OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps held on for a 3-1 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in Sooner Athletic Conference action Saturday afternoon (Sept. 29) at the Gaulke Activity Center.  LCU won by scores 25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 25-11.

LCU broke open the first set with an 8-1 spurt to take a commanding 19-11 lead. MACU fought back to within 22-19 with a pair of kills by Calle Solie, but the Lady Chaps put it away by scoring three of the final four points of the set. 

The Lady Evangels (12-6, 1-3 SAC) went up 18-17 in the second set when the Lady Chaps powered through with an 8-1 spurt to close it out and go up 2-0. 

The third set was back and forth and the Lady Evangels trailed 23-22, but a kill by Danielle Betts helped MACU score the final three points of the set to pull within 2-1 in the match.

LCU (16-5, 4-0 SAC) then responded by jumping out to an 11-5 lead in the fourth set and closed out the match with an 11-3 spurt. 

Jordan Batley and Priscila West each had 12 kills to lead the Lady Evangels offensive attack, with Solie recording a match-high 38 assists.  Jenny Pratt had a team-high 16 digs. 

Amy Edwards and Kacey Deterding each produced a match-high 14 kills for LCU and Erin Fisher had 25 assists.  Nikki Ralston had a match-best 18 digs. 

The Lady Evangels will next be in action on Tuesday night (Oct. 2) at Oklahoma City University at 7 p.m.