Sept. 1, 2009

9.1.09 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University volleyball team fell to Friends University on Tuesday afternoon at the Gaulke Activity Center in four sets: 17-25, 22-25, 25-23 and 18-25.

Christiane Costa had 19 of the Lady Evangels 40 kills on the night, adding one block solo and two block assists. Senior Jocelyn Mehlhaff led the team in digs with 16; she also had seven kills, two service aces and a block assist. Freshman Taryn Walker had three service aces and three block assist.

Friends had two players with double-digit kills. McCune had 15 kills and Chandra Slates had 10 kills. Tiffany Wolf had a game high 21 digs followed by Addie Jo Pettersen with 15 digs.

The loss drops the Lady Evangels to 2-3 on the season while the Lady Falcons opened their season with a win, now 1-0.

MACU will go on the road this weekend playing in the University of Texas-Tyler Volleyball Invitational on Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th.