OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels celebrated their annual "Dig Pink" night with a 3-1 victory over the St. Gregory's University Cavaliers tonight (Oct. 20) inside the Gaulke Activity Center.
The win is the Lady Evangels' fourth in the Sooner Athletic Conference this season, their most league victories since joining the NAIA in 2007.
After the Cavaliers took the opening set 25-21, the Lady Evangels charged back with wins of 25-15 and 25-10 in the next two sets to take a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set saw the Cavaliers respond and jump out to a 13-10 edge before the Lady Evangels put together a 9-2 spurt that made it 19-15.
The Lady Evangels then got kills from Emily Lynch, Melissa Hoppal and Laurel Church to close out the match 25-21 in the fourth.
Hoppal led the Lady Evangels (13-9, 4-8 SAC) with a career-high 15 kills, while Church and Lynch each had 12 kills. Hannah Luedtke led everyone with 38 assists and Camera Broadnax had a match-high 23 digs. The Lady Evangels also got double-figure digs from Larissa Runyan (16), Jenny Pratt (12) and Luedtke (10).
Ashlyn Broussard led the Cavaliers (5-14, 1-10 SAC) with nine kills and Maggie Lasater had a team-high 27 assists. Karoline Vance tallied a team-best 18 digs for SGU.
The Lady Evangels will now turn around host Hillsdale College tomorrow night (Oct. 21) at 7 p.m.