 16 errors in 79 attempts. Josh Bowling had a team-high eight kills.