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John Brown Comes back to win 3-1 over Lady Evangels

Siloam Springs, Ark. -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels took the first set, but the John Brown University Golden Eagles responded by winning the next three to win 3-1 in the Lady Evangels' regular season finale Friday evening (Nov. 2) in Siloam Springs, Ark. 
 
The opening set was tied 24-24 when Taryn Walker and Priscila West hit consecutive kills to give the Lady Evangels (16-14, 2-10 SAC) the lead in the match. 
 
JBU held a modest 7-5 lead in the second set, but Audrey Dearien produced five kills to help the Golden Eagles power their way to winning 18 of the final 20 points of the set to win 25-7. 
 
After the Golden Eagles (21-14, 3-8 SAC) went up 2-1 by winning the third set 25-17, the fourth set was squared at 14-14.  But five straight points put the Golden Eagles in control and on their way to another 25-17 win to close out the match. 
 
West and Jordan Batley each had seven kills to lead the Lady Evangels, while Calle Solie had a match-high 22 assists.  Jenny Pratt tallied a team-high 16 digs and Rene' Crockett added 10 digs. 
 
Dearien paced the Golden Eagles with 17 kills and Kailey Bain led JBU with 18 assists.  Meghan Kenney had a match-high 17 digs for the Golden Eagles. 
       
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