ROLLA, Mo, -- Missouri S&T Women's Volleyball took down Drury for their first GLVC win of the 2024 season.
The Panthers took the first set 25-20 over the Miners. Eight of the first 10 points of the set went to Drury as they took an 8-2 lead. S&T attempted a comeback as they came back within two points at 15-13. Later, the Miners were within one at 20-19, but the Panthers rattled off five of the next six points to win 25-20.
Missouri S&T won the next two sets, both by scores of 25-22. After Drury took an early 7-3 lead, the Miners slowly crawled back with runs and eventually took a 16-15 lead thanks to an attack error. The Panthers tied the set 16-16 but the Miners took a three-point lead that eventually turned into a 23-19 lead. An attack error decided the set as the Miners tied up the match at one a piece.
In the third set, the Miners had everything working as they took an early 11-6 lead. Drury made it 11-9 but S&T had four straight points, two of them were kills by
Alina Carrillo (Oviedo, FL/Hagerty). Over the next 11 points, the Panthers adjusted and tallied nine points to take a 19-18 lead. S&T, however, closed out the set with six points over eight attempts.
Madison Offerman (Herscher, IL/Herscher) closed it out with a kill.
Drury forced a fifth set with a 25-21 fourth set victory. The Miners once again took an early lead as they made it 5-3. Midway through the set, S&T had seven points in eight tries to make the score 16-11. The Panthers committed five attack errors in that stretch. Drury responded to the Miners run with a run of their own after they made the score 19-18. Kayli Duncan ended the set with a kill for a 25-21 win to force a fifth set.
In S&T's third five set match of the season, they won 16-14. After the two teams were tied 2-2, Missouri S&T took a 6-3 lead. In that run,
Jordan Burton (Olathe, KS/Olathe South) tallied three kills in three straight S&T points. With a 7-5 lead, the Panthers recorded a four-point run to take a 9-7 lead.
Isabelle Monaco (O'Fallon, MO/Living Word Christian) ended that run with a kill and Carrillo picked up a kill to tie the set. S&T made the score 13-13 but Drury brought it to a match point after an attack error. To close out the match, Burton tied the set with a kill and Monaco collected the last two kills to give S&T a victory in their home opener.
Monaco tied the match lead with 17 kills. She added 20 digs for her fourth double-double of the year. Carrillo had 16 kills and 14 digs, her seventh double-double. Burton chipped in 11 kills, five of them were in the fifth set.
Madison Smith (Boonville, MO/Boonville) had nine kills and four blocks, while Offerman picked up five kills and two blocks. Defensively,
Adelyn Weiler (Ste. Genevieve, MO/Valle Catholic) was all over the court with 23 digs, a new career best.
Elise Mehaffy (Marion, IA/Marion) had a double-double with 21 assists and 10 digs.
Annie Arand (Washington, MO/St. Francis Borgia) recorded 29 assists and seven digs.
For S&T, it's their first GLVC win and head coach
Jacquie Cason's first conference win. It was also their first game at Gibson Arena this season.
What's Next
The Miners will look to go to .500 in GLVC play on Saturday afternoon against Southwest Baptist. It is blackout night inside Gibson Arena. Tickets for Saturday's match and the 2024 season can be found
here.
