Oklahoma City University Athletics

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City celebrated Senior Day with a 3-0 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State, 25-15, 25-20, 25-20 on Saturday.
 
Before the match, OCU honored graduating seniors Biljana Milosevic, Layla Olvera and Natalie Adams. Adams hit a career milestone with her 3000^th assist.
 
The Stars used a 6-0 run in the first set to pull away, getting two kills each by Kacie Townsend and Bailey Lowder to establish a 13-5 lead. OCU led by as many as 10 points in the set and won it on a service error.
 
OCU trailed by three points on two occasions in the second set but took the lead for good on a 3-0 run, featuring kills by Townsend and Amber Jones. Adams ended the set with a kill.
 
Jones scored a pair of kills as OCU opened the third set on a 4-0 spree. After OPSU tied the game at 8-8, Maddie Edwards had two kills in a 5-0 run to hand the Stars the lead for good. The Stars led by as many as seven points before Grace Smallwood put the game on ice with a kill.
 
Townsend led the Stars with 11 kills and Jones ended with 10. Adams had 31 assists. Summer Clark had a pair of aces.
 
Smallwood led the defense with 19 digs, followed by Joeci Hunt with 15 and Clark with 14.
 
Now 18-8 overall and 12-8 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, the Stars visit Mid-America Christian on Friday and finish the regular season Saturday at USAO.