LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team continued their late season surge on Friday night with a 3-1 win over Missouri S&T. The Cardinals have won six of their last eight and improve to 7-16 overall and 3-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The teams traded runs in the early going as the Miners used a 8-0 spurt to take a 14-9 lead before Jewell responded with a 5-0 run of their own to get back within one. Each time down the got back within a point, the Miners scored to maintain a lead until late. Trailing 20-17, Jewell got three kills and a
Madison Roney ace to go back in front, 21-20. Knotted again at 22-all, the Cardinals scored three straight behind two kills from
Wylie Singleton and aided by a Missouri S&T error to take the opener 25-22.Â
Set two was another back-and-forth affair as neither had more than a three point lead at any time. Tied at 24, the Miners got three kills to take the frame and tie the match at one set apiece. In set three, Jewell trailed 15-14 midway through and finished on an 11-5 run, capped by back-to-back kills from
Macy Bartlett, winning 25-20. The Cardinals hit .423 in the fourth set to runaway with the win, 25-13, including a late 8-1 run, to win their third conference match.Â
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Bartlett led the Cardinals with 17 kills and four aces while adding three blocks and 13 digs for her sixth double-double of the season.
- Lily Waters posted 13 kills while Ashlynn Rowland had 14 digs and Brianna Witthar 13.
- Alexis Frazier also had a double-double of 43 assists and 14 digs.Â
UP NEXT
Jewell returns to action tomorrow as they host Maryville University at 3 p.m.
