VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Valley City State University Volleyball takes down Rocky Mountain College in straight sets as Viking senior JayCee Richter sets the school record in all-time career digs. After a 21-dig performance tonight, Richter improves her career total to 1,965 with 504 to this point this season. She passes Shelley Cockerill, who previously held the record with 1,958 career digs.

With their victory over RMC, the VCSU Vikings improve their record to 10-13 overall and 8-10 in Frontier Conference games. The Battlin' Bears fall to 2-21 overall and 1-17 in Frontier Conference games.

The Vikings opened the first set, taking a 3-0 lead with a kill by Danielle Hagler, Macy Fridgen, and a block by Hagler and Emma Lucas. They steadily grew that lead as they took 2-3 points for each rocky point. With a score of 10-4, Rocky took their first timeout. With their foot on the gas, the Vikings found themselves with a 14-7 lead, where they would go on a 10-0 run, closing the set at 25-7 on Richter's serve. The run started with a kill by Hagler, followed by two aces from Richter. The Vikings rallied on with kills by Lucas, Fridgen, Madden Bogenreif, and two more aces from Richter.

The Battlin' Bear started the first set firing on all cylinders, taking an early 5-1 lead. The Vikings showed great patience in their comeback efforts as they crept back into the set, eventually tying it at 16-16 thanks to a kill by Rosie Anderson. The Vikings would score seven straight, taking a 21-16 lead with Hagler and Ellie Lucas earning a pair of kills passed by Gracie Schumacher. VCSU would later close the second set 25-19 after an attacking error on Rocky.

VCSU started the second set on an 11-1 run, scoring 10 straight points during Delani Clark's service. Morgan Freije had two solo blocks and two assisted blocks, with Fridgen adding a few kills. In the middle of the set, the Vikings continued to score two points to every Rocky one, leading them to a 19-7 lead. Fridgen started a rally of two kills that led the Vikings to a six-point run, taking a 25-7 win.

The Vikings were led by Fridgen scoring 14 kills. Emma Lucus trialed with nine. JayCee Richter closed the night with an impressive five aces as well as 21 digs that propelled her into the number one all-time in career digs among Vikings Volleyball players. Freije stood tall with six total blocks on the evening. Bogenreif assisted 21 kills, while Schumacher tallied 16.

UP NEXT: The Vikings are on the road, headed to Dickinson, N.D., to take on the Blue Hawks on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:00 p.m. CT.