FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Wesleyan Volleyball will host Mid-America Christian for the Sooner Athletic Tournament quarterfinals at 6 pm Tuesday, April 6 in the Sid Richardson Center.
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The Rams (16-3, 8-2 SAC) are the second seed in the tournament and will face the seventh seed Evangels (19-14, 5-5 SAC).
The Rams are 17-0 against MACUÂ since their first match in 2010.
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TXWES is seventh in the nation and first in the conference in hitting percentage (0.254) and has the country's best individual attacking percentage with
Bailey Foy hitting .443 this season.
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MACU is seventh in the league in hitting percentage at .141 and has the SAC's kills per set leader in Hanna Foecker who averages 4.4 kills a set.
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Other Ram leaders include
Morgan Burns who is second in the SAC in assists per set (9.5), and
Veronika Webb is second in blocks with 61 total this year.
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The Evangels have the top two players with the most aces in the conference this season as Kaylie Walker has 54 and Foecker has 32 total aces.
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The winner of the match will advance to the semi-finals to face the winner of No. 6 Panhandle State (10-6) at No. 3 Wayland Baptist (16-7).
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The SAC awards two NAIA Championships berths. The NAIA Championship Opening Round occurs April 17 on campuses throughout the nation followed by the NAIA Championships on April 27-May 1 in Sioux City, Iowa. Â Â
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Sooner Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament
At Campus Sites at Highest Seed
Tuesday's Games
Quarterfinals
Game 1:Â No. 8 Langston (3-7) at No. 1 Oklahoma City (11-2), 7 p.m.
Game 2:Â No. 7 Mid-America Christian (19-14) at No. 2 Texas Wesleyan (16-3), 6 p.m.
Game 3:Â No. 6 Panhandle State (10-6) at No. 3 Wayland Baptist (16-7), 7 p.m.
Game 4:Â No. 5 SW Assemblies of God (10-6) at No. 4 John Brown (11-3), 7:30 p.m.
At Abe Lemons Arena
Oklahoma City
Friday, April 9
Semifinals
Game 5:Â Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Game 6:Â Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 10
Championship
Game 7:Â Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
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