OKLAHOMA CITY -- The No. 23-ranked Oklahoma City University Stars rallied to win the final three sets to turn away an upset-minded Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels squad, 3-2 in Sooner Athletic Conference action tonight (Oct. 15) on the OCU campus.

The Lady Evangels came out of the gate strong and appeared primed to hand the Stars their first conference loss, winning the first two sets 25-20 and 25-22.

OCU responded to win 25-17 in the third before tying the match 25-20 in the fourth.

The Stars then completed the comeback with a 15-10 win in the decisive fifth set.

Camera Broadnax was huge for the Lady Evangels' defensive efforts by tying for a match-high 24 digs and also had seven assists.

Hannah Luedtke led the Lady Evangels (12-9, 3-8 SAC) with 11 kills and 23 assists while also recording 13 digs.  Larissa Runyan also reached double-figure digs with 12 and Jenny Pratt had 11 digs.

Manon Soraru paced the Stars (15-5, 9-0 SAC) with 16 kills, while Fia Faa'agi and Tori Leisure each had 15 kills.  Heather Watson produced a whopping 58 assists and Dani Chase had 24 digs for OCU.

The Lady Evangels will now return home and host St. Gregory's University next Tuesday night (Oct. 20) at 7 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center.