JOPLIN, Mo. - The Pittsburg State University volleyball team picked a three set win on the road against the Missouri Southern State University Lions inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center Saturday (Oct. 24).
For the Gorillas (19-6, 4-4 MIAA) the win marks the eighth straight in a row on the season and moves the team into a tie for seventh in the league standings with Northwest Missouri. MSSU (7-15, 1-8 MIAA) stays at 12th in the conference standings and goes to 2-8 at home this season.
PSU claimed the match with set scores of 25-18, 25-19, 25-14. As a team the Gorillas hit .275 with 44 kills and 16 errors from 102 attempts while also recording nine blocks and holding the Lions to a .082 hitting percentage.
Maliyah Johnson led the match with 11 kills (.579) in 19 attempts and with two total blocks finished as the match leader with
Amariah White for points with 12.5. White (.500) picked up a match-high four total blocks (three solo) and nine kills.
Maddi LaPointe (.400) was the other member of the team to finish in double figures with 10 kills.
Jesa Wallace (18) and
Brynna Zoeller (17) split setting duties as
Kassidy Nixon claimed a match-high 10 digs.
Up next for Pittsburg State will be a three match week starting against Drury University in Springfield, Mo., on Tuesday (Oct. 27). First serve against the Panthers from the O'Reilly Family Event Center is set for 6:00 p.m. (CT).
