Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Missouri S&T bounced back from a season-opening loss to gain a split on the first day of the Middle of Everywhere Classic, knocking off St. Cloud State in a thrilling nightcap to the action with a 3-2 victory.

North Alabama beat S&T earlier in the day 3-0, winning by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-22.

The Lady Miners won two of the first three sets over the Huskies, sandwiching wins of 25-16 and 25-23 around a 25-17 loss in set two. St. Cloud State forced a decisive fifth set by winning 25-16, but S&T scored the final three points in the last set to come away with the 15-12 win.

S&T built a 9-4 lead early in the fifth set, but the Huskies drew even at 10 and again at 12. With a chance to take the lead, SCSU's Kristen Scott had her kill attempt blocked by Samantha Kiump. Klump then came up with her 13th kill of the game to move the Lady Miners to game point; an attack error by the Huskies on the next point ended the game.

Freshman Julie Meyer (Marthasville, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) had a team-high 15 kills for S&T, while Klump had 13 and Lauren Summerville (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit ) six. Danielle Kracl (Omaha, Neb./Burke) had 22 assists and Tory Smiley added 15, while Bridget WIlliams was one of three players in double figures in digs with a game-high 24. Kracl also had four service aces for S&T.

In the first game of the day, the Lady Miners had a lead in the early stages of game one and for much of game three, but the Lions were able to grab the lead in each set. UNA took the lead for good in the final game at 19-18 and held off S&T's late rally attempt.

Leandra Pelae (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) led the Lady Miners with five kills in the UNA game, while Smiley had eight assists and Williams came up with 11 digs. North Alabama recorded a .223 attack percentage as Whitney Sanders finished with a game-high 16 kills.