Box Score (Rolla, Mo.) – For the second straight season the Missouri S&T Miner volleyball team has advanced to the semifinals of the GLVC Tournament. The Miners (20-12) advanced to tomorrow's semifinal with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 26-24) sweep of Southern Indiana on Friday afternoon at the Indy South Sports Academy in Indianapolis, Ind.

S&T athletics will have an NCAA Selection Show party on Sunday evening in the Hall of Fame Room of the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building beginning at 8:30 p.m., to see if the Miners will qualify for their second straight appearance. The selection show will start at 9 p.m. All fans are invited to watch with the team.

On Friday, S&T got off to a slow start as it trailed the Screaming Eagles (16-16) 7-4 in the early goings. The Miners responded by scoring six of the next seven points to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish. S&T held a pair of one-point leads before eventually beginning to pull away. The Miners led 20-15, but had to weather a rally by Southern Indiana as it closed to within 21-18. S&T finished the set out strong scoring the last four points to take the opener 25-18. The Miners had 14 kills in the stanza and hit .186 percent. They were led by Krista Haslag (Linn, Mo./Helias ) with five kills while Hayley Wright (Omaha, Neb./Millard West), Julie Meyer (Marthasville, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) and Kelly Kosmopolis (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) had three kills apiece. The defense held USI to .048 hitting percentage and 10 kills in the frame.  Lauren DeShaney and Erica Oberbroeckling combined for seven of those kills.

The second set belonged to S&T as it scored the first four points and six of the first seven points and wouldn't look back on the way to the 25-15 win. The Miners led by as many as 10 points in the set and hit .324 percent with 15 kills against three errors in 37 chances. Wright hit .600 percent with seven kills against one error in 10 swings. Haslag and Meyer combined for seven kills as well. S&T's defense was again strong as it held the Screaming Eagles to a zero hitting percentage (8k/8e/32ta).

The third set was a see-saw affair with 10 ties and seven lead changes along the way. The Miners led 5-3, but saw USI score five straight to take an 8-5 lead. S&T continued to hold the lead until 12-10 when the Screaming Eagles ran off six of the next seven points to move in front 16-13. Their lead eventually grew to 19-15, but the Miners answered with a 6-1 run to take a 21-20 advantage. The two sides traded points and USI had a chance to win the set leading 24-23, but Meyer knocked down a kill to the set at 24-all. After an error by DeShaney gave S&T a 25-24, Meyer struck again with her 12^th kill of the match to end it at 26-24. The Miners hit .275 percent in the final set and had 17 kills while USI hit .154 with 11 kills. Kosmopolis and Meyer combined to have a big third set finishing with 11 kills.

S&T finished the match with 46 kills against 15 errors in 120 swings to hit .258 percent. Wright led three players in double figures with 14 kills. Meyer added her 12 while Haslag finished with 11. Kosmopolis contributed nine as well. Jennifer Costello (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway South ) dished out 41 assists while Jocelyn DeMotte (Topeka, Kan./Hayden) finished with 17 digs.

Southern Indiana finished the contest with 29 kills against 21 errors in 113 chances to hit .071 percent. DeShaney and Oberbroecking combined for 16 of those kills. Jorae Bradbury had 20 assists while Kayla Heldman finished with 12 digs.

The Miners will face Lewis University in the semifinals on Saturday evening at the Indy South Sports Academy beginning at 5 p.m. (ET)/4 p.m. (CT).