PITTSBURG - The Pittsburg State University volleyball team picked up their 20th win of the season, Saturday (Oct. 31) with a three set sweep over the Newman University Jets inside John Lance Arena.
With the win, Pittsburg State achieves the first 20-win season since 2009 (25-11) and the seventh in program history.
For the Gorillas (20-8, 5-5 MIAA) they claimed the match with set scores of 25-22, 25-15, 25-23. Newman (8-19, 2-8 MIAA) finished the match hitting .093 as a team with 36 kills and 25 errors from 118 attempts. PSU as a team finished with a .260 hitting percentage from 39 kills and 13 errors from 100 attempts, the Gorillas also collected 13 total blocks and recorded 47 digs.
Leading Pitt State with 15.5 points was
Crystal Smith (.444) with 10 kills and eight total blocks (three solo).
Maliyah Johnson (9),
Vix Vilott (8) and
Maddi LaPointe (6) were the other leaders for kills for PSU.
Brynna Zoeller (22) and
Jesa Wallace (10) split setting duties while
Kassidy Nixon claimed a match-high 19 digs.
Kennedy Behnke (5), LaPointe (5) and
Mason Palace (4) rounded out the top blockers in the match for Pitt State.
Isabella Lamb led the Jets with 14.0 points from 13 kills (.409) and two total blocks. Madalyn Hoot recorded a match-high 31 assists while Reese Daugherty and Sky Miller tied for the team lead with 10 digs.
Up next for the Gorillas will be a 6:00 p.m. (CT) first serve against Missouri Western, Friday (Nov. 6) at John Lance Arena. Saturday (Nov. 7) will be Senior Day against Northwest Missouri at 6:30 p.m. (CT).
