OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Texas Wesleyan University volleyball team (16-9, 5-3 SAC) picked up another important 3-1 (25-14, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17) conference win over Mid-America Christian University (11-8, 2-7 SAC) at the Gaulke Activity Center on Saturday.
The Lady Rams continued on their daunting conference road stretch, taking on an upset minded underdog in the Evangels. Wesleyan is now 3-3 in the conference road stretch with two more to go in Saint Gregory's University and Southwestern Christian.
The Rams outscored the Evangels 71-51 in the four set win as TWU edged their opponent in kills 55-38, and aces 9-4. The Evangels posted nine blocks as a team, as Wesleyan could only manage seven. The two teams committed 22 attacking errors, but it was the Lady Rams who tallied 17 more kills that helped tremendously.
The first two sets the Rams hit .308 and .286 respectively, but Mid-America Christian made it more difficult on Wesleyan in the second two sets. Texas Wesleyan powered through though and put down a match high 16 kills in the last set to get the win.
Starnisha Bodie led all players with 16 kills and six total blocks, both career highs.
Abby Zipoy notched another double-double with 15 kills and 18 digs in the match.
Shelby Stinnett posted 11 kills and five aces in the win.
Kristina Gafford kept the offense organized with a double-double in 43 assists and 11 digs.
Shaughnessy Hearn led all players with 32 digs for the Lady Rams
The Lady Rams will take a break and prepare for a match with Saint Gregory's University in Shawnee, OK on Friday, October 16 starting at 7:00 pm.
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