CANTON, Mo. – No. 7 Missouri Baptist University men's volleyball swept Culver-Stockton College on the road for a seventh consecutive win on Tuesday night. The Spartans were led by 10 kills from Marko Jovanovic and won 25-20, 25-12, 25-14 to improve to 10-2 overall and 6-0 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
 
Culver-Stockton Recap
Missouri Baptist overcame a deficit midway through the first set with a 6-0 run that blew through a pair of Culver-Stockton timeouts. The Wildcats pulled within one at 18-17 before Michael Anderson started a 3-0 run to open a wider lead. The set ended 25-20 after reigning NAIA Setter of the Week David Rudic found Jovanovic, Michael Olson, and Veljko Culibrk for kills.
 
The Spartans hit .550 in a dominant second set win with 12 kills on 20 attacks and one error. The team added four more service aces to bring their game total to seven through two sets and claimed a 25-12 win to extend the 2-0 set advantage.
 
The attack continued into the third as MBU forced a timeout after a 6-0 run to start the set. They continued the run after and ran the score out to 18-5, ending with a pair of service aces from sophomore AJ Tufuga. The Wildcats battled back, but the comeback ran out of time when Rudic found Tufuga and the night's kills leader Jovanovic.
 
With the win, the Spartans extended their winning streak against the Wildcats to 18 consecutive games dating back to 2015.
 
Spartan Stat Leaders
Kills: Marko Jovanovic (10)
Assists: David Rudic (30)
Hitting %: Michael Olson (.500)
Aces: Michael Olson (3)
Digs: Alex Seyer (9)
Blocks: Veljko Culibrk (4.0)
 
Records
No. 7 Missouri Baptist: 10-2, 6-0 Heart
Culver-Stockton: 0-12, 0-3 Heart
 
Next Game
MBU has a makeup contest at home against the University of Health Sciences on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The opening serve is set for 6 p.m., in the Carl & Deloris Petty SRC.
 
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