Maggie Johnson and the UMSL volleyball team won a share of the GLVC regular-season title by finishing in a three-way tie with Indianapolis and Rockhurst. (Photo by Patrick Clark/Athlete’s Eye Photography)
Volleyball
The University of Missouri–St. Louis volleyball season secured a share of the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season championship despite going 1-1 on the season’s final weekend, including a 25-18, 25-17, 25-18 to Rockhurst on Friday night in Kansas City. The Tritons were outhit .231-.041 in the loss, committing 26 errors to the Hawks’ 11. Alayna Santel had a team-high nine kills. Skylar Weaver finished with a match-high 19 digs. UMSL still managed to finish in a three-way tie with Rockhurst and Indianapolis atop the conference standings after beating William Jewell 25-15, 25-7, 25-13 on Saturday in Liberty. Maggie Johnson and Santel each had 10 kills to pace the UMSL attack, and Santel added six blocks. Marly Burbach finished with 34 assists in the victory, which assured the Tritons of the No. 3 seed when the GLVC Tournament gets underway on Thursday. UMSL (19-7) will take on No. 6 seed Lewis in the quarterfinals at Williamsville Fieldhouse in Williamsville, Illinois.
Women’s Soccer
The ninth-ranked and top-seeded Tritons saw their Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title hopes dashed with a 1-0 semifinal loss to fifth-seeded Maryville on Thursday at Lake Country Soccer Field in Springfield, Missouri. Gabby Tucker delivered the only goal of the match in the 42nd minute with an assist from Karla Krebbs. UMSL was unable to pull even despite outshooting the Saints 12-9. Maddie Clark was pulled down in the penalty area with less than three minutes remaining by Jaquelin Granados and had a chance to tie the game, but she missed as her kick hit off the crossbar and sailed high. Rachel Skyberg took two more shots in the final two minutes but neither was on frame. Only two of the Tritons’ shots wound up on goal as they were shut out for the fourth time this season and suffered their first loss since the season opener at Pittsburg State. UMSL had a 17-match unbeaten streak come to an end. The Tritons (14-2-3) will look to regroup before the NCAA Division II Tournament and will find out where they’ll be seeded during Monday’s selection show at 6 p.m. on NCAA.com.
Men’s Soccer
UMSL saw its season come to an end Friday in the semifinals of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament as Jacob Panagos scored in the 87th minute to snap a 1-all tie and lift No. 7 seed Truman State to a 2-1 victory at Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield, Missouri. Roman Scongamillo set up the game-winner, and Panagos finished for his GLVC-leading 15th goal of the season. The two teams were locked in a tight battle throughout the match. Brady Lombardo scored in the third minute to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead, but the Tritons answered on Brady Freeman‘s ninth goal of the season in the 28th minute off a cross from Gibson Hunt, and they continued to play back-and-forth until the waning moments. UMSL finished with a 14-13 lead in shots, including a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal, but Truman State goalkeeper Owen Robben finished with five saves to UMSL goalkeeper Will Winkler‘s three. The Bulldogs wound up losing Sunday’s GLVC Tournament championship 2-0 against Lincoln. UMSL’s season ended with a record of 8-7-3 for its second winning season in three years.
Men’s and Women’s Swimming
The Tritons swept Saturday’s dual meet against Truman State with the 24th-ranked women’s team winning 165-88, and the men’s team winning 158-94 in a competition held at St. Louis Community College–Forest Park. The women’t team won 12 of 14 events with Justice Beard taking first in the 50-, 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle races and also swimming the anchor leg for the victorious 200-yard freestyle relay team. She posted a season-best time of 10 minutes, 0.32 seconds in the 1,000, finished with a mark of 25.05 seconds in the 50 and swam the 500 in 4:56.88. UMSL posted a time of 1:37.47 in the 200 freestyle relay. Audrey Lantz swam the leadoff leg and also won the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly races with times of 58.58 and 59.08, respectively. Audrey Lantz also swam the third leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay team with sister Ella Lantz, Lena Olender and Kayla Rompala. Ella Lantz won the 100-yard freestyle in 53.15 seconds. Uxue Ortiz de Pinedo took first in both the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley in times of 2:19.51 and 2:12.38, respectively. Danaka Tucker won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:11.49, and Hailey DuVall touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.33. UMSL’s men’s team won eight events, two each by Mattia Nardi and Mikael Larsson. Nardi was first in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:42:00 and 51.00 seconds, respectively. Larsson won the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley with times of 1:54.18 and 1:56.69. Jan Spehar took the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle at 46.45 seconds, and Dylan Bonnett won the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:09.40. UMSL also won the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays. Gabriel Mosto, Landon Hanesworth, Kaleb Suitor and Stellio Hasapis took the former with a time of 1:31.90. Henrique Silva, Lathan Parks, Haspis and Suitor won the latter in 1:23.25. The Tritons’ next competition will be Nov. 20-22 when they compete in the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Classic in Chicago, Illinois.
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
UMSL’s men’s and women’s cross country teams finished 11th and 14th, respectively, at the GLVC Championships held Saturday morning at Allison Sports Town in Springfield, Missouri. Julio Cruz Jr. was the men’s top finisher, covering the 8-kilometer course in 25 minutes, 21.66 seconds to finish 43rd individually. Kebeb Zimmerman was the Tritons’ next highest finisher, posting a time of 26:38.16. Elektra Alcantar led the women’s team with a time of 26:24.79 on the 6-kilometer course, followed by Hannah Richardson, who finished in 26:33.42. UMSL will next race in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 21 at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
