Parkville, Mo. — The Marian University volleyball team cruised to a three-set sweep over Mission University in its final match of the Park Labor Day Classic on Saturday.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Marian recorded 38 kills to Mission's 16
- The Knights had nine aces to four for the Patriots
- MU led the blocks category, 6-3
- Marian registered 47 digs to Mission's 26
- The Knights hit .351, while keeping the Patriots to a -.012 hitting percentage, the lowest by a Marian opponent this season
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Khori Dryden recorded nine kills on just 13 swings, hitting .615
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Lainey Brauman registered a season-high eight kills
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Isabel Echaniz had six kills on eight swings
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Mya Cunningham picked up 33 assists and a team-best four aces
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Ashlynn Turner added three blocks
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Emerson Evans led the way defensively with 10 digs
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET
- Three straight Dryden kills put Marian ahead 14-3
- A Mission attack error made the Knights' advantage 23-6
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Ava Tindall's kill clinched the set for MU
SECOND SET
- Marian jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the second after
Meilani York's ace
- The Patriots hung around, trailing just 16-10 before the Knights ripped off nine consecutive points to take the second set
THIRD SET
- Mission led 9-7 in the third before the Knights flipped the lead, going ahead 19-13
- The Patriots trailed 20-17, but two
Evie Dart kills surrounding an
Autumn Wohler kill pushed MU to match point
- Dart finished off the match with a kill, her sixth of the match
UP NEXT
- Marian returns to Crossroads League play on Wednesday, facing sixth-ranked Indiana Wesleyan on the road at 7 p.m.
