Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern Volleyball team will be in action tomorrow night as the Lions will travel to Pittsburg State to take on the Gorillas in MIAA play. First serve from Pittsburg is set for 6 pm. 

The Lions (2-6, 2-2 MIAA) are coming off a 3-1 win at Newman where Southern won the final three sets to take care of the Jets. The Lions were led by Kierson Maydew led the Lions with 15 kills, while Janelle Brehm added nine kills and 16 digs. Kylah Carter, Armyni Perales and Alyssa Diaz added nine kills, while Abbie Casper and Emalee Lowe had 22 and 16 digs each. Sophie Mader had 51 assists in the match. 

These two teams met two weeks ago when the Lions defeated the Gorillas (2-4, 1-2 MIAA) by a score of three sets to one at home. Brehm had 19 kills and 11 digs in the match, while Diaz added 15 kills of her own. Mader had 53 assists, while Casper and McCain had 17 and 11 digs, respectively. 

The MIAA will play ten conference matches this season, with schools separated into north and south divisions. An end of the year postseason tournament will be held on April 16-18. 

Live video for both matches will be available and links can be found in the story links above.