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FINAL: Saint Louis 3, Duquesne 1

SET SCORES: (20-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21)

TEAM RECORDS: DUQ 6-10, 0-2 A-10 // SLU 13-5, 2-0 A-10

DUQ STARTERS: Mad. Burnham // Henry // Martini // Trzeciak // Levers // Davet // Kline (Δ)
SLU STARTERS: Gagen // Rygelski // Gilbert // Boe // Gandall // Paulson // Long (Δ)

QUICK RECAP: The Duquesne volleyball team fell to Saint Louis 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Palumbo Center.

Madelynn Burnham and Abbie Trzeciak led the Dukes with 12 kills, Molly Davet added 11. Sammy Kline led all players with 20 digs. Mary Henry had a match-high 51 assists. Trzeciak led Duquesne with five blocks.

SLU's Danielle Rygelski and Danielle Long led all players with 12 kills each.

A Lacey Levers kill broke an early 2-2 tie was the go-ahead point for the Dukes in the 1st set. The Duquesne lead would get a high as seven points three times -- the last on a Davet kill that made the score 19-12. SLU would get within four points of tying the match on a Taylor Paulson kill that held off set point, but Levers would answer with a set-clinching kill at 25-20

SLU led from start-to-finish in the 2nd set. A Rygelski ace gave the Billikens an early 10-3 lead. The Dukes came back with a 9-2 run to get within one point at 13-12 on Trzeciak's kill. With the Dukes still down one point at 17-16, a Paulson kill follow by a Meredith Boe ace started an 8-2 run, finished by a Megan Gilbert kill, ended the set 25-18.

After the intermission, the Dukes came out in the 3rd set leading 12-6. The Billikens responded with a 13-2 run to take a 19-14 lead. Duquesne would score only four more points as SLU took the set 25-18 and a 2-1 match lead.

Duquesne took an early 9-6 lead in the 4th set, but four straight Billikens points gave SLU a 10-9 lead and forced a Dukes timeout. A Levers kill tied the score at 10-10. The set would see four more ties until a Davet kill broke a 14-14 tie and capped a 5-1 run to put Duquesne ahead 18-15 and force a Saint Louis timeout. Duquesne would extend its lead by one more point coming out of the stoppage on a Madelynn Burnham solo block. However a 5-1 Billikens run deadlocked the score at 20-20. SLU took the lead on the next point on a Duquesne attack error. The Dukes called a timeout and tied the match at 21-21 on a Henry kill. Saint Louis scored the next four points to win the set 25-21 and the match 3-1.

UP NEXT: The Dukes host La Salle (6-1, 0-2 A-10) next Saturday at 4:00 p.m.