ST. LOUIS – The fourth ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team extended its winning streak to 21 with a 3-1 win over Missouri S&T on Friday evening at the Mark Twain Building. The Tritons improve to 21-0, 6-0 GLVC while the Miners fall to 11-9, 2-5 GLVC.
UMSL opened the match on an 8-1 run and never looked back as it cruised to a 25-11 win. The Tritons hit .324 in the frame with 12 kills against one error in 34 swings and were led by
Lexie Rang with four kills while
Hannah Copeland added three and
Mya Elliott and
Delaney Humm had two apiece.
UMSL led by three midway through the second stanza but S&T wouldn't go away rallying to take a 16-14 lead after Hannah Feltz blocked Copeland. The Tritons ran off three in a row to retake the lead but couldn't shake the Miners. UMSL led 21-20 after a kill from Humm but S&T scored five of the final six points of the set to win it 25-22 and even the match at a set apiece.
The Miners jumped out to a 4-1 lead to begin set three but the Tritons rallied grabbing a 16-14 advantage after a kill from Humm. S&T went on a 6-2 run to retake the lead at 20-18 after an error by Humm. UMSL got a kill from Humm and a then Copeland and
Hailey Flowers blocked Jordan Burton to even things at 20. The Miners regained the lead after
Rylee Edson's serve went into the net. Copeland sparked the game winning run first with a kill and then served three straight points to put the Tritons ahead 24-22. The Miners closed to within 24-23 after Copeland's serve was long but UMSL never relinquished the lead as Elliott ended the frame with a kill on the next rally.
The Tritons built a five-point lead early in the fourth stanza and led by as many as nine at 21-12 after Rang blocked Feltz. S&T ran off three straight points to get within six but wouldn't get any closer as UMSL got back-to-back kills from Humm to end the match.
The Tritons hit .233 for the contest with 55 kills against 20 errors in 150 chances and were led by Rang with 16 kills while Elliott added 14 and Humm finished with 11.
Caitlin Bishop handed out 48 assists, Elliott finished with five blocks,
Trysta Foster served three aces and
Kylie Adams had 18 digs.
The Miners were held to a .131 attack percentage with 47 kills against 26 errors in 160 swings. Burton finished with a match-high 17 kills while Madelyn Mason had 12 kills. Elise Mehaffey had 24 assists, Feltz finished with eight blocks and Mia Alessio had a match-high 29 digs.
UMSL is back at home on Saturday afternoon hosting Maryville at 3 p.m. at the Mark Twain Building.
