ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The W volleyball took on the top two teams in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) on its recent three-game swing to the St. Louis area, coming away with a 1-2 mark for the weekend. On Friday, the Owls lost, 3-0, at second place Westminster College and were topped by league-leader Greenville University, 3-0, on Saturday morning, before bouncing back to defeat Eureka College, 3-0, in the afternoon bout.
 
MUW never got on track versus Westminster (25-15, 25-16, 25-19), finishing with a negative (-.021) attack average for the evening. Megan Neeb and Madyson McBrayer had six and five kills, respectively, versus the lone SLIAC team with double-digit win totals already.
                                
In Saturday's tri-match at Greenville, it was much of the same as The W faced off versus the SLIAC leading Panthers. GU would top the Owls by set scores of 25-14, 25-15, 25-17 to remain unbeaten in league. MUW's Skye Letson had 10 kills a a team-high .206 attack average. Letson also added a pair of blocks.
 
Versus Eureka, the Owls slugged it out with the Red Devils in the win (26-24, 26-24, 25-18). And it was the Letson-McBrayer duo supplying the firepower with 15 and 13 kills, respectively.
 
Sydney Barrett posted three blocks and Kinsley Kennedy had 25 assists. Kennedy also chipped in 11 digs, but it was Brooklyn Comfort topping the backrow players with 17 digs.
 
Bailee Schmitt served up three aces. Neeb and Kennedy each had two aces, as well.