Box Score (LEBANON, Ill., Nov. 3)—The McKendree University volleyball team collected its third straight victory by rolling to a sweep of Missouri S & T Sunday afternoon at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center. The Bearcats won by scores of 25-23, 25-15 and 25-18.

The win gives McKendree its first win streak of the 2013 season. The Bearcats have now won five of their last six contests, which have come over the last nine days. McKendree improves to 10-16 overall and 5-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Bearcats will be on the road Saturday for a GLVC contest at William Jewell College. First serve will come at 5 p.m.

Senior outside hitter Maureen Nesbit (Belleville, IL/Althoff Catholic) notched her second consecutive double-double with a team-high 11 kills to go along with 16 digs. Freshman outside hitter Bailey Kampwerth (Breese, IL/Mater Dei) added 10 attacks, while freshman middle hitter Sophie Fairman (Staunton, IL/Staunton) contributed nine kills and a pair of blocks. Freshman setter Aubry Dickmann (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) posted 17 assists, and fellow freshman Breanna Howe (Mt. Pulaski, IL/Mt. Pulaski) was right behind with 16 sets.

Senior libero Maddie Kelly (Lake Saint Louis, MO/Timberland) moved up another notch on the Bearcats' career list for digs. Kelly had a match-high 23 digs against Missouri S & T to push her career total to 1,173. That is one more than Courtney Aldridge, who collected 1,172 digs during her four-year career at McKendree from 2004-07.

After scraping past Missouri S & T to win the first by two points, McKendree dominated the final two sets to earn their fourth sweep of the season. The Bearcats scored the first four points of the second set before the Miners battled back to tie the contest at 7-7. From there, McKendree took control by scoring the next 11 points to build an 18-7 margin. Fairman had three kills during the decisive run for the Bearcats. McKendree eventually stretched the lead to as many as 13 points and withstood a late spurt by Missouri S & T to grab a two-set lead.

The third set started much like the previous one. The Bearcats stormed to an 8-1 lead before Missouri S & T chipped away and used a 7-2 burst to rally within 10-7. The Miners pulled even at 13-13 before a kill by sophomore outside hitter Hannah Wessel (Waterloo, IL/Gibault Catholic) gave McKendree the lead for good. The Bearcats scored six of the next seven points – with two kills each from Wessel and Kampwerth – to stretch the lead back to 19-14. Wessel, who had all three of her kills in the final set – finished off the sweep for McKendree with a kill off a pass from Kelly.

Hayley Wright was the only player to reach double digits in kills for Missouri S & T (13-13, 8-5 GLVC) with 12. Allie Plunk added 24 assists for the Miners.