UMSL Basketball

Men’s Basketball
The University of Missouri–St. Louis went 1-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference road play last weekend, defeating No. 21 Lewis, 87-83, before suffering its first league loss in a 76-61 setback at Wisconsin-Parkside. Senior Aareon Smith averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game, while senior Tylor Wimbish scored 19 points in the win at Lewis. The Tritons (11-3, 3-1 GLVC) will host Truman State on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before traveling to Quincy on Saturday.

Women’s Basketball
UMSL suffered a pair of GLVC road losses last weekend, falling at No. 2 ranked Lewis, 78-59, and at Wisconsin-Parkside, 76-68. The Tritons shot a season-best 52 percent from the field at UW-Parkside, but was plagued by 18 turnovers. Redshirt freshman Jordan Fletcher averaged 13.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. The Tritons (6-6, 2-2 GLVC) will host Truman State on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. before traveling to Quincy on Saturday.

Men’s and Women’s Swimming
The Tritons returned to the pool at the Washington University Invitational on Saturday with the men recording a third place finish and the women a fifth place finish. The men recorded three runner-up finishes, including a season-best 1:38.41 time in the 200-yard medley relay (Nicolas Ruiz, Mladen Senicar, Anson Tam and Fernando Robledo), while on the women’s side, Angie Quiroga set a new school record in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.93, marking the first sub-one minute time this season for the Tritons. UMSL is back in action on Saturday at Lincoln College.

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Students from the Pierre Laclede Honors College helped plant trees in Vinita Park, Missouri, as part of their Honors Day of Service.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

Alayna Santel had a career-best 26 kills in Saturday’s road win over Truman State as the volleyball team improved to 6-0 in GLVC play.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

Alayna Santel had a career-best 26 kills in Saturday’s road win over Truman State as the volleyball team improved to 6-0 in GLVC play.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

Alayna Santel had a career-best 26 kills in Saturday’s road win over Truman State as the volleyball team improved to 6-0 in GLVC play.