BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Missouri Western volleyball team picked up its second straight sweep of the weekend, dispatching Southwest Baptist in three sets Saturday.

Missouri Western won sets one and two 25-16 then held on for a 25-22 win in the third set to improve to 17-5 on the season and 9-2 in MIAA play. The Griffons hit .347 as a team and didn’t allow SBU a service ace or block in the match.

Jessie Thorup led the Griffons individually with 14 kills. Blair Russell had nine kills and hit .474 for the match. Lindsey Partridge had eight kills and a .571 hitting percentage and Rachel Friedrichs also had eight kills with a .333 hitting percentage. Partridge and Thorup each added three blocks and Jordan Chohon had two blocks to go with her 37 assists. Kayla Ruff led the team with 18 digs. Chohon had 11 digs and Amanda Dalbey had 15.

Missouri Western plays the last match of five-straight on the road Tuesday when they step out of MIAA play and travel to Truman State.

— MWSU Athletics —