UIndy Athletics

ST. LOUIS — The University of Indianapolis volleyball team earned two crucial conference wins over the weekend, sweeping McKendree on Friday night before earning a 3-1 win over Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday. 
 
Saturday's win in the Mark Twain Building is UIndy's first regular-season victory over the Tritons in over a decade, and ends UMSL's 26-game win streak over GLVC teams in regular-season matches.

UINDY 3, MCKENDREE 0
UIndy broke a 1-1 tie in the opening set with kills from Riley Laine, Maddie Lynch and Carly Fonda before Macy Bruton's ace made it 5-1. The Greyhounds later closed the 25-10 win with back-to-back blocks involving Laine and Makenzie Pflederer and a Lynch kill. UIndy moved ahead 8-5 in the second set behind three straight points with Mya Trammell serving and won 25-15, then used Paige Boettcher's service turn to score five consecutive points during the 25-9 third set.

Maddie Berger had a team-high 10 kills and hit .600 against McKendree, while Laine recorded a team-high six blocks and hit .714 with five kills. Amaree Haralson finished with a team-high 14 assists, and Bruton had a team-high 11 digs.

UINDY 3, UMSL1
The Greyhounds totaled 65 kills and hit .295, including 21 kills and a .395 attack percentage in the fourth set against the Tritons.

UIndy trailed 21-19 in the first set before kills from Pflederer and Allison Jansen tied the score. Haralson and Berger followed with kills for a 23-21 lead, and a M.-St. Louis attack error ended the set. The Greyhounds built a 15-10 advantage in the second set and won it on Pflederer's kill from Haralson.

After UMSL took the third set, UIndy trailed 8-4 in the fourth before tying the score at 9-9 on an attack error and moving ahead 11-9 on kills by Grace Portwood and Berger. Mo.-St. Louis pulled within 23-20, but Berger put the Greyhounds at set point and Pflederer finished the 25-21 win with a kill.

INSIDE THE BOX
-Berger led her squad in the sweep, hitting from a .600 clip with 10 kills.
-Laine recorded 11 blocks between the two matches
-Pflederer recorded her eighth double-double of the season in Saturday's win with 12 kills and 11 digs.

UP NEXT
The Greyhounds host William Jewell on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.