KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Missouri Western Volleyball (9-8) fell to Truman (12-3) in its final non-conference game of the season. The Griffons fell in four sets (24-26, 25-21, 18-25, 23-25) to the Bulldogs.

NOTABLES

• Tuesday night’s game against the Bulldogs will be the last time the Griffons will face non-MIAA competition as their remaining 14 games are all MIAA games.
• Although the Griffons lost in four sets, the first and second sets were close. The Griffons held a 21-20 lead in set one and were tied 21-21 in set four.
• Liv Winker distributed to a variety of teammates on Tuesday. Stephanie Doak and Shellby Taylor each had over 40 attack attempts and Sam Duncan totaled 29 attempts.

STATS AND LEADERS

• Three Griffons reached double-digits kills with Shellby Taylor leading the team at 13 kills.
• Missouri Western’s best hitting set came in the fourth at .275.
• Liv Winker continued to fill the role of primary setter and finished with 44 assists.
• Both Ali Tauchen and Audrey Keim leds the Griffons with 21 digs each.

UP NEXT

• The Griffons will host No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney Friday, September 28.
• Nebraska-Kearney is 17-1 and will be coming off of a 3-2 win at Regis University on Tuesday.
• Nebraska-Kearney, along with Missouri Western, was co-champion of the MIAA regular season last year.
• All fans are encouraged to black out the MWSU Fieldhouse, as it will be Black Out Night.— MWSU Athletics —