BETHANY, Okla. — McKayla Benner had 11 kills and hit .241 for Southern Nazarene in a 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 27-25) loss to Oklahoma Baptist Thursday night.
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The Crimson Storm (5-9, 1-2 GAC) dropped its fourth straight match and its 11
th straight to the Lady Bison (8-7, 3-0 GAC) who hit .230 on the night.
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McKenna Qualls had nine kills, 10 digs and two blocks as the Storm as a team had three.
Elyse Berlin had 29 assists to go with 13 digs and a block.
Abbey Bell finished with a team-high 22 digs while
Kaitlyn Vought had 11.
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There were nine ties in the first set with the final one coming at 17-17. OBU's Denise Coroiescu, who finished with a match-high 12 kills, broke the tie with a kill and sent the Bison on an 8-1 run to take the opening set. Oklahoma Baptist led from start to finish in the second set to take a 2-0 lead, but SNU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third set. The Storm led by as much as four on a number of occasions and never gave up the lead until the Bison broke the 16
th tie of the match, at 25-25, with a kill to lead 26-25. OBU then took advantage of an SNU error for the final point.