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FLORENCE, ALA. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team began the final day of play at the North Alabama Tournament on Saturdaywith a 3-1 loss to Northwood, but bounced back to end the day with a 3-2 victory over Christian Brothers.
 
The Tritons, now 4-4 on the season, will host Maryville on Tuesday night in their home and Great Lakes Valley Conference opener. Match time is set for 7 p.m.
 
Northwood 3, UMSL 1
The Timberwolves held the Tritons to .099 hitting en route to the 25-15, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18 win. Northwood (4-3) racked up 56 kills in the win, attacking at a .241 mark and had three players in double digit kills, led by Juliia Pakhomenko's match-high 20.
 
Senior Chelsea Burkle recorded a team-best 12 kills for UMSL, while sophomore Lindsay Meyer dished out 29 assists and tallied 10 digs.
 
UMSL outblocked the Timberwolves, 7-4, with sophomore Jessica Ploss finishing with four blocks.
 
UMSL 3, Christian Brothers 2
After winning the first two sets, the Tritons was forced to fend off a rally by the Bucs to secure a 25-19, 25-15, 15-25, 21-25, 15-13 win.
 
Burkle had four of her match-high 19 kills in the decisive set, including one for the match victory. Five unanswered points by UMSL gave the Tritons an 11-6 lead in that frame, but a 7-3 run by Christian Brothers cut the gap to 14-13.
 
Meyer and senior Anna McNulty recorded 25 and 23 assists, respectively, guiding the offense to a .268 hitting percentage. Freshman Jory Siebenmorgen added 12 kills, while sophomore Hannah Miller tallied seven kills with no errors in 11 attempts.
 
Sophomore Shelby Bishop recorded a career-best 17 digs, while junior Haley Brightwell added 12 digs to go with eight kills.
 
Miller and junior Allie Ewing each had three blocks as the Tritons finished with five team blocks.