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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Volleyball defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State in straight sets (25-18, 25-23, 25-20) on Saturday to give the Dawgs the 3-0 sweep over the Savage Storm. The 3-0 victory marks the second series sweep the Bulldogs have collected this weekend.
The beginning of the first set saw both teams trading points up until the 9-9 mark. SWOSU scored six out of the next seven points to build a 15-10 lead that they used in their favor the rest of the set to stave off Savage Storm comebacks. SE got within three points at 20-17, but the Bulldogs answered with another run capped off by a
Kelsi Schmidtberger kill to take the opening set 25-18.
SWOSU trailed by as many as five in the second set in the early and middle stages, but inched their way back towards the Savage Storm before finally getting tied at the 19-19 mark. After giving up two-straight points, the Dawgs called a timeout looking to slow momentum. Out of the timeout, SWOSU took control courtesy of a
Kaitlyn Dillon service ace, an attack error on SE, and two
Carly Zak kills including the set-point slam that gave the Bulldogs the 25-23 set-two victory.
Southeastern fought hard with their backs against the wall down 2-0 in the match, battling the Bulldogs even up until 18-18 before SWOSU took control once again. Two
DeLayni Fine kills coupled with three Savage Storm errors allowed the Dawgs to get to match point 24-20 before Fine and Schmidtberger ended it with a duo block.
Zak led the offense with 11 kills, while
Jill Green had nine, Fine with eight, Schmidtberger at seven, and
Paige Holt rounded out the attack with six. Defensively, SWOSU held SE to a .172 hitting percentage, with Dillon's team-high 16 digs followed by Zak at 13 and
Lindsey McCauley's nine.
Kayla Hebert also collected 35 assists from the setter position.
"I'm happy with how our team came out and took care of business tonight against another quality conference team," SWOSU Head Coach
Josh Collins said after the match. "This is the time of year when we have to be playing out best and now we have two straight wins to build momentum as we close out the season."
The 3-0 victory caps off the season sweep over Southeastern after SWOSU defeated the Savage Storm in five sets back on September 30. The Dawgs will wrap up their five-game home stand against Southern Nazarene on Tuesday, November 8 before finishing the regular season Thursday (Nov. 10) in Alva against rival Northwestern Oklahoma State.
