Box Score The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (13-8, 6-4 GLVC) was defeated at Missouri-St. Louis (17-6, 9-2 GLVC) on Friday, 3-2.

MATCH OVERVIEW
The first set saw the Tritons go up 1-0 in the match after an extensive 26-24 victory. The Lions out-killed the Tritons, 15-12, in the opener and had less attack errors, 7-6. Missouri-St. Louis was able to accumulate more service aces than Lindenwood, 3-1. After holding a consistent three-point lead for a majority of the set, the Triton offense was too much to handle and the Lions could not stave off the opponent.

A bounce back second set effort by the Lions evened up the match, 1-1, with Lindenwood winning by a score of 25-22. Battling back from down, 20-16, the Lions rattled off four-consecutive terminations to tie up the set. A 5-2 run with the set tied, and a 9-2 run overall, gave the team a win in the second set of play. Lindenwood totaled one more kill, 15-14, and two more blocks, 3-1, than the conference-foe UMSL.

Lindenwood went up 2-1 in the match with a 25-21 third set victory. A 17-9 advantage in kills helped lead the Lions past the Tritons in the third set, especially paired with a stout defense which held the opposition to a .080 hitting percentage. After UMSL put a run together to go up by two, 19-17, Lindenwood closed out the set on an 8-2 stretch.

After taking the second and third sets in the match, the Lions would drop the final two sets, as well as the match.

MATCH SCORES BY SET

• Set 1 | Missouri-St. Louis 26, Lindenwood 24
• Set 2 | Lindenwood 25, Missouri-St. Louis 22
• Set 3 | Lindenwood 25, Missouri-St. Louis 21
• Set 4 | Missouri-St. Louis 25, Lindenwood 21
• Set 5 | Missouri-St. Louis 15, Lindenwood 10

MATCH LEADERS

• Mackenzi Sifuentes posted 16 kills to lead the squad
• Abby VanBuskirk recorded a double-double (46 assists and 22 digs) as her 46 assists were a team-high
• Nyah Wilson and Sifuentes each tallied two service aces
• Sifuentes put up nine blocks to lead Lindenwood
• Jessie Seidel was one of three Lions to total 20 or more digs (Jenna Garrett and VanBuskirk)

FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on Lindenwood women's volleyball, follow us on Twitter at @LindenwoodWVB and on Instagram at @lindenwoodwvb.

UP NEXT
The Lions travel to Kirksville, Mo. tomorrow to take on Truman State at 6:00 p.m.