OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 14 Texas Wesleyan took down Mid-America Christian University in a five-set thriller inside the Gaulke Activity Center on Friday night.
 
SCORE
Texas Wesleyan 3, Mid-America Christian 0 
    •    Texas Wesleyan University (18-3, 13-0)  
    •    Mid-America Christian University (13-9, 9-4) 
  
Match Summary  
Set 1: 25-16 (TXWES)  
Set 2: 21-25 (MACU)  
Set 3: 25-14 (TXWES)  
Set 4: 13 -25 (MACU)  
Set 5: 15-7 (TXWES)  
 
The Rams faced a scrappy and determined MACU team that were looking to knock off the only undefeated team left in the Sooner Athletic Conference.The Evangels took the Rams the distance with this being the only five set match of the season for the Rams. 
 
In set one Texas Wesleyan opened the match scoring the first seven points before taking a 12-1 lead. MACU would battle back to make the score a more reasonable 20-14, but the Rams would take care of business the by putting together a 5-2 run to close out a 25-16 opening set victory.

Unlike the first , MACU would come alive inf front of their home crowd. It was a close contest between the two teams where they exchanged lead seven times and would be tied 20-20 down the home stretch of the set. Back-to-back errors from Texas Wesleyan would give MACU control of the set as the Lady Rams were forced to call a timeout to slow down the Evangels momentum. The Rams would do their best to close the gape, but MACU would steal the set with a 25-21 win.

Much like the opening of the match, the Rams would start set three scoring on the first five points. MACU attempted to make a comeback late in the set, but the Rams were too much for their opponents and would handily take the 25-14 win. The Rams would hit .458 in the set behind 14 kills with only three errors off 24 attempts.
With the game on the line MACU would come back firing on all cylinders. The evangels would keep things close for majority of the set, but once the tow teams hit 10 points, MACU would go on a 10-3 run. Texas Wesleyan would exhaust both timeouts to slow down the momentum of their opponents, but an ace from MACU would win the set 25-13 and force a decisive fifth set.

MACU would take an early 2-1 lead before the Rams would answer with four-straight points to capture a 5-2 advantage. Back-to-back kills from Sydney Charlton would extend the lead further as the two teams switched sides with the score at 8-5. America Galvan would come on with two huge service aces for the Rams in the set leaving MACU scrambling. The Evangels tried them to claw their way back into the set, but unforced errors kept them from closing gap. After a service error from MACU, Kendal King would end the set with a kill and the Rams would win 15-7, keeping their perfect SAC record at 13-0.
 
The Rams hit .188 in the win notching 50 kills off 144 attempts wit 23 errors in the win. The Rams shined at the service line with a whooping 14 aces led by junior setter Ruby O'Brien with six. O'Brien also added 29 assists while Makenna Gantt finished with 10 assists. Sydney Charlton finished with 13 kills with teammate Hanna Rubis closely behind with 12 kills. Andrea Malek led all players with 22 digs, teammate Emily Lewis would go on to finish with 13 digs of her own.

Texas Wesleyan will head to Chickasha, Oklahoma for a matchup against The University of Science and Arts Drovers inside of the Drover Field House today at 1 p.m.