ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team battled through 10 sets of play over the course of five hours with merely 20 minutes of rest on Saturday at the tri-match hosted by Maryville University. The Cardinals ultimately fell in five sets, twice, first to No. 13 Southern Indiana and then to those hosts. 

Game One
Jewell 2, #13 Southern Indiana 3
25-23, 25-18, 18-25, 23-25, 9-15

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 17-12 in the opener, Jewell rallied, going on a 11-6 run, caped by two aces from Hannah Cope to tie the set at 23. Back-to-back kills by Maddie Wingert completed the comeback to take the opener 25-23. 
• In set two, it was the Cardinals who jumped out to the big lead, leading by as many as 10 late in the set on their way to a 25-18 win to go on top 2-0 on the No. 13 ranked team in the nation. 
• Southern Indiana did not go quietly breaking away to a 17-8 lead in the third set. The Cardinals used three kills from Wingert and two by Grace Baucom to eventually get back within four, 21-17 but the Eagles won four of the final five points. 
• Jewell looked as though they would put the match away, leading 22-18 after a USI error. However the Eagles got three kills from Taylor Litteken, combined with three Jewell errors to sneak back in and take the set 25-23 to force the finale. 
• Trailing 9-7, USI scored eight straight points to take the set, 15-9, and the match, 3-2.  

FOR THE CARDINALS

• Wingert led the Cardinals with 15 kills while Baucom added 11 and Anna Godfredsen 12. 
• Cope collected 28 assists and a career-high 18 digs. Meghan Schneider added 13 assists to go along with four kills.
• Haidan Baade posted a career-best 31 digs while Jordan Collard had 10. 
• Kaci Behrens posted three assists for the Cardinals who had a season-high 10 total. 

FOR THE SCREAMING EAGLES

• Katherine Koch led USI with 15 kills.
• Casey Cipicky finished with 37 assists and 14 digs. 

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Game Two
Jewell 2, Maryville 3
25-19, 25-20, 28-30, 17-25, 9-15

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Jewell jumped out to a quick 10-3 lead in the opening set of the nightcap, taking advantage of five Maryville errors. The Saints eventually pulled with five at 24-19 but another error gave the Cardinals the set. 
• Leading 13-12 in the set set, Jewell went on a 6-1 run behind two kills from Wingert to go on top 19-13 and took the set 25-20. 
• Set three was a momentum changer as the Saints held the early advantage, 6-1, only to see the Cardinals rally and tie the set at 15 before two service aces by Katie Paine made ia 19-16 Jewell lead. After a kill by Wingert gave the Cardinals match point, Maryville staved off three straight to take a 25-24 lead. The set was tied at four more times before the Saints were able to string together three points and win 30-28. 
• Jewell fell behind 21-14 in the fourth and never recovered, falling 25-17. 
• After Maryville took a quick 7-3 lead, the Cardinals pulled within 10-8 after a block from Elizabeth Quinn and Haleigh Borich but the Saints scored five of the final six points to earn the comeback win. 

FOR THE CARDINALS

• Baade, the sophomore libero, posted 40 digs against the Saints, which not only was her second career-high of the day, but also sets the new Jewell record for single match digs, surpassing the previous mark of 39. 
• Wingert again posted 15 kills to go with three blocks.
• Schneider and Cope each had 15 assists while Harper Auman added 12. 
• Collard finished with 13 digs with Paine adding 10. 

FOR THE SAINTS

• Hannah Scrum led three Saints in double-figures with 15 kills to go along with 17 digs. 
• AJ Hallemann finished with 28 digs while Abbie Schnell had 45 assists. 

UP NEXT
The Cardinals are scheduled to be back in action next weekend as they host a tri-match with Indianapolis and Truman State.