WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Volleyball couldn't get anything going at home against Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday evening, falling in three sets to the Bison. The loss snaps a 19-game home win streak that dated back to the spring of '21 COVID season.
 
OBU completes the regular season sweep of the Dawgs with the win having also beaten SWOSU 3-1 back exactly a month ago in Shawnee.
 
SWOSU moves to 12-11 and 8-4 in conference play. They remain in third place in the GAC standings.
 
The second place Bison controlled the first two sets to put the Bulldogs in a deep hole.
 
SWOSU played OBU tight in the beginning stages of the opening set, but after the 11-11 mark the Bison began to pull away. Six out of the next seven points went to the visitors and they closed out set one from there.
 
In the second, OBU hit a match high .385 and nearly led the entire way through.
 
With their backs against the wall, SWOSU fought back in the third set behind the energy of Carmen Kinsey. She had three kills and three blocks to try to will the Dawgs to a fourth set, but with the Bulldogs up 21-20 after completing a comeback down 18-11, OBU scored the next five points to end it.
 
Kinsey finished with seven kills in the match, bested only by her partner in the middle Zoey Sparks who had eight.
 
Final numbers showed SWOSU with a .084 hitting percentage compared to OBU's .206. The Bison hurt the Bulldogs on the service line, finishing with nine aces in the match. SWOSU finished with 7.0 blocks (3s-8a) but OBU edged them with 10 (5s-10a).
 
With four regular season matches remaining, SWOSU will look to finish strong heading into the postseason. Up next will be Southeastern, next Tuesday, at home.
 
From there, SWOSU travels to East Central (10/27) and Northwestern (11/1) before closing out the schedule at home against Southern Nazarene (11/3).