Box Score
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene set a school-record for most wins in a season as SNU swept Texas Wesleyan, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19), to score the 28
th win of the season.
The Crimson Storm (28-5) closed out the home season in style as
Ellen Martin led the way with 12 kills and eight digs all while hitting .500 (12-1-22). She also had two blocks.
Five Storm in all posted kills has Jamie hope had nine while
Kira Roberts and
Cortney Sheid each had seven. Hope also had four blocks while Roberts had three.
Kaylee Piatt notched 36 assists and was a dig short of a double-double with nine. She also had three blocks
Natalia Oliveira recorded a match-high 15 digs while
KateLyn Biddy followed up with 13 and
Emily Troup had 12.
Southern Nazarene hit .274 (45-13-117) on the night and recorded eight team blocks.
SNU battled back from being down 8-3 in the first set and used a 16-7 run started by a Roberts kill to lead 19-15. The Lady Rams got no closer than two points the rest of the set as SNU took a 1-0 lead.
The Storm hit .326 (18-3-46) in the second set, but once again faced an 8-3 deficit early. The Storm answered with a 7-2 run to tie it at 10. After four more ties, Roberts and Martin each had a hill to give the Storm a 17-15 lead. TWU but it to once twice and had it at 23-22 to force an SNU timeout. An Oliveira kill gave SNU set point and a Texas Wesleyan error gave the Storm the set and a 2-0 lead.
SNU again had to battle back from behind in the final set, but after Martin broke a 10-10 tie with a kill, it was all SNU from that point on. The Storm closed the set with a 15-9 run as SNU won its fifth straight match and 14
th out of its last 15.
The Crimson Storm will now focus on closing out the regular season. All that's left is the West Texas road trip. The first match is set for Friday, at Lubbock Christian, at 7 p.m.