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Women's Volleyball Justin Maskus

Volleyball Set To Host UCO, Newman

Joplin, Mo. – The Missouri Southern volleyball team will play host to both Central Oklahoma and Newman this Friday and Saturday inside Young Gymnasium.
 
The Lions (4-8, 3-2 MIAA) will take on UCO (10-4, 4-0 MIAA) at 6 pm on Friday evening and then will take on Newman (2-11, 0-4 MIAA) at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon.
 
Southern has faced both teams already this season on the road, falling in three sets at UCO, but defeating Newman in four sets.
 
The Lions are coming off a week that saw Southern nearly take the match with #24 Central Missouri, falling in a heartbreaker 3-2. The Lions also played two neutral-site matches in Topeka, dropping a match to #11 Nebraska-Kearney 3-0 and defeating Fort Hays State 3-2.
 
Against Central Missouri, the Lions were led by CC Pollard who hit .415 over the match with 20 kills and just three errors. Janelle Brehm had 14 kills and 17 digs, while Sophie Mader dished out 44 assists and had 12 digs. Abbie Casper had 28 digs, while Brooklynn McCain had 11 ov her own. Alyssa Diaz had 13 kills and two blocks, while Kierson Maydew had seven blocks on the night. 
 
Pollard led the Lions in the opening match with nine kills, while  Casper had 13 digs and Mader dished out 24 assists. 

Against Fort Hays State,  Brehm led the way with 21 kills and 25 digs, while hitting .258 in the match. Pollard had nine kills, while  Diaz had seven kills. Casper had 35 digs in the match, while McCain added 14 and  Lowe had 11. Mader had 44 assists, 13 digs and five kills in the match. 
 
The match on Friday against UCO will have both live stats and live video, while the match on Saturday will feature live video. Both links are available above in the story links.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Janelle Brehm

#17 Janelle Brehm

OH
5' 11"
Senior
Alyssa Diaz

#16 Alyssa Diaz

MB
6' 0"
Senior
Kierson Maydew

#22 Kierson Maydew

MB
6' 1"
Sophomore
Brooklynn McCain

#2 Brooklynn McCain

DS/L
5' 3"
Senior
CC Pollard

#7 CC Pollard

MB
5' 6"
Junior
Abbie Casper

#3 Abbie Casper

DS
5' 6"
Junior
Sophie Mader

#8 Sophie Mader

S
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Janelle Brehm

#17 Janelle Brehm

5' 11"
Senior
OH
Alyssa Diaz

#16 Alyssa Diaz

6' 0"
Senior
MB
Kierson Maydew

#22 Kierson Maydew

6' 1"
Sophomore
MB
Brooklynn McCain

#2 Brooklynn McCain

5' 3"
Senior
DS/L
CC Pollard

#7 CC Pollard

5' 6"
Junior
MB
Abbie Casper

#3 Abbie Casper

5' 6"
Junior
DS
Sophie Mader

#8 Sophie Mader

6' 0"
Junior
S