The Missouri State volleyball Bears are the Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions after defeating third place Drake University.
“It feels good, but there’s two more games in the conference left to play, so obviously I’m really proud of our team, but we have to keep things in perspective,” head coach Melissa Stokes said.
The Bulldogs beat themselves in set one, giving the Bears four of their first five points. DU’s attack errors stemmed from its playstyle.
The Bulldogs got ahead of themselves each time they committed an error, trying to split defenders. Their plan of attack — hitting the Bears hard and quick — simply wasn’t working for them.