OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels came back from 2-1 down to defeat the John Brown University Golden Eagles 3-2 in a Sooner Athletic Conference matchup Thursday night (Oct. 4) at the Gaulke Activity Center. 

The Lady Evangels (13-7, 2-4 SAC) cruised to a 25-17 win in the opening set with an 8-2 spurt that made it 20-14 after a 12-12 tie. 

JBU led 20-16 in the second set but kills by Priscila West and Rene' Crockett helped bring the Lady Evangels back to within 21-20. 

The Golden Eagles (17-8, 1-4 SAC) jumped back on top 24-21 and had two set points before a kill by Kacee Montgomery and consecutive kills by Jordan Batley squared the set at 24-24.

Another kill by Batley gave the Lady Evangels a set point at 26-25, but three straight attack errors gave the Golden Eagles the set and tied the match 1-1. 

The third set also went to the Golden Eagles as a pair of kills by Staci Williamson put it away at 25-23.

Two kills by Batley fueled a 6-0 start to the fourth set for the Lady Evangels and a 6-1 run in the middle of the set propelled MACU to a 25-18 win to force a decisive fifth set.

The Lady Evangels scored the first point of the fifth set and never trailed, but had to hang on as the set featured five ties, with the last being at 8-8 before a kill by Montgomery and consectuive attack errors by JBU gave MACU the lead for good. 

It was 14-13 when Becca Anderson came through with the game-winning kill. 

Batley led everyone with 18 kills, while Calle Solie recorded a match-high 51 assists along with 10 digs. Anderson had 11 kills and Montgomery had 10.  Jenny Pratt had a match-high 17 digs for MACU. 

Williamson led four Golden Eagles in double-digit kills with 14 and Kailey Bain had a team-high 33 assists.  Becca Young led JBU with 12 digs. 

The Lady Evangels will next play a pair of matches in Lawrence, Kan. on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 6), starting with Haskell Indian Nations University at 11 a.m.  MACU will then face Central Methodist (Mo.) University at 1 p.m.