CHICAGO – Roosevelt ended its season with a valiant, resilient effort against No. 12 Grand Valley State before falling to the visiting Lakers in four sets on Saturday at the Goodman Center.

The Lakers in green and white didn't have the year they were hoping for in their first trek through the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, but they proved there was no quit in the locker room. After Grand Valley State cruised to a 25-11 win in the opening set, Roosevelt (4-23, 2-14 GLIAC) eked out a heart-pounding 31-29 win in the second set. The visitors won the third set 25-17 and the fourth 25-15, but there was pushback from the home team the entire way.

After gaining no traction in the first set, Roosevelt looked to be on its way to yet another blowout defeat in the second. Grand Valley State was in full control when it raced out to an early 10-3 lead and Roosevelt's deficit never really dipped below five until the Lakers took a timeout trailing 18-11. The hosts rattled off six straight points to cut the deficit to one and miraculously tied the set at 20.

Even more wild was Roosevelt having two set points at 24-22 then another one at 25-24. The Lakers then held off four straight set points before finally converting at 30-29 with a block from Nekane Parera at the net. Aleksandra Barac and Viktoria Marysheva both had seven kills for the Lakers in the second set while libero Regan Miessler had 10 digs and Isa Grana had 16 assists in the set.

Roosevelt put a few scares into Grand Valley State in the third and fourth sets, but the 12^th-ranked team in the country was too much for the GLIAC newcomers. Barac finished with a team-high 17 kills while Marysheva had 13 and sophomore Yuliia Shchepkina slammed down 12 kills. Grana finished with 39 assists and nine digs. As a team, Roosevelt finished with 50 kills, the fifth time this season it reached that mark and the first time the Lakers lost with at least 50 kills this year.

Saturday marked the end of an era as well for Roosevelt with four players seeing time in their final college match. Logan Cofield, Emily DeBlecourt, Krista Norton and Marysheva ended their college careers on a proud note with their effort against Grand Valley State. Marysheva leaves the Lakers with 978 career kills and a four-time team leader in that department.