Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Calle Solie dished out a match-best 42 assists to lead the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels to a 3-1 victory over the John Brown Golden Eagles Thursday night (Oct. 14) at the Gaulke Activity Center.
After the Golden Eagles took the opening set 25-21, the Lady Evangels (10-17, 2-6 SAC) were also on the ropes in the second set, down 20-16.
But MACU fought back on the strength of three attack errors by JBU and a kill by Becca Anderson to square the set at 21-21.
The Lady Evangels still found themselves facing a set point at 23-24 when Danielle Betts came through with a pair of kills to help MACU score the final three points to take the set 26-24.
After a kill by Cris Smith game the Lady Evangels the third set 25-23, MACU came out and controlled the fourth set.
With the set even at 9-9, Taryn Walker pounded two service aces and Smith contributed two more kills to propel the Lady Evangels to a 19-13 advantage.
The Lady Evangels had match point at 24-20 when a service error gave them the victory.
Betts had a match-high 19 kills for the Lady Evangels, while Shelbi Johnson led the defensive attack with 18 digs.
The Lady Evangels produced a .259 hitting percentage as a team, with Betts leading the way with her 19 kills in 44 total attacks for a .409 percentage.
Amber Wilson had a team-high 17 kills to lead JBU (15-10, 4-4 SAC), with Alyssa Hanson chipping in with a team-best 33 assists. Sarah Jordan had a match-high 19 digs for the Golden Eagles.
The Lady Evangels will next have a non-conference tilt at Bethany College on Saturday night (Oct. 16) at 7:30 p.m. in Bethany, Kan.
