LIVE STATS | VIDEO (vs. Quincy only)

SETTING THE SCENE
UMSL returns home this weekend, hosting Truman State on Friday night and Quincy on Saturday afternoon. The Tritons will play four of their next five matches in the friendly confines of the Mark Twain Building.
 
SCOUTING THE TRITONS
UMSL is 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the GLVC. The Tritons went 1-2 on last week's three-match roadtrip. After losses at Missouri S&T (3-1) and Lewis (3-0), the Tritons bounced back to prevail in a five-set battle at Wisconsin-Parkside on Sunday.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Four players are averaging two or more kills per set, including senior Haley Brightwell's team-best 2.38 per set, while junior Carly Ochs follows with 2.27 per set. Ochs tallied a season-best 13 kills in the win over the Rangers last week.
 
As a team, the Tritons are hitting .220, paced by junior Jessica Ploss, whose .395 average is second in the league. Junior Hannah Miller ranks fourth in the GLVC at .381. The duo also leads the team in blocks with Ploss accounting for 27 and Miller for 14.
 
Junior Lindsay Meyer averages 9.52 assists and 3.06 digs per set and has recorded a double-double in four straight matches, while senior Emily Bragaw averages 4.64 digs per set.
 
Meyer owns 1,987 career assists, needing 13 to become the seventh player in program history to record 2,000.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Truman State is 8-2 overall, including 4-0 in the GLVC, and are riding a six-game win streak. Senior Allie Brak, the reigning GLVC and AVCA DII National Player of the Week, paces the Bulldogs with 3.47 kills and 2.47 digs per set. As a team, Truman State averages a GLVC-best 1.80 service aces per set, having totaled 63 on the year.
 
UMSL is 21-19 all-time against Truman State although the last three matches have gone to the Bulldogs. Truman State won both meetings last year, posting a 3-0 victory in Kirksville and a 3-2 win in St. Louis.
 
Quincy enters a Friday match at Maryville with a 2-9 overall record, including a 0-4 mark in the GLVC. Redshirt senior Briann Joslin paces the Hawks with 2.38 kills, 1.39 digs and 0.76 blocks per set. Quincy leads the GLVC in blocks per set, averaging 2.54 per set.
 
The Tritons are 33-15 all-time against Quincy and has won 11 straight. UMSL swept the Hawks in both meetings a year ago.
 
UP NEXT
After a trip across town to Maryville on Tuesday, UMSL will host Missouri S&T next Friday and Drury next Saturday.