Waxahachie, Texas -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels opened up the Sooner Athletic Conference season with a hard-fought 3-1 loss at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University Lady Lions, but rebounded to win a 3-0 match over Texas College to improve to 7-2 on the season.

The Lady Evangels split the first two games at SAGU before the Lady Lions squeaked out a 25-23 win in the third set and then put it away 25-21 in the fourth.

MACU then swept Texas College by scores of 25-14, 25-20 and 25-11.

Laurel Church led the Lady Evangels with 11 kills in the victory over TC, with Hannah Luedtke recording a match-high 28 assists. Jenny Pratt also led everyone with 12 digs in the match.

Emily Lynch and Mary Burkhead each had 11 kills to lead the Lady Evangels in the setback to SAGU, while Church also reached double-figures with 10 kills. Luedtke had 38 assists and MACU got double-digit digs from five players, led by Larissa Runyan (25) and Lynch (23).

The Lady Evangels will now return home for conference action on Tuesday night (Sept. 15) against Bacone College at 7 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center.