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Lady Evangels Take Down St. Gregory's, 3-1

Shawnee, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels won their second straight match by going on the road and defeating the St. Gregory's University Cavaliers in Sooner Athletic Conference action Friday night (Oct. 25) in Shawnee, Okla. 

The Lady Evangels won the opening set 25-17 by taking command with eight straight points that turned a 5-4 deficit into a 12-5 edge and never looked back. 

After SGU evened the match with a 25-21 win in the second set, the Lady Evangels dominated the third set and scored the last four points to win 25-16 and jump back on top. 

The fourth set was tied at 11-11 when a kill by Kahdejah Henry capped a 9-2 spurt that gave a MACU a 20-13 lead.  Trailing 23-19, the Cavaliers wouldn't go quietly and scored four straight points to pull even at 23-23.  

But an attack error and kill by Henry closed out the set and the match for the Lady Evangels. 

Kacee Montgomery had a team-high 10 kills for the Lady Evangels, followed by Henry's eight kills and Danielle Betts' seven putaways.  Hannah Luedtke led MACU with 21 assists and 15 digs. 

Tiphani Funk produced a match-high 20 kills to pace the Cavaliers, while Rachel Lucas led everyone with 39 assists.  Daniella Rivera recorded a match-best 23 digs. 

The Lady Evangels will look for their third consecutive win tomorrow night (Oct. 26) at NCAA D-II University of Central Oklahoma at 6 p.m. in Edmond, Okla. 

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