ST. LOUIS – The fourth ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team remained unbeaten with a straight sets win over Maryville on Saturday afternoon at the Mark Twain Building. The Tritons improve to 22-0, 7-0 GLVC while the Saints drop to 14-8, 5-3 GLVC.

UMSL used a 6-2 run early in the match turning an early deficit into a three-point lead after an error by Hanna Dressing. The lead grew to 22-14 late in the set after a kill by Delaney Humm. Maryville made a late push closing within 24-19 after a kill from Dressing but wouldn't get any closer as Lexie Rang knocked home a kill to give the Tritons a 25-19 win in the opening set.

UMSL jumped out to a five-point lead to start the middle frame but the Saints battled back to even things at nine after an error by Humm. The Tritons scored five of the next seven points to retake the lead and wouldn't trail the remainder of the stanza on their way to a 25-20 victory.

The final set was tied at 10 before UMSL pulled away with an 11-2 run. Rang had five kills and an ace during that run while Humm and Mya Elliott had one kill each. Humm scored four of the final five points to clinch the 25-14 victory.

The Tritons hit .317 for the contest with 51 kills against 13 errors in 120 swings and were led by Rang with a match-high 20 kills while Humm added 14 and Elliott and Hailey Flowers had eight kills apiece. Caitlin Bishop handed out 44 assists, Kylie Adams had 17 digs and three aces and Elliott finished with three blocks.

Maryville was held to a .151 hitting percentage with 36 kills against 18 errors in 119 chances. Ella Brinkman led the way with 13 kills while Grace Graham added 10 kills. Abbie Schnell had 15 assists, Taylor Hasbrook finished with a match-high 19 digs and Caroline Glastetter added three blocks.

UMSL is back on the road next weekend as it travels north to take on Upper Iowa next Friday at 6 p.m. in Fayette, Iowa.