Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs staged a late rally in the fourth to go on and defeat the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels Monday night (Oct. 11) 3-1 at the Gaulke Activity Center. The scores were 20-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-22.
Down 2-1, the Lady Evangels (9-17, 1-6 SAC) jumped out to a 20-15 advantage in the fourth set behind a combined nine kills from Cris Smith and Julisa Mitchelle.
The Bulldogs responded by winning the next six points to take the lead thanks to four attack errors by MACU and a pair of service aces by LaKendra Sanders.
When a service error by Sanders tied the set at 21-21, a kill by Emily Walter and another attack error gave the Bulldogs a two-point advantage.
Jamie Floyd kept the Lady Evangels alive with a kill of her own, but a kill by Danielle Nelms and a service ace closed out the set and the match for the Bulldogs (7-15).
Calle Solie had a match-high 27 assists for the Lady Evangels and Smith led the way with 12 kills. Shelbi Johnson paced MACU with 13 digs.
Walter led the Bulldogs with 12 kills, while Sladjana Simic was huge defensively with a match-high 25 digs.
The Lady Evangels will remain at home and resume conference action by hosting John Brown on Thursday night (Oct. 14) at 7 p.m.
