LIBERTY, MO. – Led by senior
Lexi Rogers' career-high 18 kills, the University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit at William Jewell en route to a 28-30, 24-26, 25-21, 25-13, 15-10 Great Lakes Valley Conference win on Saturday afternoon.
The win moves the Tritons to 13-8 overall, including 7-4 in the GLVC, while the Cardinals slip to 11-13 and 4-7 in the league.
Match Highlights
- No team led by more than two points in the opening set, while UMSL earned the first set point at 24-23 on a kill from Rogers. The Tritons would have one more set point at 27-26 on a
Gaylnn Jones kill.
- The Cardinals led by four points, twice, early, before a 6-1 run later gave the Tritons a 19-15 advantage on a block from sophomore
Kristen Uradzionek and freshman
Amanda Vollmer. William Jewell then followed with an 8-2 run for a 23-21 lead. A Rogers kills fended off set point to tie it at 24-24 before the Cardinals pulled it out.
- UMSL scored four of the final five points in set three, including three on kills by Rogers, who finished with five in the frame.
- The Tritons jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the fourth set behind a pair of kills from freshman
Selena Nolte and service aces from
Kendall Buchman and Rogers. A 7-1 run later extended the lead to 17-7 with freshman
Kylie Rudsinski recording three straight kills during that stretch.
- UMSL scored three straight to turn an 8-7 lead into an 11-7 advantage on a Jones kill in the fifth set.
Inside the Box Score
- Rogers hit .485, committing just two errors in 33 swings.
- Jones recorded her second double-double this season with 11 kills and 19 digs, while junior
Gina Pezze added a season-best 11 kills.
- Three players were in double figure assists, including sophomore
Kayla Shane (20), Buchman (19) and junior
Madyson Abeyta (16).
- Junior
Danielle Waedekin finished with her fourth 30-plus dig outing, recording 37.
-UMSL hit .195, while William Jewell hit .135. Both teams had seven blocks with freshman
Amanda Vollmer tallying a team-best four blocks.
News & Notes
- UMSL is 6-1 in five-set matches.
- This is the third time this season that the Tritons have rallied from an 0-2 deficit.
Up Next
UMSL travels to Illinois Springfield and McKendree next Friday and Saturday, respectively.
