The Missouri Western volleyball team dropped three straight sets in their loss to Southwest Baptist Saturday evening.

The loss comes one day after the Griffons defeated Missouri Southern on the road in five sets. The Griffons sit at 4-3 in the conference and 6-10 overall.

After dropping the first two games 25-17, the Griffons came close to claiming set three. After a back-and-fourth match, the two teams set tied at 10 before the Griffons pulled out three straight points. Baptist came back and took a 21-19 lead later on in the set. After a kill by Kelly Scannell and two straight by Kelsey Olion, the Griffons again took the lead. They couldn’t hold on, however, and the Bearcats took the final set 26-24 and grabbed the win.

Erin Backhuus led the team with nine kills. Olion was right behind her with eight. Scannell had a team-high 23 assists. The team had 66 total digs, with Erica Rottinghaus producing 15 for a team high.

Baptist improves to 10-5 and 3-3 in the conference. Missouri Western returns to action Tuesday night against Emporia. The match will start at 7 p.m. at MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Sports Information —