Spartan Volleyball knocks off Eagles, advance in NAIA Nationals

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Contact: Brad Cygan
Sports Information Director
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St. Louis, Mo. - Missouri Baptist University women's volleyball claimed its first victory of the NAIA National Championship Tournament on Saturday, defeating the Robert Morris University Eagles in straight sets.

The Spartans entered the tournament Ranked. No. 15 in the nation and the winners of the American Midwest Conference Tournament.

Spartan senior Lauren Stuckel led all players with a .556 hitting percentage and 31 assists. The AMC newcommer of the year was on fire in the match, along with MBU seniors Casey Chernin and Lucy Ford.

Chernin, one of the elite outside hitters in the NAIA, led all players with 12 kills. Ford, along with Megan Moore, were also at the top of their game. The seniors combined for 17 kills and both had hitting percentages just above .450.

Missouri Baptist will travel to Sioux City, Iowa for the remainder of the NAIA Volleyball National Championships. The tournament is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Nov. 30 with pool play.

Missouri Baptist University is a Christ-centered university located in Saint Louis. MBU offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees in education, business and religion and its new terminal degree, the Doctor of Education. In addition to its 66-acre West St. Louis County campus, MBU offers degree programs at nine regional learning centers throughout St. Louis and in Southern Illinois and online. For more information, go to http://www.mobap.edu or call 1- 877-434-1115.

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