EDMOND, Okla. – (HTML Stats) Oklahoma Baptist swept Southwest Baptist 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-14) Friday morning at the GAC/MIAA Crossover.
The Lady Bison (5-5) improved to .500 on the season with the victory at Hamilton Field House. As a team, OBU finished with a .180 attack percentage but limited the Bearcats (0-9) to a meager .103 percentage, including a negative-0.040 mark in the third set.
OBU never trailed in the opening set of the match and owned a 24-19 lead before SBU won four straight points to pull the match within one point. Mikayla Watson closed the book on the set with a kill that was assisted by Hayden Blair.
Following a sluggish start to the second set, the Lady Bison trailed the Bearcats 5-10. An 11-2 run put OBU on the high side for good as Watson again closed out the set with a kill.
Set three belonged to the Lady Bison following the first point. Southwest Baptist won the opening point of the final set but OBU responded with a 14-3 explosion that gave the Lady Bison a double-digit lead at 14-4. The margin was expanded to as large as 12 points as OBU rolled to an 11-point victory.
Freshman Malia Leatherland paced the team with 12 kills and Watson added 11 kills and eight digs. Blair finished with 22 assists and libero Suzanny Figueiredo picked up 13 digs. OBU picked up just three blocks as a team with Nicole Fleitman accounting for 1.5 blocks by herself.
A tough test awaits the Lady Bison tonight as they will face No. 13 Central Oklahoma in a true road match at 6 p.m.
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