Griffons sweep regular-season series vs. Fort Hays
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Griffons keep pace in MIAA standings with MSSU, FHSU.
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Winner Missouri Western MW 8-15,5-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
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Fort Hays St. FHSU 10-13,5-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Missouri Western MW
8-15,5-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
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Final
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Fort Hays St. FHSU
10-13,5-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Missouri Western MW 24 25 25 25 (3)
Fort Hays St. FHSU 26 23 22 20 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Derek Zimmerman-Guyer

Griffons sweep regular-season series vs. FHSU

HAYS, Ks. — With a 3-1 win to clinch its second win over Fort Hays State this season, Griffon Volleyball keeps its postseason push alive after Friday night's match at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

SET 1 
FHSU 26, MWSU 24
The only set that fell in favor in of Fort Hays (10-13, 5-10 MIAA) was the first, with the Tigers starting with a 5-1 lead. Fort Hays built a strong 20-13 lead, but MWSU (8-15, 5-10 MIAA) sent seven-straight points onto the board, highlighted by four kills courtesy of Danielle Moje. The Griffons found set point at 24-22 thanks to a Lily Kurz kill, but the Tigers ended the first set with a 4-0 run.

SET 2 
MWSU 25, FHSU 23
The Tigers tried to tame the Griffons midway through set with a 17-12 lead, but Missouri Western fought back to tie the set at 22-22 on a momentum-shifting kill from Moje. Missouri Western finished Fort Hays off with three-straight kills — one coming from Johnson and the final two by Katherine White.

SET 3
MWSU 25, FHSU 22
Set three consisted of multiple streaks by both teams, as MWSU started off the mass scoring with a 4-0 spurt to take a 14-9 advantage. Fort Hays retaliated with a 6-0 run to go up 16-15. Missouri Western eventually equaled the playing filed with a Yanni Washington kill at 20-20 before relying on a 3-0 attack to take the 2-1 overall advantage. 

SET 4
MWSU 25, FHSU 20
The Tigers took a short lead at 13-10, but a 5-0 MWSU run burned Fort Hays' final lead of the night. Washington ended the night with her sixth and final kill of the match.

NOTABLES
  • Moje's 14 kills and 17 points led all players in the match.
  • Jessica Sachen led the team with 17 digs.
  • With a match-high 41 assists and 10 kills, Johnson tallied her second double-double of the season and her first since Sept. 3 vs. Southwest Baptist.
  • Missouri Western in ninth in the MIAA with a 5-10 record, trailing a 5-10 Missouri Southern squad who recently beat No. 19 Central Oklahoma in three sets on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

UP NEXT
Up next for MWSU is an afternoon match at 2 p.m. vs. No. 6 Nebraska-Kearney (22-3, 12-3 MIAA) at the Health & Sports Center in Kearney, Nebraska. The Lopers lost to UCM on Friday night in Kearney, 3-2. 
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