Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The fourth seed Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels tested the top seeded Colorado Christian Lady Cougars, but ultimately fell 3-1 in the semifinals of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Central Regional tourney Friday night (Nov. 19) at the Gaulke Activity Center.
The scores were 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15.
The Lady Evangels were competitive in the early going of the first set but a six-point run by the Lady Cougars helped them pull away to a one set lead.
MACU led 16-14 in the second set when a pair of kills by Taryn Walker helped them extend to a 19-14 advantage.
The Lady Cougars fought back to within 20-19 when kills by Cris Smith and Danielle Betts made it a three-point edge for the Lady Evangels.
With the score knotted at 23-23, another kill by Smith and a Cougar error gave the second set to the Lady Evangels.
The third set was also tight and was tied at 12-12 when the Lady Cougars pulled out to a 19-14 lead by scoring seven of the next nine points and never looked back the rest of the set.
CCU then took control early in the fourth set by jumping out to a 8-3 lead and going on take the set and the match.
The Lady Evangels will play in the regional consolation match tomorrow morning (Nov. 20) at 11 a.m. against Southwestern Assemblies of God, while the Lady Cougars will face Dallas Baptist at 1 p.m. in the regional title game.
