ST. LOUIS, Mo.- The Drury volleyball team won their sixth straight game on Saturday with a 3-0 win (25-17, 26-24, 25-15) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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The Panthers, ranked 17th in NCAA-II, improved to 10-2 and 4-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Tritons fell to 7-6 and 3-2 in the league.
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After winning the first set 25-17, Drury was even with UMSL at 24-24 in the second. The Panthers got kills from
Landyn Kozlowski and
Evan Larson to clinch the set and take a 2-0 lead in the match. Drury pulled away in the third set winning 11 of the final 14 points to finish off the Tritons for a 25-15 victory in the third.
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The Panthers had a .339 hitting percentage as a team in Saturday's game and were led by
Emmalee Chrest's 12 kills.
Bentley Mara added 10 kills while
Kendra Sater totaled 40 assists and eight digs.
Bree Schmidt had 22 digs, and
Taylor Forth registered four block assists.
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Drury is back at home for their next match when they host Indianapolis on Friday, Sept. 21. The game starts at 7 p.m. in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
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