CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Missouri State remained perfect in Missouri Valley Conference volleyball play Saturday evening with a 25-17, 25-21, 25-22 victory at Southern Illinois, improving to 6-0 in conference matches for the first time since 2009 and extending its overall league winning streak to 22 consecutive regular-season matches, tying the Missouri State baseball team's stretch of 22 straight MVC wins from 2016-17 for the longest Valley streak by any MSU program in school history.

The Bears (14-5, 6-0 MVC) also extended their overall winning streak to seven matches and their NCAA-leading road streak to 16 in a row behind a double-double of 14 kills and 15 digs by Lily Johnson and 12 kills on .429 hitting from Lynsey Wright, who passed Olivia Brand for the 13th spot on MSU's career kills list during the match.

Missouri took the lead for good in the first set with a 6-0 run, and hit .361 to keep the margin at three points or more after taking the early 8-3 advantage. Five players had multiple kills for MSU, led by Wright with four winners and three blocks, as the Bears held their opponent below 20 points for the 10th consecutive set, MSU's longest streak since the 25-point scoring format began in 2008.

MSU jumped ahead 7-3 in the second period but were met with plenty of resistance from the Salukis (4-13, 3-3). SIU used a 6-1 run to lead 17-15, and maintained that advantage to 21-19 before the Bears closed on a 6-0 run for the win. Wright's kill began the closing charge, Southern Illinois committed three errors, and Johnson scored kills for points 23 and 25.

The Bears earned another 7-3 lead in the period and led 15-9 after a Daniele Messa ace. The Salukis closed to 20-18 when Johnson responded with consecutive kills for a 22-18 advantage, and SIU cut the gap to two points twice more with each being met by a Missouri State kill.

Messa finished with 32 assists and 11 digs, and the Bears hit .306 compared to .219 for SIU and held leads of 49-39 in kills, 5-0 in aces and 5-4 in blocks. Each team had 55 digs.

Missouri State continues its road trip with a visit to Drake (17-3, 6-0) on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.