Missouri State sets school records in 3-2 win at Drake

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Missouri State remained unbeaten in the Missouri Valley Conference and ended Drake’s 10-match win streak Friday at the Knapp Center, setting school records for single-match digs and attacks in a 3-2 victory.

The Bears (15-5, 7-0 MVC) were victorious by set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 30-32 and 15-9, dropping the Bulldogs to 17-4 and 6-1 in MVC play in the first of consecutive matches against fellow unbeaten league foes with a trip to No. 20 UNI (17-4, 7-0) set for 7 p.m. Saturday.

Missouri State committed 11 attack errors in a sloppy first set to fall behind, then evened the score after pulling away from a 15-all tie in the second period.

The Bears did not trail in the third set after Cambree Villarreal hit two of her career-high 15 kills in a 3-0 run for an 8-5 lead in the third, and led throughout the fourth set until Drake gained its first advantage at 24-23. MSU had five match point chances in the set before the Bulldogs ultimately prevailed.

Missouri State never trailed in the fifth set, hitting .435 as a team behind six kills on 10 swings from Lily Johnson, who tallied 28 in the match. Senior Lauren Boone added two more winners in the final frame to finish with a season-high 11.

Match notes:
• MSU’s 153 digs broke the school record of 144 set vs. Arkansas State on Oct. 7, 1989, and tied for the fourth-highest total in MVC history
• MSU’s 266 total attacks broke the school record of 262 set against Missouri on Sept. 21, 1988
• Missouri State is 7-0 in MVC play for the first time since 2009 and fifth time in school history
• MSU extended its school-record MVC winning streak to 23 matches, its NCAA-best road win streak to 17 matches, its overall streak to eight wins in a row, and its MVC road streak to 16 consecutive wins.
• Emily Butters (44), Johnson (32), Daniele Messa (29) and Brianne Dixon (16) all set career highs for digs
• Butters’ 44 digs tied for the fifth-most in MVC history, two shy of the league record held by MSU’s Cara Hackmann
• Butters passed Adeana McAfee on MSU’s career digs list and is now one dig shy of Susan Ruch in the No. 3 spot
• First match in MSU history in which three players had at least 25 digs
• First match in MSU history in which two players had at least 30 digs
• Johnson joins Susan Ruch as only MSU players with 25 kills and 30 digs in a match; Ruch had exactly those numbers on Nov. 18, 1989 vs. UNI
• Messa finished one dig shy of becoming first MSU player with 50 assists and 30 digs in a match
• Missouri State’s 82 kills were the most since recording 88 vs. Wichita State on Sept. 23, 2005
• There was only one ace on 208 total serves in the match

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