WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Volleyball team picked up their third consecutive victory on Thursday evening with a straight-set victory over Southern Nazarene at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center.
The Bulldogs won the match by set scores of 25-16, 25-19, 25-22 and they had the edge across the stat sheet and held SNU to just 37 kills and an attack percentage of .197 on the night, which included just eight kills in the first set. SWOSU hit .362 for the match with six players combining for 49 kills and just seven attack errors.
Samantha Kuzma and
Chezney Nielsen led the way offensively with 13 kills apiece and just one attack error between them. Kuzma had the fourth-highest attack percentage in school history for a single match, hitting .619 with 13 kills on 21 swings without an error while Nielsen finished with a double-double after also garnering team-high honors with 13 digs.
Emma Cohalla and
Taryn Galt had eight kills apiece and
Lacy Mott added six.
"Our players played hungry and played for each other tonight against a really well-coached team," SWOSU Head Coach
Josh Collins said following the match. "Offensively, we have been pretty consistent but tonight we played better defense and were very competitive in the serve and pass game. Now we have to prove that we can do it night in and night out."
SWOSU Volleyball has six matches remaining in the 2021 spring schedule, the next of which comes on Wednesday, March 10th, at East Central.