ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western volleyball team extended its longest winning streak since 1995 to 10 games with a straight-set victory over Southwest Baptist Saturday night in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

The Griffons were dominant after winning a close first set, 25-21. They reached set point in the second before SBU had reached 10 points, but surrendered two before taking the set 25-11. MWSU didn’t allow the Bearcats to reach double-digits in the third set, winning 25-8. The win moved the Griffons to 10-2 overall and 2-0 in the MIAA.

Missouri Western hit .333 as a team and kept Southwest Baptist under .000, with a -.010 hitting percentage. The Bearcats had just 21 kills in the match to the Griffons’ 44. Jessie Thorup led the team again with 15 kills and hit .393. Lindsey Partridge and Rachel Friedrichs each had six kills for the Griffons. Jordan Chohon finished with 34 assists and seven digs. Kayla Ruff led MWSU with 19 digs.

The Griffons take a break from home action with a rare Tuesday match at Missouri S&T this week. They’ll return to St. Joseph next weekend when they host Central Oklahoma on Friday and Pittsburg State on Saturday.

— MWSU Athletics —