ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team opened the home portion of its schedule with a 25-11, 25-22, 25-19 win over William Jewell on Friday night in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
RECORDS
UMSL (14-1, 2-1 GLVC), William Jewell (5-10, 1-2 GLVC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UMSL raced out to a 7-1 lead in the opening frame, before expanding it to 12-3 on sophomore Charlotte Richards' sixth kill of the set. She finished with nine in that set.
- UMSL ended the second frame with a 7-2 run after trailing 20-18. The Tritons overcame four service errors in that set by totaling 19 kills.
- UMSL finished the match hitting .280, totaling 52 kills with three player in double figures, while limiting the Cardinals to .076 hitting and just 23 kills.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING                                                
- Sophomore Charlotte Richards finished with a match-high 17 kills, senior Kylie Rudsinski and freshman Raquel Kessler added 13 kills each.
- Junior Kaileen Herman tallied 44 assists and 11 digs.
- Sophomore Megan Woll registered 23 digs, while senior Morgan Childers added 10.
- Rudsinski and fellow seniors Amanda Vollmer and Selena Nolte had three blocks each. William Jewell had a slight 8-6 advantage in blocks.
 
UP NEXT
UMSL hosts No. 11 ranked Rockhurst tomorrow at 3 p.m.