Box Score The William Jewell volleyball team fell 3-0 to Missouri-St. Louis on Tuesday evening by scores of 25-15, 27-25, 25-18. The loss drops Jewell to 5-11 overall and 2-5 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• SET ONE: Jewell and UMSL played even during the second half of the set but an early 14-6 lead gave the Tritons the 25-15 opening win. 
• SET TWO: The Cardinals again fell into an early hole at 11-3 but this time clawed their way back going on a 14-4 run to pull ahead 17-15. Jewell needed just three points for the win before the Tritons mounted a rally that saw them go on an 10-3 run to take the second set in extra points, 27-25 and bring a 2-0 lead into the intermission. 
• SET THREE: In the finale, the Cardinals once again fell behind by as many as nine (21-12) before putting together a run. The Cardinals scored four consecutive points on kills from Maddie Wingert and Tori Vogt to pull within 23-18 before UMSL finished the match with a kill and Jewell error. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Cardinals struggled offensively majority of the night, hitting just .016 compared to UMSL's .195 clip. 
• UMSL out-blocked the Cardinals 8-1, but Jewell had the advantage along the back row with 64 digs to UMSL's 63. 
   

LEADERS OF THE FLIGHT

• Wingert led Jewell with seven kills followed by Vogt and Madeline Johnson with six. Johnson also posted a team best .312 attack percentage. 
• Jewell had three players in double-figures in digs led by Olivia Tolberd's 17. Stefanie Richterkessing added 11 and Paige Cunningham 10. 
• Alix Weigel grabbed a game-high 25 assists. 

YOU SHOULD NOTE

• Tolberd upped her streak of double-digit dig games to 44 consecutive contests and came into the week ranking 17th among all active NCAA II players with 4.91 digs per set in her career. 

UP NEXT 
The Cardinals hit the road this weekend as the travel to No. 3 Lewis on Friday evening followed by a match up with Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon.