Rhode Island Starters
Seman, Steffen, Casey, Rosenberg, Darnold, Self; libero - Scanlon

Iowa Starters
Dailey, Radke, Dietz, Lovell, Leppek, Burns; libero - Yeager

How It Happened
Rhode Island (2-2) lost its opening match in the Valpo Popcorn Classic Friday evening. The Rams were swept by Iowa (4-0) 25-21, 25-12, 25-22.

In the opening set, Rhode Island had more kills and fewer attack errors, but a 6-0 run to start the set by the Hawkeyes was too much to overcome. The Rams managed to tie the set 12-12, but never held a lead in the opener. A Caroline Casey block pulled the Rams within 20-19, but Iowa never relinquished the lead.

The second set was all Iowa. The Hawkeyes again never trailed in the set, and with the score 15-12, Iowa reeled off 10 straight points.

Rhody's best stretch came in the third set, which was a back-and-forth affair. Trailing 20-16, the Rams ran off five straight points to take a 21-20 lead. Britta Baarstad had a pair of kills, Lena Vedder had a kill and a block and Franki Darnold had a service ace during the spurt. However, Iowa closed out the match with a 5-1 run of its own.

Inside the Box Score

• Iowa's Alex Lovell had 15 kills and 17 kills, both team highs. She had a strong .367 hitting percentage, making just four errors in 30 total attacks.
• Rhode Island was led offensively by sophomore Franki Darnold, who had 10 kills and three errors in 33 attacks (.212). It was the fourth straight match with double-digit kills for Darnold.
• Darnold also had 10 digs for her second double-double of the season.
• Freshman setter Callan Kinnan played the final set for the Rams and had 13 assists with three digs.
• Junior setter Kelly Rosenberg had 18 assists and six digs in two sets.
• Junior Caroline Casey had four kills, three block assists, two digs and one service ace.