ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The William Woods University Volleyball team was defeated by No. 14 Missouri Baptist, 3-1 (16-25, 25-23, 18-25, 24-26), on Tuesday night in American Midwest Conference action. 
 
Tory Wiley and Victoria Day led the Owls with 11 kills each in the contest. Brittney Engelbrecht dished out 35 assists into the match and Jessica Jensen had 25 digs to lead the Owls. The Owls had six aces and eight blocks in the match. The Owls hit .130 for the match. 
 
WWU returns to action on Thursday, October 27th when they travel to St. Louis, Missouri to face Harris-Stowe State University. Match is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. 
 
Game Flow
In set one, the Spartans scored the first six of seven points on a service run by Marion Courad which included two aces and three kills by Mallory Dillon. The Owls fought back and forth with the Spartans, but it was not until a service run by Victoria Day and a kill by Tory Wiley tied up the set, 11-11. The set then went point for point until MBU ran away with the lead by five points, 19-14, after a service run by Kamden Maas. The Owls would fight for two more points with kills, both by Abby Ferguson before ultimately falling in the first set, 25-16.
 
The second set would be controlled by the Owls as they scored six of the first ten points of the set, 6-4. The Owls used a service run by Melanie Kala and a kill by Day to take the lead. With the Owls ahead, 7-5, the match went point for point with kills by Stephanie Davis, Day, and Wiley before the set would be tied, 14-14. After a few volleys and the score bouncing back and forth, MBU would take a two-point lead until a kill by Davis would cut the lead to one, 20-19. After another kill by Davis, the Owls would tie and then take the lead, 24-23 after a Spartan mistake. The Owls would take set two after a kill by Wiley, 25-23
 
MBU would come out strong in the third set with another service run by Maas putting the Spartans up 6-3. The Owls would fight back, going kill for kill with the Spartans keeping the set close as the Owls trailed by two, 10-8. It was not until a service run by Brittney Engelbrecht that would cut the lead down to three, 15-12, for the Owls. The Spartans would then add to their lead, eventually gaining a six-point lead after a kill by Courad, 22-16. Back-to-back kills by Davis and Engelbrecht would add two, but that would be the end of the Owls point gain as they would drop the set, 25-18.
 
The fourth set would give hope to the Owls as they would take control of set four with a two-point lead, 7-5, early in the set. The Owls would then capitalize on Spartan mistakes, and run away with a lead of seven, 14-7. A kill by Kristina Medanovic would end the Spartan kill drought, and a service run by Marion Courad would cut the Owls lead down to five, 17-12. The Spartans would chip away at the Owls lead and after Kayton Coffee added an ace, the set score would be 21-14, in favor of the Owls. It was not until a kill by Caterina Cigarini and a successful service run that started the Spartan fire again. After a collection of Spartan kills, MBU closed the gap to 23-20. A Spartan mistake would give the Owls a chance to finish the set, but after a kill by Courad, the Owls would not be able to land a kill, and the Spartans would take a heartbreaking set four, 26-24.
 
By the Numbers
35- Brittney Engelbrecht had 35 assists
25- Jessica Jensen collected 25 digs against the Spartans to lead the Owls
22- The Spartans would collect 22 more kills than the Owls in the night
11- Tory Wiley and Stephanie Davis collected 11 kills each in the match
2.5- Stephanie Davis would lead the Owls in blocks with 2.5 in the night
2- The Owls have two more AMC matches left in the season