OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Unversity Stars rallied to win the last two sets to slip by the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels on Senior Night and Dig Pink Night Tuesday night (Oct. 30) at the Gaulke Activity Center. 

The Lady Evangels (16-13, 2-9 SAC) took the opening set as kills by Rene' Crockett and Taryn Walker gave MACU a 25-20 win.

OCU responded by taking control of the second with a 12-1 spurt that turned a 9-9 tie into a 21-10 cushion.  Two kills each by Tori Leisure and Rachel Gabel fueled the surge.   The Stars went on to a 25-12 win in the set. 

The Stars led 19-16 in the third set but two kills by Calle Solie helped the Lady Evangels score four of the next five points to even the score at 20-20.  Shelbie Wright then produced three kills as the Lady Evangels ended the set on a 5-2 run to win 25-22 and go up 2-1 in the match. 

But it was Healy and Leisure that had an answer as they combined for four more kills to spark a 9-2 run that gave the Stars a commanding 20-12 lead and they went on to a 25-18 win to square the match at 2-2. 

Gabel again came through with three kills early in the decisive fifth set to help the Stars (14-21, 4-7 SAC) jump out to a 6-2 lead and they never looked back in taking the set 15-11.

Walker and Jordan Batley each had a team-high nine kills to lead the Lady Evangels.  Solie had 35 assists and Jenny Pratt led four Lady Evangels with double-digit digs with a match-high tying 22.  Crockett had 17 digs, with Batley recording 13 and Walker 11. 

Leisure tallied a match-high 17 kills for OCU and Meghan Irwin had 14.  Hannah Mitcham led the Stars with a match-high 43 assists and Danielle Robison had 22 digs. 

The Lady Evangels will wrap up the regular season on Friday night (Nov. 2) at John Brown University.