BOLIVAR, Mo. – Missouri Western (9-6) swept Southwest Baptist (4-3) on Friday in Bolivar. The 25-14, 25-21, 25-19 sweep gives Missouri Western its first MIAA road victory of the season and brings their conference record to 2-2.

NOTABLES

• After Friday’s match, Missouri Western has now defeated Southwest Baptist in each of the last 10 matchups.
• Liv Winker had her first start of the season, starting all three sets for the Griffons.
• Friday night was the Griffons first sweep since defeating Newman on September 8.

STATS AND LEADERS

• The Griffons outhit the Bearcats in every set and ended the night with a .318 percentage. Their best hitting set came in the first as they hit .414.
• Southwest Baptist was held to a .047 hitting percentage.
• Liv Winker led all players with 30 assists.
• Shellby Taylor led Missouri Western in kills (10) for the second straight match.
• Ali Tauchen tallied nine kills and three digs.

UP NEXT

• At Missouri Southern on Saturday September 22 at noon
• Missouri Southern has a 1-11 record with its lone win coming against Southwest Baptist.

  — MWSU Athletics —