SETTING THE SCENE
UMSL closes out a three-match week with a pair of GLVC home games this weekend. The Tritons host Missouri S&T on Friday before entertaining Drury on Saturday.
 
SCOUTING THE TRITONS
UMSL will be looking to bounce back from a 3-1 setback at crosstown and GLVC foe Maryville on Tuesday, moving the Tritons to 7-5 overall, including 4-3 in the league standings. UMSL is in fourth place in the West Division, one game behind Missouri S&T and one game ahead of Drury and Maryville, which meet on Friday night. The Tritons will be playing just their fifth and sixth home games of the season this weekend. UMSL has only nine home dates on the 2014 schedule.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Junior Lindsay Meyer averages 9.93 assists and 3.22 digs per set and has recorded seven straight double-doubles.
 
Junior Carly Ochs leads the offense with 2.67 kills per set and is averaging 3.35 per set in the last four outings.
 
Junior Jessica Ploss is hitting at a .333 clip, which ranks sixth in the GLVC. She also tops the squad with 36 blocks, an average of 0.86 per set.
 
Defensively, senior Emily Bragaw averages 4.71 digs per set.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Missouri S&T is 8-6 overall, including 5-2 in the GLVC. The Miners have won six of their last seven, which included a five-match win streak. Junior Krista Halsag averages 2.57 kills and 1.14 blocks per set, while hitting .325.
 
Drury enters a Friday match at Maryville with an 8-4 record, including a 3-4 mark in the GLVC. Senior Sara Borneman averages 2.97 kills per set, while Laynie Timmons averages 2.33 kills and 1.07 blocks per set.
 
SERIES HISTORIES
UMSL is 10-5 all-time against the Lady Miners, but the last five contests have gone to Missouri S&T, including a 3-1 verdict earlier this year in Rolla, Mo., in nonconference play. Senior Haley Brightwell paced the Tritons with 12 kills and 12 digs in that contest.
 
UMSL is 16-10 all-time against Drury, but has lost the last two, including a 3-1 decision in Springfield, Mo., last year.
 
UP NEXT
UMSL will play its next seven matches on the road, beginning next Friday with a trip to GLVC West Division leader Rockhurst.