MARYVILLE, Mo. -- The SBU volleyball capped a successful weekend trip north, beating Northwest Missouri State 3-1 on Saturday for back-to-back MIAA road victories. It was SBU's first win over Northwest Missouri since October 25, 2002.

"The girls did a really good job of practicing this week after the loss to Truman," said head coach Kelly Richardson. "Getting a win last night at Missouri Western was big and it carried over into tonight. We dropped the first set, but they re-focused and pushed through for three straight set wins. We're proud of our girls for that consistency to get the win."

After dropping the first set 25-18, and trailing 16-9 in the second, the purple Bearcats stormed back with a 7-2 run. After the green Bearcats went up 23-20, SBU won the next five points behind Marcy Greenwade serving and strong play at the net from Kylie Heim and Ashley Jurgensmeyer.

Richardson applauded their efforts. "Ashley did an excellent job at the net and provided an aggressive, attacking strong middle presence. Marcy did good defensively and had some really key digs in the last three sets. Kylie gave us a big game from the right side."

SBU continued to play well in the third and fourth sets, controlling the third 25-14 before taking the fourth 25-17. As a team, the SBU squad hit .412 in the third set and .267 for the match. Jurgensmeyer led the attack with 19 kills and a .567 attack percentage. SBU also got double digit kills from Kelsey Stewart (12), Alex Smith (11) and Kylie Heim (10). Greenwade led with 15 digs and Brianna Wallace had 51 assists.

The SBU Bearcats (7-10, 2-3 MIAA) will take a break from MIAA action next weekend, when they travel to the Washburn Regional Crossover in Topeka, Kansas. On Friday, October 2, they'll take on Southwestern Oklahoma at 9:30 a.m. and Southeastern Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, October 3, they'll have Angelo State at 11 a.m. and Tarleton State at 5 p.m.