SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Drury used a season-high 15 blocks to limit the University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team to a season-low .109 hitting on Saturday as the Tritons suffered a 3-1 Great Lakes Valley Conference road loss on Saturday.
 
Redshirt sophomore Maddy Russell recorded a season-high 15 kills and notched her second double-double of the season by adding 10 digs.
 
Drury 3, UMSL 1 (25-23, 25-15, 21-25, 25-19)
Records: UMSL (9-3, 2-2 GLVC), Drury (11-2, 3-1 GLVC)
 
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
- UMSL fended off three Drury set points in the first set as part of a 5-1 run that erased a 23-19 deficit and pulled the Tritons within 24-23. Russell had back-to-back kills during that stretch.
- UMSL erased a 3-0 deficit to open the third set using four unanswered points to take a 7-5 lead it would not relinquish. A Panthers attack error gave UMSL set point, but the home team would record the next three points to make it 24-21 before a kill from sophomore Amanda Vollmer ended the frame.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Russell and Vollmer combined to hit .315, while the rest of the team hit. 000. Vollmer equaled a season-high eight kills and added three blocks.
- The Tritons tallied nine blocks, including four from junior Alex Miner. The Panthers hit .195.
- Freshman Payton Kennelly finished with 18 assists and seven digs, while senior Madyson Abeyta added 17 assists and seven digs.
- Sophomore Morgan Childers and junior Alivia Brinker each had 11 digs.
 
UP NEXT
UMSL wraps up a four-match road swing on Tuesday at Quincy before returning home Friday and Saturday to host Lewis and Wisconsin-Parkside.