Bartlesville, Okla. -- The Oklahoma Wesleyan University Lady Eagles defeated the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels 3-1 tonight (Sept. 23) in Bartlesville, Okla. 

The Lady Eagles won the first two sets by identical scores of 25-14 before the Lady Evangels fought back and took the fourth 25-23. 

OKWU then put the match away with a 25-15 win in the fourth set. 

Shannon Niemeier led the Lady Evangels with eight kills, while Hannah Luedtke recorded a team-high 18 assists along with 11 digs.  Camera Broadnax had a team-best 13 digs for MACU. 

Daniela Pena paced four Lady Eagles with double-digit kills with 15 putaways and Emily Kirchner led everyone with a whopping 40 assists.  Andrea Novakovic tallied a match-high 20 digs to lead OKWU. 

The Lady Evangels will next resume action in the Sooner Athletic Conference Thursday evening (Sept. 25) at 5 p.m. at Oklahoma City University.