COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Volleyball team (5-0) completed its second sweep in as many days, taking down South Dakota (1-3), 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-22) Saturday afternoon at the Hearnes Center.
Junior Jordan Iliff led Missouri with 12 kills on a .524 clip to go along with seven blocks, four digs and two aces. Graduate student Dilara Gedikoglu added 10 kills with three digs.
Sophomore libero Maya Sands led the defense once again with a match-high 13 digs.
Freshman setter Sierra Dudley continued her impressive start to her collegiate career, registering 28 assists with four digs and three blocks, which put her total for the season at 200.
Mizzou controlled the blocks category on South Dakota, 12-3.
FIRST SET (25-17 Mizzou, Mizzou leads 1-0)
The first set was back and forth affair early as the Tigers would go up 12-9 after consecutive aces from Iliff coupled with a block assist by Colleen Finney and Iliff.
The Tigers would widen the margin to 17-12 after a 3-0 run that featured kills by Gedikoglu and an ace by Columbia freshman Kaylen Rush.
Mizzou kept the pressure on, increasing the lead to seven (21-14) after a 4-0 spurt.
The Tigers clinched the opening set, 25-17, after consecutive aces from Sands following a Janet deMarrais rally stopper.
SECOND SET (25-19 Mizzou, Mizzou leads 2-0)
Mizzou would jump ahead to a 7-2 lead in the middle set Saturday. The Tigers hit a match-best .359 during the stanza.
South Dakota then rallied to tie the set at 12-12 and 14-14, but Missouri responded with five straight of their own to pull ahead…
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