POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. — Texas Wesleyan University (13-10, 10-5) defeated College of the Ozarks (13-9, 10-6) 3-2 on Saturday at Keeter Gym. TWU finished with 59 kills and 88 digs and hit .300 in the fifth set.
TWU moved in front 22-21 on
Migdaly Bernal's kill from
Lillian Breaux, but College of the Ozarks answered with the final four points to take the set 25-22. Earlier, TWU responded to the opening point with a
Faith McClellan kill from Breaux and a
Jordan Daniell service ace, then continued to trade short leads behind kills from
Malaya Young,
Haley Fojtik and McClellan. TWU built a 16-12 advantage in the middle of the set after a College of the Ozarks attack error, a Young kill and a bad set. College of the Ozarks worked back to 18-18 and later went ahead 20-19 on a service ace, but McClellan tied it at 20-20 before
Loes Peijnenburg and Bernal produced late kills for TWU ahead of the closing run.
McClellan led TWU with 15 kills and 16 points while adding two block assists.
Neeley Rutledge recorded a team-high 21 digs and added one assist.
Lillian Breaux finished with 28 assists and 13 digs.
Loes Peijnenburg posted 10 kills and matched the team high with five total blocks.
The Rams come home next week as they take on Oklahoma City on October 23 at 6pm.
