WEATHERFORD, Okla. — Six times this year, Southern Nazarene has gone the full distance in five sets and for the fifth time this year, SNU came out on top with a 3-2 (25-18, 21-25, 25-16, 23-25, 19-17) win.
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The Crimson Storm (16-7, 8-3 GAC) moved to 5-1 on the year in five-set matches and took the season sweep from the Bulldogs (7-12, 5-7 GAC).
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Kaylee Piatt notched her second 50-assist match of the year and was just two kills away from a triple-double as she had 16 digs and eight kills. She also had two aces and a block.
Emily Dick had two career-highs with 16 kills and 16 digs for her first double-double of the season. She also hit .250 and had seven blocks.
Emilee Crawford had 12 kills and seven digs to go with a block while
Courtney Bowie and
Lexie Matthews each had nine kills. Matthews had eight digs while Bowie had seven blocks.
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Abbey Bell had 27 digs and an ace while
Dani Chase had 12 digs and three aces.
Elyse Berlin also had nine digs.
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SNU as a team was out blocked for just the third time this season, and for the second time it came against SWOSU. The Storm had 10 blocks while the Bulldogs had 11. Southern Nazarene though had 103 digs compared to Southwestern's 85.