COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri volleyball team (13-5, 4-2 SEC) earned a four-set (27-25, 25-12, 29-31, 25-18) victory over Mississippi State (7-8, 1-5 SEC) Sunday afternoon at the Hearnes Center.
With the win, Mizzou concludes its four-match homestand with a 4-0 mark and three-straight SEC wins.
Senior right side hitter Jordan Iliff led the Tigers with 23 kills, 12 digs and four aces on a .315 hitting clip, marking her ninth double-double this season.
Graduate student outside hitter Mychael Vernon joined Iliff in double figures with her eighth double-double this season. She posted 22 kills and 14 digs on a .378 hitting percentage.
Libero Maya Sands tied a career-high, notching 30 digs and 10 assists for her second career double-double and first since her freshman campaign at UNLV (10/6/22, at New Mexico).
Redshirt sophomore setter Marina Crownover tallied 55 assists, 14 digs and two aces for her fifth double-double of the season.
FIRST SET (Mizzou 27-25, Mizzou, leads 1-0)
After trading points to commence the match, the Bulldogs took a 6-3 lead early.
Back-to-back kills by Vernon and Janet deMarrais helped close the gap bringing the score to 8-7 MSU.
Mississippi State then went on a 5-1 run to pull ahead 13-8.
Colleen Finney and Iliff each notched kills before heading into the media timeout with the Bulldogs ahead 15-10.
The Tigers charged out of the timeout with 6-0 run featuring four kills from Vernon as Mizzou took a 16-15 lead.
Two terminations by Regan Haith kept the edge at one (18-17).
deMarrais added a rally stopper to keep the…
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