ROLLA, Mo. – Drury held off a fifth set rally from Missouri S&T to win 3-2 over the Miners on Tuesday night at the Gale-Bullman Multi-Purpose Building in Rolla, Missouri.
The Panthers improved to 19-10 and 10-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Missouri S&T dropped to 10-18 and 5-11 in the GLVC.
Drury owned a 12-6 lead in the fifth set but Missouri S&T gained momentum and pulled within a point of the lead, 14-13. A kill by
Emmalee Chrest put the game away for the Panthers.
Drury senior
Brooke Antenen had 18 kills and 27 assists to lead the Panthers.
McKenna Poynter had 29 digs while
Tori Foster and 4.5 blocks.
Carlie Combs led Missouri S&T with 16 kills while Alexis White posted 52 assists.
Drury travels returns home for their final two games of the regular season. The Panthers host Maryville on Friday at 7 p.m. and Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
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