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Box Score

SOMERS, Wis. (Sept. 21, 2014)-- The University of Wisconsin-Parkside volleyball squad led the University of Missouri-Saint Louis 6-2 in a decisive fifth set but was unable to put away the visitors, falling 3-2 (25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-13) on Sunday afternoon in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match inside DeSimone Gymnasium.

The Rangers (5-4, 2-2 GLVC) conceded the first point of the fifth and final set before rattling off six of the next seven to stake a 6-2 advantage. The Tritons (6-3, 3-1 GLVC) called a timeout and returned to the floor red-hot, collecting the next six points to secure an 8-6 advantage. UMSL extended its advantage to four but UW-Parkside battled back, knotting the score at 12-12 on a Triton attack error. The Tritons netted three of the final four points, escaping with the 15-13 set victory to win the match.

UMSL led wire-to-wire in the first set, cruising to the 25-15 win. UW-Parkside returned the favor in set two, jumping out to a 7-2 lead and never looking back in a 25-20 win.

In set three, the Rangers owned a 16-12 lead before the Triton scored 13 of the final 18 points for the 25-21 set win to take the 2-1 lead.

Parkside owned a comfortable 21-14 advantage in the fourth set before the Tritons stormed back, tying the set at 24-24. Jackie Langer collected a kill to put the Rangers back in front before a block by Jeni Heller and Meghan Conley gave the hosts the 26-24 set win to force a fifth set.

Langer finished with a double-double, netting a match-high 18 kills along with 18 digs. Jeni Heller amassed 14 kills and seven blocks while Rebecca Roembke and Conley each had nine kills. Megan Pekarek finished with 53 assists and 10 digs while Jessi Mainczyk had a team-leading 24 digs.

The Rangers are back on the road next week, taking on GLVC East rival University of Illinois Springfield on Friday night.