WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Southern Nazarene moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2008 with a 3-0 (252-20, 25-14, 26-24) win over Fort Lewis, but the opening streak came to a close with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-17) loss to Dallas Baptist in the final day of the Hampton Inn-vitational.
 
The Crimson Storm hit .265 (43-14-113) in the opening sweep against Ft. Lewis while holding the Skyhawks to just a .120 clip. SNU had two players hit .400 or better as Bailee Turang hit .467 (9-2-15) while Makenna Hunter hit .412 (8-1-17). Lexie Matthews finished the day with 11 kills, two blocks, five digs and an ace, while McKayla Benner had 10 dkill and three blocks.
 
Elyse Berlin dished out 35 assists and had eight digs to go with an ace and a block. Abbey Bell had match-high 14 digs while Hannah Davis and Turang each had 13.
 
The Storm had five team blocks and had 57 digs in the match.
 
In the second match, SNU was held to just a .037 clip as it had 28 errors.  
 
Benner had nine kills and two blocks to lead the way for SNU. Matthews also had seven kills.