Roos Rock Omaha on Senior Day

Sunday, November 21

Kansas City, Mo.

1:00 PM

Kansas City

21-9,12-6Summit League

Omaha

19-9,16-2Summit League

Omaha

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Roos Rock Omaha on Senior Day

11/21/2021 5:03:00 PM | Volleyball

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Kansas City capped off the regular season with a win over the conference champs, led by 20 kills from Melanie Brecka

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On the final day of the regular season, Kansas City Volleyball made a statement. The Roos defeated the Summit League Regular Season Champion Omaha Mavericks, 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-20), in their final game at the Swinney Center this season. Melanie Brecka led the Roos' attack, finishing with a match-high 20 kills, while Maddie Renn dug up 19 attacks and sent across three service aces.

FINAL | The Roos are ?????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/1RumhWZaa8
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) November 21, 2021

KEY MOMENTS

S1 / 10-13 | Back-to-back kills from Brecka allowed the Roos to come within reaching distance of the Mavericks.
S1 / 16-21 | Rather than making a pass, Alli Schomers decided to take an attack for herself, finding a spot in the middle of the Omaha defense for an easy kill.
S2 / 2-2 | After an extended rally, Brecka and Carly Gillen teamed up for a devastating block to tie the set up in the early going.

S2 | The ???????????? by @MelB_628 and @carlygillen ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/poyvu568dx
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) November 21, 2021

S2 / 11-10 | It was Brecka and Gillen once again, logging their second block of the set to give the Roos a one-point advantage.
S2 / 16-13 | Raina Smith came through for her second-straight kill on the outside, forcing Omaha to use its final timeout of the set.
S2 / 20-16 | Coming out of a Kansas City timeout, Renn sent a pass to Brecka, who found the hardwood for a kill.
S2 / 25-21 | The Roos won the final two points of the set, capped by an ace from Kennedy Schritenthal.
S3 / 5-4 | Schomers found De'Janae Arnold coming around the right side on a slide to give the Roos a quick advantage early.
S3 / 13-12 | With both teams trading points, Schomers went to Smith for a kill.
S3 / 21-21 | In longest rally of the match, the Roos scratched and clawed to keep the ball alive, with diving saves by Renn and Leah Green, before Brecka finally put an end to the point with a kill and tied things up.

S3 | There is some ???????????????? ???????? volleyball going on in the Swinney Center right now.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/RK1zKVbgha
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) November 21, 2021

S3 / 26-24 | After losing their first set point opportunity, the Roos wrapped up the third set with a block by Schomers and Arnold
S4 / 7-9 | A pair of digs by Green on big attacks by the Mavs allowed the Roos to stay in the point, resulting in a back-row kill for Brecka.

S4 | Are you kidding me?!?@LeahNikele's defense set up the huge back row kill by @MelB_628 ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/ulf7qJkMxV
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) November 21, 2021

S4 / 14-12 | Maddie Renn sent across her third ace of the day, forcing an Omaha timeout and sparking a six-point run by the Roos.
S4 / 20-13 | The Roos were the first to reach the 20-point mark after a big block by Smith and Arnold.
S4 / 25-20 | A kill by Brecka appropriately ended the match and gave the Roos their fourth-straight win.

STATS TO NOTE

Brecka's 20-kill performance marks the fifth time she's logged 20-plus this season, and is the 15th time of her career.
With 43 assists on the day, Schomers is just four shy of moving into second place in program history in career assists.
The Roos out-served the Mavs, sending across eight aces to Omaha's four.
The back-and-forth third set saw 18 total ties and nine lead changes throughout.
In the final set, Kansas City sent across 14 kills and just two errors, hitting at a .414 clip.

THE ROOS, QUOTED

Coach Christi Posey
- "Our kids are playing a little more freely and are playing with a lot more confidence, which is allowing them to play more together. Our defensive intensity has allowed us to save matches, which has been a theme all year and our offense has picked up the past few matches."
- "Our serve pressure and defensive intensity allowed us to excel today from a transition standpoint."
- "This particular (senior class) has been really prolific in terms of winning, and we keep knocking down the door, so my hope is that we can keep this train rolling."
De'Janae Arnold
- "It's a bittersweet moment. We showed all of our hard work, everything that we've grinded to do. To see it all play out is really a grateful and humbling moment."
Melanie Brecka
- "These last two wins have proven, not only to ourselves but to others that we're not to be messed around with. We're a force to be reckoned with, so that's a great feeling going into the tournament."
Maddie Renn
- "We learned some tough lessons in the middle of the season, and although in the moment they were really hard and we didn't know where to go, we turned it around in practice. We decided that if we're going to go out, we're going to go our swinging."
Alli Schomers
- "The coaching staff had a lot of foresight with this group. Being a year older, I was on a recruiting mission for (the other three seniors). I give the coaches a huge shout-out for hand-picking this group and I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else."

UP NEXT
The Roos carry their four-game winning streak into the Summit League Tournament, where they will be the number four seed. The Roos will take on fifth-seeded Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals on Thanksgiving Day at 4:30 p.m. The teams split their two regular season meetings.