Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Oklahoma City University Stars knocked off the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in three tough sets in Sooner Athletic Conference action Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. 

The Stars jumped on top early in the opening set 8-2 and went on to a 25-16 win to take a 1-0 lead into the match. 

MACU led through much of the second set and went up 19-15 on a kill by Becca Anderson.  But three straight attack errors led to a 6-0 run by Stars as OCU took a 21-19 lead. 

After a kill by Jordan Batley made it 24-23, Raissa Santos came through with her own kill for OCU to clinch the second set. 

Once again, the Lady Evangels controlled a lot of the third set, going on a 6-1 spurt to turn a two-point lead into a 19-12 advantage.  Rene' Crockett, Molly Lays and Calle Solie each had two kills to fuel the charge. 

However, like the second set the Stars had a big response by scoring the next nine points to go up 21-19. 

Kills by Lays and Solie evened the match, but a service error and three straight attack errors closed out the match for the Stars. 

Batley led the Lady Evangels with eight kills, while Anderson and Solie each had six put-aways.  Solie also had a team-high 17 assists and along with Taryn Walker led the team with 10 digs.

Santos paced the Stars with nine kills and 18 digs, with Danielle Robison delivering a match-high 33 assists. 

MACU will next host Southern Nazarene on Thursday night (Oct. 27) at the Gaulke Activity Center.