Rolla, Mo. - Trailing 13-9 in the fifth set the Missouri S&T Miners scored the final six points to pull out a 3-2 (26-24, 18-25, 25-23, 16-25, 15-13) win over Southern Arkansas on Saturday night at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Earlier in the day, S&T rallied for a 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23) victory over Missouri-St. Louis.

In the deciding fifth set the Miners (12-5) held a 7-5 lead before committing five straight errors as part of a 7-0 run by the Lady Muleriders (9-8). Back-to-back kills by Krista Haslag (Linn, Mo./Helias ) and Gracey Moon (Kirkwood, Mo./Kirkwood) pulled S&T to within 12-9 but Serena LeDuff answered with a kill to push the lead back to four. Carlie Combs (O'Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic) started the match deciding run with a pair of kills sandwiched around a SAU error to pull the Miners within one and then Combs and Moon teamed up for a block on LeDuff to tie the set.

On the ensuing point Alli O'Banion hit one out of bounds but the Lady Mulerider bench claimed there was a touch at the net but the call was upheld giving S&T the 14-13 lead. After a second timeout by Southern Arkansas its coach was ejected from the contest for continuing to protest the call. After the delay Combs and Moon again teamed up to block LeDuff to end the set 15-13.

The entire match went back-and-forth with 14 ties and eight lead changes.

The Miners played from behind for a majority of the match. The Lady Muleriders held a five point midway through the opening set and were still ahead 23-20 after a service error by Jackie Pyles (White Lake, Mich./West Bloomfield). S&T rallied scoring six of the final seven points overcoming two set points to take the opener 26-24. Combs had three kills in the run including the game winner.

Southern Arkansas led the entire second set building an eight point lead before holding off a late charge by the Miners to take the frame 25-18 and even the match at 1-1. S&T led for a majority of the third set and held a seven point lead but the Lady Muleriders came back to tie the set at 23 on a double block from Gillian Newman and Taylor Reaume. Combs hammered home a kill to put the Miners ahead 24-23 and then Alexis White (Auburn, Wash./Riverside) registered a service ace to give S&T the 2-1 lead.

Southern Arkansas broke open a tight fourth set with a run midway through the stanza stretching its lead from 9-8 to 19-12. The Miners wouldn't get closer than six points the rest of the stanza as the Lady Muleriders won 25-16.

S&T finished the match with an attack percentage of .188 registering 67 kills against 27 errors in 213 chances. Combs finished with a match-high 20 kills while Haslag added 13. Moon added nine to the attack while White had eight. Claire Friedlund (Parkville, Mo./Park Hill South) and Claire Luther (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran South) had seven kills apiece. White dished out 49 assists while Pyles had 32 digs.

Southern Arkansas had 69 kills in the match and had a hitting percentage of .230 while committing 23 errors in 200 attempts. LeDuff led three Lady Muleriders in double figures with 18 points while Shelby Lauterbach had 15 and O'Banion added 14. Reaume distributed 57 assists to go along with six kills while Hannah Rice had a match-high 39 digs.

Missouri S&T 3, Missouri-St. Louis 1

In the first match of the day the Miners had to overcome an early deficit to defeat the Tritons in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match. Combs and Haslag combined for 33 of S&T's 60 kills in the match.

The Miners fell behind 8-4 to start before going on a 6-0 run to take a 10-8 lead on a double block from White and Haslag. UMSL (6-10, 2-4 GLVC) countered with a 6-1 run of its own to regain a 14-11 lead. That lead eventually grew to six points before S&T began to chip away getting to within 23-22 on a kill from Combs. It wouldn't get any closer as the Tritons got a kill from Jessica Ploss and an attack error from White to take the opener.

S&T fell behind early again in set before going an 11-2 run to grab a 15-10 lead after an error on Madyson Abeyta. The Miners continued to hold the lead at 20-17 after a kill from Haslag. The Tritons countered scoring five of the next seven points to even the set at 22-22 on a block from Ploss and Hannah Miller. After trading points S&T was able to even the match getting back-to-back kills from Friedlund and Haslag to win 25-23.

Just like the first two sets the Miners overcame a slow start to take a six-point lead midway through the third stanza. Once again S&T had to overcome a late run by the Tritons and were able to as Combs gave the Miners a 25-22 win with a kill after UMSL had closed to within two points.

The fourth set featured seven ties and three lead changes as the two sides kept swapping runs. After S&T tied the set at 16 on a kill by Haslag, the Tritons countered by scoring three of the next four points to take a 19-17 lead on an ace by Olivia Gillum.

The Miners battled back to even the set at 19 before UMSL went back in front after back-to-back points. S&T rattled off three straight points to retake the lead at 22-21 and forced the Tritons to call a timeout. After the timeout, UMSL got back-to-back kills from Gina Pezze and Carly Ochs to take the 23-22 lead. Combs then closed out the match for the Miners recording three straight kills to five S&T the set 25-23.

The Miners finished the contest with an attack percentage of .199 (60k/25e/176ta). Combs had a match-high 19 kills while Haslag added 14. Moon and Friedlund had nine kills each. White dished out 44 assists while Pyles had 22 digs.

UMSL finished the match with 51 kills against 23 errors in 155 swings and had a hitting percentage of .181. Pezze led three Tritons in double digits with 14 kills while Ploss and Maddy Russell 12 kills apiece. Lindsay Meyer had 24 assists while Pezze had 19 digs.

S&T concludes its seven match homestand on Tuesday night hosting Drury at 7 p.m.