ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Women's volleyball end first half of conference play dropping three sets to Maryville Saturday afternoon (22-25, 15-25, 20-25).
After going down in the first set, McKendree was able to tie the game back up at 10-10. From then on both teams were trading points; unfortunately, Maryville pulled away. The Saints carried that momentum into the second set went up 2-0. The Bearcats didn't let them get away to quickly as they had a nice four point run to come back in the third. However, Maryville closed the game out in the third set.
McKendree had two season highs in the game with graduate student outside hitter Mackenize Yoakum ending with a .500 hitting percentage and junior outside hitter Sara Niemerg getting three blocks. Nine different hitters got involved in the scoring, with six of them getting three or more kills against the Saints. Sophomore outside hitter Madelyn Clarke, Niemerg and freshman middle Ilana Reeder led the team in kills. Sophomore setter Peyton Uptgraft had 26 assists doing most of the distribution for the Bearcats. Sophomore libero Corinne Leech led the team in digs with 12.
McKendree will be on the road next weekend to compete in the Midwest crossover in Hammond, Ind. More details on the weekend are to be announced.
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