Box Score (Rolla, Mo.) – The Missouri S&T Miner volleyball advanced to the GLVC Tournament for the third consecutive season by sweeping past William Jewell 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-23) on Saturday in Rolla. The Miners (15-16, 10-8 GLVC) clinched the third and final automatic bid with the win and Missouri-St. Louis's 3-2 loss against Truman earlier in the afternoon. The Tritons and S&T both finished 10-8 in league action, but the Miners got the automatic bid by virtue of their 3-2 victory over UMSL on Oct. 12.

S&T dominated the opening set recording 16 kills against one error in 33 attempts to finish with an attack percentage of .455. Krista Haslag (Linn, Mo./Helias ) led the way with six kills in seven chances. The set was tied 3-3 when the Miners took control with a 14-2 run to build a 12-point cushion. The Cardinals (4-28, 2-16 GLVC) got as close as seven points, but no closer as S&T scored seven of the final 10 points to take the opener 25-14.

The Miners turned a 10-9 deficit into a 21-11 thanks to a 12-1 run midway through set two. They had six kills in the run and forced the Cardinals into six errors. S&T led by as many as 11 in the frame before settling on the 10 point margin.

The third set was the tightest of the match. The Miners stormed out to an early 6-2 lead, but William Jewell refused to go away climbing to within 8-7 on a kill by Libby Ording. S&T led by a balance of three for most of the set, but couldn't shake the Cardinals. The Miners led 23-19 and appeared to be in complete control; however, Jewell scored three straight to cut the deficit to a point. S&T reached match point on a kill by Alison Mueller (Bartelso, Ill./Mater Dei ), but the Cardinals kept the contest going on a kill from Destini Dulin. The Miners ended the match on the next point with Haslag and Mueller combining for the block at the net on Christina Pratt.

S&T finished the contest with an attack percentage of .250 (43k/15e/112ta) and was led by Haslag with 11 kills while Hayley Wright (Omaha, Neb./Millard West) added 10 kills. Allie Plunk (Hurst, Texas/Birdville) dished out 27 assists and Cydney Denning (San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis ) finished with 17 digs.

William Jewell was led by Kelsey Wagner with eight kills while Pratt added seven more. Kelsey Moffitt had 16 assists while Katie Damgar had 10 digs. As a team the Cardinals had an attack percentage of .083 (30k/21e/109ta).

The Miners will compete in the GLVC Tournament next Friday against Indianapolis at 12 p.m. at Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. S&T swept the Greyhounds back in Rolla on Sept. 21.