The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (14-9, 7-5 GLVC) moved to 6-0 at home this season with a 3-0 sweep of Maryville (10-15, 2-11 GLVC) on Tuesday.

MATCH OVERVIEW
The Lions ended a three-match losing streak with a solid victory against the Saints. Lindenwood hit .203 as a team while holding the opposition to a -.008 attack percentage. The Lions totaled 10 more kills, three more blocks, and seven more assists in the victory. The team has not lost at home this season, and the Lions are 12-2 in their last 14 home contests.

In an extended first set, which Lindenwood took by a score of 26-24, the Lions amassed 11 kills while limiting the Saints to six kills. The Lions jumped out to a 7-2 lead early on kills from Rebecca Janke and Audrey Weber. After a run by Maryville evened up the set at 10-10, the Saints would commit three-consecutive errors to allow the Lions to retake the lead. In a back-and-forth effort, the Lions would take the 25th and 26th points on errors from the Saints hitters.

The second set saw the Lions trail by as many as seven points, going down 12-5, entering a timeout call by head coach Will Condon. Following the timeout, the team rattled off seven-straight points to square up the set at 12-12. The Lions would not trail for the remainder of the set, which culminated with a kill from Mackenzi Sifuentes on an Abby VanBuskirk assist.

Lindenwood dominated the third set, including taking 10 of the final 12 points, in a strong defensive effort. The Lions buried the Maryville offense and limited them to a -0.024 hitting percentage, while recording 10 kills as a team. Taylor Gentemann led the way for the Lindenwood offense with three terminations in the set.

MATCH SCORES BY SET

• Set 1 | Lindenwood 26, Maryville 24
• Set 2 | Lindenwood 25, Maryville 20
• Set 3 | Lindenwood 25, Maryville 13

MATCH LEADERS

• Mackenzi Sifuentes finished with a team-best nine kills
• Jessie Seidel recorded four service aces
• Abby VanBuskirk finished tied with Sifuentes for the team lead in blocks (4)
• VanBuskirk's 27 assists led the squad
• Seidel posted a match-high 22 digs in the victory

FOLLOW ALONG
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UP NEXT
The Lions stay at home to face Illinois Springfield on Friday at 7:00 p.m.