ALVA, Okla. — Tuesday was about as smooth and efficient as it gets for a road match for Southern Nazarene in a  3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) sweep of Northwestern Oklahoma State.
 
The Crimson Storm (7-5, 3-1 GAC) notched their second straight sweep and have won three of their last four to open Great American Conference play.
 
McKayla Benner, Courtney Bowie and Lexie Matthews accounted for over half of SNU's points. Benner and Bowie each had eight kills while Matthews had 10. Benner added three blocks and an ace while Bowie had four blocks. Elyse Berlin added 34 assists and seven digs while Abbey Bell had 17 digs and Bailee Turang had 12. Turang also served a pair of aces.
 
SNU kept hitting better as the night went on. The Storm hit .217 in the first set before it notched a .282 clip in the second. Southern Nazarene then closed out the final set with a .343 attacking percentage to finalize a .275 (44-11-120) clip for the night. SNU got out dug for just the fourth time this season, and first in the GAC, as the Rangers (2-14, 1-2 GAC) had 63 digs compared to 59 for the Storm. SNU though had six blocks and NWOSU had just four.
 
Southern Nazarene trailed by as much as four in the opening set and were down 12-8 when it went on a 6-0 run, capped by a Bowie kill, to lead 14-12. The Rangers tied it up later at 18-18, but a Berlin kill sparked a 7-2 run to close the set as SNU took a 1-0 lead.
 
The Storm never trailed in the second set with three blocks coming in the set while Matthews and Benner each had four kills to push SNU to a 2-0 lead heading into the break. In the final set, a Northwestern service error broke a 7-7 tie and started an 8-1 run to give SNU a 15-8 lead and the Storm cruised from there.