Volleyball Returns to GLVC Play With Weekend Matches at UIndy and Saint Joe's
 
SETTING THE SCENE
The UMSL volleyball team returns home on Tuesday night for the first time since October 4. The Tritons begin a three-match homestand against Maryville on Tuesday night and also host Southern Indiana on Saturday and Bellarmine on Sunday. Prior to Sunday's contest, seniors Allie Ewing, Haley Brightwell and Emily Bragaw will all be honored.  
 
SCOUTING THE TRITONS
The Tritons are coming off a 3-0 win at Saint Joseph's on Sunday to improve their ledger to 13-8 overall. UMSL is also 8-5 in the GLVC and sits in a tie for third place with Missouri S&T. The Tritons are 5-1 at home.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Junior Lindsay Meyer averages 9.19 assists and 2.85 digs per set and has recorded 13 double-doubles this season, while directing the offense to a .201 hitting percentage.
 
Junior Carly Ochs averages a team-best 2.46 kills per set and is one of four players to average two or more kills per set. Junior Hannah Miller adds 2.11 kills per set and is hitting .309. She also tops the squad with 22 service aces. Freshman Gina Pezze averaged 4.00 kills per set last weekend, producing 11 in two sets off the bench at Indianapolis before finishing with nine at Saint Joseph's, while making her first collegiate start.
 
Defensively, senior libero Emily Bragaw averages 4.64 digs per set, while junior Jessica Ploss leads the team with 64 blocks, an average of 0.94 per set.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Maryville is 14-10 overall, including 5-8 in the GLVC. The Saints have lost two straight since winning five straight. Ashley Selman paces Maryville with 2.74 kills and 1.05 blocks per set, while libero Ali Lampen is second in the GLVC with 5.77 digs per set.
 
Southern Indiana enters a Wednesday match against Bellarmine with a 16-8 overall record, including a 6-7 mark in the GLVC, and sits in fifth place in the East Division. The Screaming Eagles, which will play their final five matches of the regular season on the road, have lost two straight. Southern Indiana ranks second in the GLVC in opponent hitting percentage (.153) and blocks (2.38). They are led by Fawn Ryan's 3.30 kills per set.
 
Bellarmine will host Southern Indiana on Wednesday and will visit Maryville on Saturday before meeting the Tritons on Sunday. The Knights enter the week with an 11-11 mark and are 4-9 in the GLVC East Division. Bellarmine, which ranks third in the GLVC in service aces with 1.35 per set, are led by Emily McDaniel's 3.13 kills and 1.61 digs per set. Libero Jaclyn Ohlmann leads the GLVC with 5.99 digs per set.
 
SERIES HISTORIES
UMSL is 12-1 all-time against Maryville with the Saints' lone win coming in the first meeting this season. The Tritons won the first set before the Saints rallied back for the win. Junior Lindsay Meyer paced UMSL with 40 assists, 13 digs and four kills.
 
The Tritons are 17-21 against Southern Indiana. The Screaming Eagles have won seven of the last nine meetings, including a 3-0 decision in Evansville last year.
 
UMSL is 18-10 all-time against Bellarmine and posted  3-0 win last  year in Louisville.
 
UP NEXT
After this week, UMSL will close out the regular season with three road matches, beginning Nov. 5 at McKendree in non-conference play.