MCPHERSON, Kan. – The Mid-America Christian volleyball team kept Central Christian from finding its first win of the season in the Tigers' homecoming match as the Evangels came away with a three-set sweep on Friday night.
 
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 3, Central Christian 0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-10)
  • Mid-America Christian (15-6, 6-3 SAC)
  • Central Christian (0-19, 0-9 SAC)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Hanna Foecker – 20 Kills, .389 ATK%, 7 Digs
• Lena Stockhammer – 35 Assists, 5 Digs
• Kaylie Walker – 4 Aces, 11 Digs
• Maegan Plunk – 11 Digs, 4 Assists

MATCH SUMMARY

• Set One
  • Mid-America Christian set the tone by rattling off the first seven points, getting two kills apiece from Hanna Foecker and Vanessa Moreira to go along with a Kaylie Walker service ace.
  • Central Christian managed to score five of the next eight to pull it back to within five before the Evangels strung together a 4-1 run to extend their advantage back out to 14-6.
  • Following back-to-back Tigers points, MACU utilized another 4-1 run, getting three points from Kalyn Cormier on two kills and a service ace to take its largest lead of the set at 21-10.
  • The Tigers rattled off five of the next seven to pull the MACU lead back to within single-digits, but the Evangels scored two of the final three, ending it on a strong Allison Porter kill from the right side to make it a 25-16 MACU win.
• Set Two
  • Central Christian managed to keep it close through the first seven rallies, but another Porter kill jumpstarted a five-unanswered run, getting a kill from Foecker and an ace from Lena Stockhammer to stretch the lead to 9-3.
  • MACU continued to surge away after a Laykin Harcom kill, scoring another five straight while getting kills from Foecker, Porter and Cloie Mitchell while Mitchell and Porter teamed up on a block as well to extend the edge to 14-4.
  • The Tigers battled back by tallying points on seven of the next 10 rallies to pull it to within six at 17-11.
  • While the two teams traded the next six points, Mid-America Christian finished the set with a strong 5-1 run. Foecker started off with a kill while MACU finished with the final three points on a pair of Mitchell kills between a Maegan Plunk ace to take set two, 25-15.
• Set Three
  • Mid-America Christian set the tone in the third set, scoring nine of the first 11 with Foecker tapping an overpass down at the front of the net.
  • After conceding a point, the Evangels rattled off four in a row, ending the run on a Foecker kill to bring it to 13-3.
  • Central Christian notched four of the next six points before the Evangels strung together a huge 7-0 run behind the serve of Kaylie Walker. Moreira started the run with a kill, notching two more to go with a block while Stockhammer added a point on a kill along with an ace from Walker.
  • While Central Christian scored three straight to start to claw its way back, the Tigers followed with three consecutive errors to allow the Evangels to take set three by a score of 25-10.

MATCH NOTES

• Mid-America Christian finished the three-set affair with 46 kills on a blistering .375 attack percentage, which included recording 15 kills on a .519 clip in the third set. Meanwhile, Central Christian finished with 25 kills on a .152 attack percentage.
• Hanna Foecker led the way with 20 kills on a .389 hitting clip. The Evangels also found strong production from Cloie Mitchell and Allison Porter in the attack. Mitchell contributed nine kills on a .368 percentage while Porter notched seven kills on a .500 clip.
• Lena Stockhammer dished out 35 assists while Maegan Plunk and Kaylie Walker led the MACU backline defense with 11 digs apiece. Walker also notched a season-high four service aces, tying her with Stockhammer for the team-lead with 24 on the season.
• MACU continued to have great success against the Tigers, improving to 10-0 against Central Christian since 2011.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will head to Langston on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match against the Langston Lions inside the C.F. Gayles Arena.