OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Texas Wesleyan University Lady Rams held on for a 3-1 win over the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels in Sooner Athletic Conference action tonight (Oct. 14) inside the Gaulke Activity Center. 

The Lady Rams grabbed the early lead by scoring the last three points of the opening set on the strength of a kill by Shelby Stinnett and Alex Hendee to pull it out 25-23. 

With the second set knotted at 21-21, the Lady Rams again found a way to claw out the win when kills by Stinnett and Lynsay Buell fueled a 4-1 spurt to close out the set 25-22. 

The Lady Evangels battled back in the third set and got back into the match as a kill by Hannah Luedtke capped five straight points to snap a 7-7 gridlock and put MACU in control 12-7. 

MACU continued to pull away in the third and built the lead to 19-11 before scoring six of the last eight points of the set to win 25-16 and come within 2-1 in the match. 

The fourth set was back and forth as four kills by Buell helped the Lady Rams jump out to a 14-7 lead.  

But the Lady Evangels wouldn't go quietly and scored seven straight points to even the set 14-14 and then went ahead 17-15 and 18-16 on a kill by Shannon Niemeier. 

That's when the Lady Rams had the final response and quickly pulled even at 18-18 and with the set still knotted at 20-20, TWU scored the next five points to close out the win. 

Niemeier posted a match-high 14 kills for the Lady Evangels, while Broadnax led everyone with 28 digs.  Luedtke recorded a team-high 30 assists for the Lady Evangels (3-18, 1-8 SAC). 

Hendee led three Lady Rams (10-14, 6-3 SAC) in double-kills with 13 and Lauren Hamaker had a match-high 37 assists.  Four Lady Rams reached double-digit digs, led by Shaughnessy Hearn's 20 digs. 

The Lady Evangels will next host a non-conference tilt with Arkansas Tech University Thursday night (Oct. 16) at 7 p.m.