FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University volleyball team (10-6, 1-0 SAC) powered to a 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-18) win over Southwestern Christian University (6-10, 0-2 SAC) at the Sid Richardson Center on Friday.
 
The Lady Rams controlled the entire match and started by busting out with a 7-0 rally, capped by an Abby Zipoy kill, to start the first set. A Kiersten Mebane kill later in the match made it 17-10 Rams. Texas Wesleyan never trailed and Zipoy took the kill to win the set, 25-19.
 
Wesleyan started the second set with a 5-1 run capped by a pair of Shelby Stinnett kills. Starnisha Bodie later made it an 18-13 lead with a kill. The Eagles battled back and cut the lead late in the game after a Priscila Hannah kill made a two-point game at 23-21. Stinnett and the Rams closed the game out though, powering to a 25-21 win.
 
The Eagles gave the Rams a game to start set three, fighting to keep the game from getting out of hand. Texas Wesleyan used a couple of Southwestern Christian errors and got a kill from Kiersten Mebane to grab a 19-13 advantage. The Eagles struggled to make any attempts at a comeback and Starnisha Bodie made sure of it with a monster kill to make it a 20-16. The Rams maintained that lead, and the match was put away with Bre Blackburn kill to win the game 25-18.
 
Zipoy and Stinnett each tallied 12 kills. Kristina Gafford tacked on 35 assists in the win. Alanna Hayhurst led the Rams with 15 digs. Shaughnessy Hearn had four service aces and 13 digs in the match.
 
The Lady Rams will continue conference play with a match against St. Gregory's University tomorrow. That match will start at 2:00 pm in the Sid Richardson Center.