Kearney, Neb. – The Missouri Southern volleyball program got some solid individual performances but the Lions fell three sets to none at 15^th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney today. Individual set scores were 18-25, 23-25 and 9-25.
 
The Lions (3-17, 0-10 MIAA) were led by Sophie Mader as she dished out 20 assists and had nine digs. Josey Goldberg had six kills, while Armyni Perales and Amelia Neels had five kills each. Neels added five aces, a career-high for her, while Brooklynn McCain had nine digs.
 
UNK (15-5, 6-5 MIAA) was led by Anna Squires with 11 kills, while Maddie Squires had 28 assists.
 
The opening set saw UNK open up a 16-9 lead and the Lions got as close as seven (24-17) late, but couldn't complete the comeback.
 
The second set was hotly contested as there were 13 ties and four lead changes, and the Lions opened up a 13-8 lead to force a UNK timeout. The Lopers got within a point (16-15) to force a Southern timeout, and the two teams traded points until UNK scored the final two points to take the set. The third set was all UNK.
 
Southern will be at Newman on Tuesday and then play host to Missouri Western on Friday and Northwest Missouri on Saturday.