Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Xiaoting Ma recorded match-highs of 18 kills and 16 digs to lead the Oklahoma City Stars to a 3-1 victory over the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels by scores of 25-13, 25-17, 16-25, 25-14.
The outing was MACU's second annual "Dig Pink" match in honor of breast cancer awareness month.
The Stars cruised through the first set with a .412 hitting percentage and then jumped out to a 17-10 bulge in the second and went on to take the set 25-17 to go up 2-0.
MACU would then make things interesting in the third set by scoring eight straight points to turn a 9-8 lead into a 17-8 cushion.
Jamie Floyd had two kills and Shelbi Johnson served up a pair of aces to fuel the spurt.
A kill by Cris Smith later clinched the set for the Lady Evangels at 25-16.
But the Stars (17-9, 7-3 SAC) would ride a .452 hitting percentage to close out the match with a 25-14 win in the fourth set.
Calle Solie had a match-high 31 assists, while Smith led the Lady Evangels (11-19, 2-8 SAC) with 14 kills. Johnson had a team-high 13 digs for MACU.
The Stars hit .316 for the match, led by Ma's 18 kills and only three errors in 32 attacks.
Danielle Robinson led OCU with 26 assists.
The Lady Evangels will next host a Tri-match against Evangel and Dallas Christian on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23).
MACU will face Evangel at 3 p.m. and Dallas Christian at 5 p.m.
