ST. LOUIS, MO. – The Spartans improved their conference record to 13-4 after shutting down the Mustangs at home on senior day. Drew Iliff returned just in time to be celebrated along with setter Jason Harman for their impressive five-year careers at Missouri Baptist.
 
Miljan Kastratovic set the tone for the entire afternoon early in set one. The junior recorded a kill on five of his team's first seven points to jolt them to a 7-4 lead. Iliff posted a kill for the eighth point followed shortly by a kill from Daniel Borsi and a service ace from Milos Markovic.
 
The Mustangs battled back to within three at 15-12 before three visitor errors highlighted a four-point scoring run from MBU. The Spartans took the separation and ran with it until they finished set one with a 25-16 final.
 
Gabe Norsigian took charge of the offense to start the second frame. He scored three of the first five for the Spartans to push them ahead 5-1. Several scoring runs in the middle of the set had Mount Mercy on the ropes.
 
Up 23-12, Borsi collected two kills on assists from Jason Harman to put his team up 2-0.
 
The Mustangs came out strong in the third taking a 12-11 lead midway through. An attack error tied the set followed by a kill from Kastratovic, a service ace from junior libero Stephen Menzel and another attack error from MMU.
 
Once the Spartans took the lead, they never coughed it back up. Leading 20-17, MBU caught fire once again and went on a 5-0 scoring run to take the senior day sweep.
 
Drew Iliff hit .455 with five kills in his first game since January 29 while senior counterpart Jason Harman collected 32 assists, three blocks, and seven digs. Miljan Kastratovic's 16 kills, two aces, and seven digs were instrumental to the team's victory as well.
 
The Spartans take the court again after spring break on March 23 in Parkville, Missouri to take on the eighth-ranked Park University Pirates. The opening serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.