Box Score

BETHANY, Okla. — Taylor Jacobs hit at a .769 clip and led Southern Nazarene with 10 kills as SNU swept Mid-America Christian, 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-10) Tuesday night inside the Sawyer Center.

Jacobs was the only player for the Crimson Storm (16-4, 3-1 SAC) in double-figure kills as eight different players recorded a kill. The sophomore had 10 kills on 13 attempts and did not have an error. Natalia Oliveira had nine kills while Ellen Martin had eight. Martin hit .312 (8-3-16) on the night had nearly had a double-double with 10 digs. Oliveira was one dig behind Martin with nine while KateLyn biddy had seven.

Kaylee Piatt dished out a match-high 31 assists to go with her two aces and four blocks.

SNU totaled five blocks and out dug the Lady Evangels (2-11, 0-4 SAC) 43-32 and held MACU to a -.049 hitting percentage.

The Storm scored the first four points of the match and were off and running. MACU closed it to three points on a few different occasions with the final time coming at 19-16. A handful of errors and two Martin kills late in the set helped the Storm out to a 1-0 match lead. SNU hit .353 (18-6-34) in the second set and just like the first, it scored the first four points. The Storm led 7-3 before it got behind the serve of Jacobs who held sever for nine straight points as SNU took its biggest lead of the set at 17-3. The Lady Evagels cut the lead down to 23-13 before the Storm got an error and an Oliveira kill to put the set away.

Southern Nazarene put the foot down in the final set after MACU got within four at 12-8. A Kira Roberts kill sparked a 13-2 run as SNU used just over an hour to pull off the win.

The Crimson Storm will step outside of conference play again, Thursday, when they host Oklahoma Wesleyan for a 7 p.m. contest.