BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene found the groove for second straight night as it pulled off another sweep, but got this one in conference play over Southern Arkansas, 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-14).
 
The Crimson Storm (10-8, 5-3 GAC) were just a half block short of tying a season-high as they had 9.5 on the night. Courtney Bowie and Kaitlyn Vought each had four blocks while Bowie had 11 kills and hit .417. Vought also had 10 digs and six kills, McKayla Benner had two blocks to go with nine kills and a .389 hitting percentage. Elyse Berlin finished with 30 assists and 11 digs as she added a block and an aces as well.
 
McKenna Qualls had three of SNU's four aces and got into a big serving run in the third set. Abbey Bell finished with 15 digs while Bailee Turang had 11 digs.
 
SNU hit .248 (40-12-113) on the day and had 63 digs. It held the Muleriders (7-14, 2-6 GAC) to jut a .061 clip and one block.
 
The Storm hit .175 in the first set with just four errors. Both teams went back and fourth in the first set as there were eight ties and neither team had a lead greater than four. SNU had a 19-15 when Southern Arkansas went on a 6-2 run to tie the set at 21. The Storm finished the set on a 4-2 run to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Bowie had a set high five kills.
 
The Muleriders jumped off to an early 2-0 lead in the second set, the only lead they would have the entire set. The Storm went on a 9-2 run capped by a Bowie kill to give SNU a 9-4 lead. SAU went on a 5-3 run to bring the set to 12-9, but that was the closest the Muleriders got to the Storm the rest of the set. SNU finished the set on a 13-9 run capped by a Vought kill.
 
It was all Storm in the final set. SNU jumped out to a 14-7 lead when Qualls stepped behind the line and helped the Storm rattle off six straight to lead 20-7 and SNU cruised from there.