Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels started the day with a 3-1 loss to the Evangel Crusaders, but rebounded to cap the day in style with a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Christian Crusaders in a Tri-match Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) at the Gaulke Activity Center.
The first match of the day saw Evangel knock off DCC in three sets.
Jaime Floyd (9) and Taryn Walker (8) combined for nine kills to lead the Lady Evangels' offensive attack in the win over the DCC Crusaders.
MACU hit a sold .361 for the match, paced by Floyd's nine kills in 14 attacks. Calle Solie recorded a match-high 29 assists for the Lady Evangels.
The Lady Evangels (12-20, 2-8 SAC) fell behind 2-0 to Evangel in their opening match but rallied with a 26-24 win to force a fourth set.
But Evangel took control of the next set and ended the contest with a 25-17 victory in the fourth.
Cris Smith had a team-high 13 kills against Evangel, while Solie produced a match-high 32 assists and also chipped in with 11 digs.
Shelbi Johnson had a team-high 13 digs for MACU.
Mallory Sidwell led the EU Crusaders (24-5) with 16 kills and Jaime McCallister and Morgan Sidwell (26) combined for 53 assists.
The Lady Evangels will now resume action in the Sooner Athletic Conference and play at Wayland Baptist on Thursday night (Oct. 29) at 7 p.m. in Plainview, Texas.
