Drury continued the program's best start in its NCAA-II history with a 3-0 blanking of Missouri Southern in a non-conference matchup and the home openter for the Panthers Tuesday night at the O'Reilly Family Event Center.

BJ Specht registered a game-high 12 kills and a .400 attack percentage as Drury moved to 9-2 overall, its best start to a season since the '93 Panthers opened 10-1 in the program's last year as an NAIA member.

Missouri Southern fell to 0-10. 

Drury won the opening set 25-16 and finished off the Lions with wins by 25-23 in the second set and 25-10 in the finale. The Panthers charged back from a 13-5 deficit in set two.

Brooke Antenen had game-highs of 29 assists and 13 digs, adding six kills for the Panthers. Mallory Long had 11 digs, and McKenna Poynter and Katelynn Slade chipped in with 10 each. Chloe Foster had three block assists for DU, which now has won 17 of its last 22 matches dating back to last season under second-year coach Jenifer Bahner.

The Panthers dive back into Great Lakes Valley Conference play this weekend at The O', hosting Indianapolis at 7 p.m. Friday and Saint Joseph's at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The latter also serves as the game for the second annual "Parents Night Out" promotion, when kids grades 3-12 can stay and eat pizza, play games and swim with the Panthers until 9:30 p.m. for a cost of $3 per child or $5 per family. For more information, call the DU Volleyball office at (417) 873-7252.