OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU Women's Soccer team will head down to Chickasha to open Sooner Athletic Conference play on Wednesday night as the Evangels prepare to take on Science & Arts for a 6 p.m. first serve in the USAO Fieldhouse.

SEASON REPORT

• Record: 5-2
• Last Match: Won vs. Williams Baptist (Ark.) – 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-16) – Aug. 30, 2025 – Point Lookout, Mo.
• Stat Leaders:
  • Kills: Seyi Atolagbe (59, 2.36 K/S), Alica Obusekova (59, 2.46 K/S)
  • Attack Percentage (%, K-E-A, Min 3 ATK/S): Seyi Atolagbe (.438, 59-10-112), Karlee Siegfried (.237, 46-15-131)
  • Assists: Casady McKinney (151, 6.04 A/S), Madison Lee (80, 3.20 A/S)
  • Aces: Ryley Bowden (17, 0.68 SA/S), Sydney Martin (11, 0.44 SA/S)
  • Digs: Kaetlen Schier (80, 3.40 D/S), Ryley Bowden (80, 3.40 D/S)
  • Receive Percentage (%, RE-R): Karlee Siegfried (.955, 3-66), Sydney Martin (.949, 4-79)
  • Blocks: Mia Benson (17, 0.68 B/S), Seyi Atolagbe (17, 0.68 B/S)
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian put together a strong showing in the College of the Ozarks Fall Volleyball Classic in Point Lookout, Mo. last week, going 3-1 by getting a trio of three-set sweep victories over Avila (Mo.), Mission (Mo.) and Williams Baptist (Ark.) and battled a very strong Saint Mary (Kan.) squad to a five-set match in its lone loss.
  • As a result of an incredible week hitting from the middle, freshman Seyi Atolagbe was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Attacker of the Week. Over last week's four-match slate, Atolagbe smashed a team-high 35 kills, averaging 2.5 kills per set on a blistering .468 hitting percentage while also notching nine blocks on the defensive side.
  • Currently, Atolagbe owns the 11^th-highest attack percentage in the NAIA at .438 and ranks third amongst players with at least 100 attack attempts.
  • By moving to a 5-1 rotation on the final day of the COFO Classic, senior setter Casady McKinney became more proactive in the MACU attack. Entering the day with 16 attack attempts, McKinney notched 26 swings in the final two matches, putting down nine kills and no errors for a very effective .346 hitting percentage.

SCOUTING REPORT
Science & Arts (Okla.)

• Record: 6-2
• Last Match: Won at Philander Smith (Ark.) – 3-0 (25-18, 25-9, 25-19) – Aug. 30, 2025 – Little Rock, Ark.
• Series vs MACU (2016-): MACU leads 19-1
• Last Match vs MACU: USAO won 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 18-25, 25-23) – Oct. 23, 2024 – Chickasha, Okla.
• Series Streak: USAO won 1
• Players to Watch:
  • Chloe Conover – JR – OH
    • 66 Kills (2.54 K/S), .273 ATK%, 17 Blocks (0.68 B/S)
  • Ytzel Garcia – JR – S
    • 148 Assists (5.69 A/S), 23 Aces (0.88 SA/S), 33 Digs (1.27 D/S)
  • Brynlee Birney – SO – DS/L
    • 83 Digs (3.19 D/S), .929 RCV%
  • Morgan Kobe – SR – MB
    • 24 Blocks (0.96 B/S), 35 Kills (1.40 K/S), .353 ATK%, 10 Aces (0.40 SA/S)
• Team Notes:
  • Science & Arts is coming off a strong showing at the Philander Smith Classic in Little Rock, Ark. this past weekend as the Drovers went 4-0 with victories of Rust (Miss.), Jarvis Christian (Texas), Harris-Stowe (Mo.), and Philander Smith (Ark.), conceding just one set for the entire week.
  • The Drovers have been scoring in bunches, currently leading the SAC in points per set (16.3) while boasting the second-highest attack percentage (.216) in the league and are tallying the most service aces at 3.38 per set.
  • Junior outside Chloe Conover has spearheaded the MACU attack, notching 66 kills on a 2.54 per set average while hitting for a highly efficient .273 on the outside. Junior setter Ytzel Garcia has led the Drovers in the distribution efforts out of the 6-2 rotation with 5.69 assists per set and is one of the best in-service in the SAC at 0.88 aces per set. Senior middle blocker Morgan Kobe has been a shutdown middle blocker at the net, averaging 0.96 blocks per set while Brynlee Birney leads the back row efforts at 3.19 digs per set.
  • Mid-America Christian will be looking to avenge a tough loss at the USAO Fieldhouse last season, which ended up being the Drovers first ever win against MACU. In that match on Oct. 23, 2024, the Evangels lost three nail-biting sets to the Drovers with two of the sets being decided by just two points and one set by three. Despite the result, the Evangels still had three attackers finish with 10 or more kills, but could only muster a .159 hitting clip as a team in the defeat.