ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western volleyball team swept Northwest Missouri State Tuesday inside the MWSU Fieldhouse 25-19, 25-23, 25-19.

The Griffons improve to 8-8 this season and 2-1 in the MIAA, while the Bearcats fall to 7-8 and they’re 1-2 in league play.

HAMMER TIME
Missouri Western outhit Northwest Missouri State by .77 in the match. The Griffons finished with 47 kills, 18 more than the Bearcats. Stephanie Doak led MWSU with 14 kills, it is the seventh straight match she has led the team in kills

RUNNING AWAY
Missouri Western rattled off four straight points in the third set with Lauren Murphy at the service line. Murphy’s rally at the line was a part of a 9-2 Griffon run that broke a 13-13 tie in the set. MWSU would close the set out with three unanswered points to secure the sweep.

SERIES DOMINANCE
The Griffons have now won back-to-back matches and eight of the last nine meetings against their rival Bearcats. Missouri Western leads the all-time series 69-24.

UP NEXT
MWSU continues its homestand on Friday as they host Missouri Southern at 7 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —