Joplin, Mo. – The Missouri Southern volleyball team will be back at it tomorrow night as the Lions play host to the Jets of Newman at 6 pm inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
 
The match will serve as the team's pink night and will be live streamed, as well as have live stats. Links to each are in the story links section above.
 
The Lions (8-11, 3-7 MIAA) are coming off a tough week, but Southern was never out of any of the matches it played.
 
Coming into the match tomorrow night, the Lions are led offensively by Fernanda Canedo who has 224 kills this season, averaging 2.91 per set. Amelia Neels has a team-high .372 attack average and averages 2.45 kills per set, while Irina Alekseeva (2.30 k/s) and Jaryn Benning (2.15 k/s) are also in the mix.
 
Sophie Mader has 694 assists this season and is averaging 8.90 per set, while posting a team-high 26 service aces. Abbie Casper is second in the MIAA in digs this year as she has435 on the season to average 5.58 per set. Kierson Maydew has 66 blocks on the year, while Neels has 55 and the pair average 0.85 and 0.71 blocks per set, respectively.
 
Newman (7-13, 2-8 MIAA) has lost its last five matches in a row. The Jets are led offensively by Riley Daugherty who averages 3.09 kills per set. McKinzie Weaver dishes out 10.12 assists per set, while Daugherty has a team-high 17 service aces.
 
Natalie Morales leads the team with 4.74 digs per set, while Ozioma Ajekwu has 87 blocks and averages 1.12 per set.
 
After this match, the Lions will be back at it this weekend playing at Central Missouri on Friday and Missouri Western on Saturday.