OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Volleyball team came away with a three-set victory on Tuesday night beating the Eagles for the 12th time in a row. 

Oklahoma City 3, Southwestern Christian 0

Set 1: 26-24
Set 2: 25-12
Set 3: 25-21

STAR OF THE SHOW: Rylee Steward gives OCU 11 kills on her third best hitting percentage of the season at .474 while posting four blocks 

Set 1
Oklahoma City found itself starting to heat up early on with four straight points to take a 6-3 lead after three errors by the Eagles and an ace by Joeci Hunt. Southwestern Christian battled its way back tying the match up at 11-11. Right when it looked like OCU was about to pull away after putting together a 7-0 run on four kills from four different Stars, SCU made its way back after a 5-2 run that cut the deficit to just two. Southwestern Christian stayed in the zone continuing to chip away and eventually tying things back up at 24 all. OCU found themselves with set point once again after an SCU service error followed up by Erin Mack delivering the set clinching kill to win 26-24.

Set 2
Southwestern Christian opened up the second set on a 6-1 run on two kills by Paige McGee and Brianna DeVries along with four errors by OCU. The tide began to turn as OCU rattled off nine straight points on four aces by Joeci Hunt who helped lead the Stars to a 10-6 advantage. Oklahoma City finished its 17-1 run by stringing together eight points in a row this time as Ruby Kelley and Rylee Steward added kills while Kelley also pitched in with two aces. OCU was able to close the book on the second set as Steward notched two more kills while Maddie Edwards spiked one at the end to close out the second set with a 25-12 victory. 

Set 3
Oklahoma City picked up right where they left off with a hot start to the third set opening with an 8-1 lead on three more kills by Kelley. Like OCU did in the second set, Southwestern Christian took its turn of scoring nine in a row as McGee was doing it all for the Eagles to bring her team back in the contest. With SCU leading 11-10, Oklahoma City took back the control with a 7-1 run on a pair of kills from Steward and aces by Jaiden Downey and Grace Smallwood. Once again Southwestern Christian refused to go away cutting the deficit to just one at 21-20 before OCU scored three straight before Steward put things to an end with one last kill that gave Oklahoma City a 25-21 win. 

Game Notes

• The win moves Oklahoma City back to .500 at 11-11 on the year with an 11-5 record in conference play. The Stars earn their fourth win over the last five games and move to 6-1 inside Abe Lemons Arena. 
• Oklahoma City set its season-high in aces with 13 on the night, making the third time in the last four meetings against SCU where the Stars have served 13 aces. 
• Ruby Kelley tied two game-high's of 11 kills and four blocks to go along with seven digs. 
• Joeci Hunt set a season-high of five aces with four of them coming in the second set during the Stars 9-0 run.
• Erin Mack posted a season-best of four blocks which tied a game-high with Kelley and Steward as Mack added three kills in the contest.
• Natalie Adams dished out 17 assists to go along with seven digs as Adams earned double-digit assists for the 21st time this season.
• Jaiden Downey saw her fourth straight match with double-digit assists with 12 on the night. 
• Oklahoma City earned its 12th straight victory over Southwestern Christian and completes the season-sweep over the Eagles with a pair of three-set victories this season. 
• The win moves the series record to 23-1 in favor of the Stars dating back to 2013. 

Up Next
Oklahoma City continues its home stand through the weekend as OCU will host Langston on Friday night at 6:00 PM. 

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