Sept. 11, 2007

9/11/07 - OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Lady Evangels played Southern Nazarene University Tuesday, September 11 in the first conference home game of the year. MACU fell short in five games.

"We had our chances to win," Coach Lindsey said. "The girls played hard and that is all you can ask."

MACU started the first game struggling. MACU fell behind early and was never able to make it close, losing 11-30.

"We came out flat and SNU took advantage," Coach Lindsey said.

The second game was much different for the Lady Evangels; they came out focused and ready. The game was back and forth, with no team gaining more than a two point lead.

MACU pulled ahead late and squeaked out a 30-26 win.

The Lady Evangels never trailed in the third game and pulled out a dominating 30-18 win.SNU came out fired up and looking to even the score. They jumped out to an early lead and MACU could never catch up.

SNU won the fourth game 23-30.

The fifth game started much like the fourth game with SNU jumping out to an early 2-7 lead.

The Lady Evangels would find themselves down 11-14, but MACU responded by scoring five out of the next six points. However, SNU scored three straight points, and won the game 16-18 and the match 2-3.

The Lady Evangels dropped to 2-5 (0-2)

MACU will travel to Bacone College Friday, September 14. Game time is 7:00.

If you are interested in playing volleyball for MACU or would like more information about the volleyball program, contact Coach Samantha Lindsey at 405-692-3284 or via email at slindsey@macu.edu.