The Missouri Western volleyball team won its fifth straight match after the Griffons swept William Jewell 3-0 Tuesday night at MWSU Fieldhouse.

Western jumped out to a 9-5 lead after Amanda Boender recorded a kill. Minutes later, the Cardinals came back to tie the match take a slim, 17-16 lead.

Boender added two points to take the lead back. The match settled at 20 apiece before the Griffons pulled out the set 25-22 thanks to Holly Pollock’s kill.

The second set proved to be Missouri Western’s best set.

Missouri Western’s lead quickly expanded to 11-5 after Erica Rottinghaus’ attack added another kill by the junior. The Griffons doubled William Jewell’s points at 18-9 and 22-11.

The Griffons closed the set 25-12 to take a 2-0 lead.

In the final set, the Cardinals fell behind 9-3 but scored 8 of the next 13 points to pull within two. It took a while for the Cardinals to tie the set, but they finally did at 19. The set went back and fourth until was tied a 22.

Rottinghaus closed the show as Kelly Scannell set up her final kill of the match to take the 25-22 win and a 3-0 victory.

Scannell led th team with 39 assists in the 3-set match. Boender and Rottinghaus both had 13 kills to tie for the team high. Rottinghaus also led the team with 14 digs.

The Griffons return to action this weekend for an MIAA match against Central Oklahoma at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

— MWSU Sports Information —