The Missouri Western volleyball team picked up a huge come from behind victory by a score of 3-2 (25-16, 27-29, 19-25, 25-20, 15-10) on Saturday afternoon against the Lindenwood Lions. Three Griffons picked up double digit kills with Jessie Thorup leading the way with 18. The Griffons improve to 5-8 overall and 3-2 in MIAA play.

Missouri Western opened up the contest on fire winning set one 25-16. They hit .382 in the set with 17 kills and just four errors.

The next two sets belonged to the Lions as they won a tight 29-27 set before taking set three 25-19.

The Griffons responded nicely taking set four 25-20 and the all important set five 15-10.

Kelsey Olion and Amanda Boender finished with 16 and 10 kills respectively while Jordan Chohon and Kelly Scannell each had 27 set assists. Defensively Sarah Faubel had 13 digs. The Griffons had 68 kills hitting .278 in the match. They also had 12 blocks with Boender collecting 10.

Lindenwood falls to 4-9 overall and 1-2 in MIAA play. They had 64 kills with Kayla Guyot getting 2- kills. Sarah Makowski and Shannon Doyle had 15 and 13 kills respectively. Emma Brydels had 52 set assists while Anna Reichert had 13 digs.

Western returns to action on Wednesday, October 2 with a home match against 18th ranked Truman State. Match time is set for 7:00 pm from the MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Sports Information —