Box Score The William Jewell volleyball team dropped a Great Lakes Valley Conference match with Truman State 3-1 on the road on Saturday. The loss drops the Cardinals to 10-19 overall and 4-12 in the GLVC. 


HOW IT HAPPENED

• SET ONE: With the opener tied 9-9, Truman State used a 10-3 run to separate themselves at 20-12. The Cardinals scored four of the next five points, thanks to three Bulldog errors to pull within 21-16, but two kills and two errors by Jewell gave Truman the win 25-17. 
• SET TWO: Set two was similar to the first as the Bulldogs used a short 6-0 run to put the Cardinals into a hole they could not recover from, falling 25-17.
• SET THREE: The Cardinals came out of the intermission firing, running out to an 8-3 advantage, behind three kills from Elizabeth Quinn. The Bulldogs responded however, tying the set at 9-9. Jewell rallied again 6-1 run to pull ahead 15-10 and eventually led by as many as six at 21-15. Truman made things interesting by tying the set 22-22 before Raechel Meisinger sealed the set with a kill 25-23. 
• SET FOUR: The finale was a battle as Jewell fell behind by as many as seven before mounting a rally. Down 19-13, put together an 8-1 run to turn a six point deficit into a 21-20 lead. The advantage was short lived however, as the Bulldogs tied things up at 21 and again at 22 and 23 point. Back-to-back kills from Quinn and Grace Miller gave Jewell set point at 25-24 but three consecutive errors allowed the Bulldogs to slip away with the set 27-25.

LEADERS OF THE FLIGHT

• Paige Cunningham led the Cardinals with a double-double of 15 kills and 11 digs
•  Quinn added 13 kills and Maddie Wingert 10. 
• Olivia Tolberd collected a game-high 28 digs, while Codi Winslow chipped in 13. 
• Alix Weigel posted 25 assists followed by Megan Rhule with 22.  

YOU SHOULD NOTE

• This is the third double-double of the season for Cunningham. 
• With her 28 digs on Saturday, Tolberd has now posted 58 consecutive matches with double-digit digs and needs just 23 to break her own single season record of 630. 

UP NEXT
The Cardinals return home for the final regular season games of the season as they play host to Drury on Friday at 7:00 p.m. followed by Missouri S&T on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Saturday will also serve as Senior Day.