ST. LOUIS – Delaney Humm finished with a match and career-high 26 kills to lead the fourth ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team to a 3-2 win against Lewis at Neil Carey Arena on Saturday afternoon in Romeoville, Ill. The Tritons improve to 17-0, 5-0 GLVC while the Flyers drop to 13-5, 5-1 GLVC.

It's UMSL's first win at Lewis since Sept. 13, 1997 when the Tritons prevailed in four sets.

UMSL opened the match on a 5-1 run but Lewis rallied scoring nine of the next 12 points to grab a 10-8 lead after a kill from Megan Schlechte. The Tritons came back to tie the frame at 14 on a service ace from Trysta Foster but the Flyers scored four of the next five points to take an 18-15 advantage and wouldn't trail the rest of the stanza. UMSL made a late run getting within 23-21 after a kill from Lexie Rang but Lewis scored the final two points to take the opening set.

The Tritons led by as many as five points in the second frame but had to withstand a late run. The Flyers got to within 24-23 after a kill from Juliana Van Loo but wouldn't get any closer as Humm recorded her sixth kill of the stanza to give UMSL the 25-23 victory and even the match at a set apiece.

In the swing set, Lewis built an eight-point cushion midway through after an ace serve from Schlechte. The Tritons cut the deficit to three late in the frame but wouldn't get any closer as the Flyers held on for the 25-19 win. Lewis hit .531 in the stanza with 18 kills against one error in 32 chances while the Tritons hit .258 with 12 kills against four errors in 31 swings.

UMSL flipped the script in set four jumping out to a six-point lead after a kill from Humm. The Flyers made a late push closing to within 23-20 after another kill from Van Loo but Humm knocked down her fifth kill of the frame setting up set point. Van Loo then committed an attack error to give the Tritons the 25-20 win and force a winner take-all fifth set.

UMSL took an early 4-2 lead in the deciding set but Lewis countered with a 4-1 run to take a 6-5 lead after a Flyer challenge overturned a kill by Mya Elliott. The Tritons and Elliott shook it off as she got a kill on her next swing to even the set at six and sparked a 6-0 run.

UMSL benefitted from a challenge of its own during that run. Leading 9-6, Humm hit a ball that was ruled out of bounds but after a review the call was overturned as it was determined it was touched by a Lewis defender.

The Tritons added two more points to extend its lead but the Flyers wouldn't go quietly scoring back-to-back points to get within 11-8. UMSL closed it out scoring the final four points of the match to win 15-8 and complete the comeback. Humm had two of those kills while Hannah Copeland added another and Kylie Adams had a service ace.

The Tritons hit .259 in the contest with 62 kills against 21 errors in 158 chances. Humm was joined in double figures by Elliott with 12 kills and Rang added 11 kills. Caitlin Bishop handed out 49 assists, Elliott had three blocks and Adams had 15 digs.

Lewis hit .333 in the match recording 65 kills against 15 errors in 150 swings. Schlechte and Van Loo had 19 kills each while Bella Ray added 11 kills and five blocks. Lauren Stenman finished with 50 set assists and Ally Hickey had a match-high 22 digs.

UMSL is back in action next weekend traveling to Hammond, Ind., for the Midwest Region Crossover. Opponents and times will be released on Sunday.