ROLLA, Mo. - The Missouri S&T men's volleyball team returned to the hardwood less than 24 hours after a loss on Thursday and bounced back with a four-set win over Kansas Wesleyan at Gibson Arena for its fifth win in six games on its home floor.

S&T won the first set 25-19 and after dropping the second 25-23, won the final two sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-17 to improve to 8-9 in its inaugural season of play. 
 
The Miners had an early 6-2 spurt that started with a Nate Meyer (Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey) kill and was capped off by an assisted block by Aaron Sallade (Palatine, Ill./William Fremd) and Caleb Rohlwing (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) that gave S&T an early 9-4 lead. S&T got three consecutive kills from Meyer later in the set to increase the lead to 15-7.
 
KWU rebounded as it erupted for an 11-4 run -- six of those points coming from Miner errors -- to cut the lead to 19-18 before S&T used a 5-0 run to reach set point and eventually won it on a Meyer kill.   
 
In set two, each team went point-for-point to a 9-9 tie before KWU went on a 7-2 run to take a 16-11 lead. The Miners clawed back into the set and got to within a point several times but up 24-23, Kahlib Lawrence won the set for KWU with a kill. 
 
In the third set, S&T scored the first three points that included back-to-back service aces by Rohlwing and led by much of the set until the Coyotes scored three straight points to take a 17-16 lead. However, Rohlwing started a 4-1 run on a kill that tied the set at 17 and Meyer capped it off with another kill to give the Miners a 20-18 lead.
 
Each team continued to go point-for-point to 23-22, then S&T scored the final two points on a Sallade kill and an attack error by Viet Nguyen to claim the set.
 
In the final set, S&T had matters in its hands through, getting out to a 5-1 lead and then increasing its lead to 9-3 on another kill by Meyer. The Miners kept their lead throughout the fourth set and eventually scored three of the final four points to close out the match.
 
The Miners were led in kills by Meyer with 20, while Sallade added 12 and Orr recorded 42 assists. Defensively, Rohlwing, Sallade and Grogan Kraus (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North) each recorded four blocks.
 
The Coyotes (9-16) were led in kills by Nguyen with 10 and Lawrence added nine. 
 
The Miners continue their stretch of home games as they host Missouri Baptist Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Gibson Arena. 
 
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