Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Down 2-0, the Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm rallied to take the final three games to defeat the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels by scores of 22-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-17, 15-13.
After squaring the match at 2-2, the Crimson Storm had one more rally in them by winning eight of the final 10 points after MACU had built an 11-7 lead in the decisive fifth game.
Cris Smith turned in another spectacular effort for the Lady Evangels (7-8), leading the way with 27 kills, 19 digs and a .490 attack percentage.
Callie Solie had a team-high 44 assists and contributed 13 digs.
Shelbi Johnson also had 13 digs for the Lady Evangels.
Next up for MACU is a non-conference matchup against Tabor College on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 25) at 4 p.m. at the Gaulke Activity Center.
