WICHITA - Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball closed out the regular season with a sweep of the Friends Falcons 25-21, 25-17, 25-21 on Saturday at the Garvey Center.
The win gives the Coyotes a berth into the KCAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed and a meeting with No. 10 ranked and KCAC No. 1 seed McPherson on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in McPherson in the quarterfinals.
KWU had to bounce back from a 7-5 deficit in the first set, scoring three straight points to take an 8-7 lead. Friends tied it and then used a 6-1 run to take a 13-9 lead. The Coyotes trailed 16-11 when things turned in favor of KWU. KWU scored five straight points to tie the set at 16 and would push the run out to 11-2 to take a 21-18 lead. Friends got within two at 23-21 before the Coyotes scored the final two to win the set.
The Coyotes raced out to an 8-1 lead in the second set and never let Friends get closer than four the rest of the way. KWU led 12-8 when the Coyotes scored three straight to lead 15-8. Friends responded with three of its own but a 4-0 KWU run followed making it 19-11. It was 21-17 when the Coyotes scored the last four on a kill by Avery Conner, an ace by Harley Ludacka and back-to-back Campbell Bohling kills.
Wesleyan had to rally in the third set. The Coyotes trailed 12-7 but used an 8-2 run to take a 15-14 lead. It was tied at 16 when the Coyotes scored twice on Bohling kills. Friends answered back to tie it at 18. A 5-1 KWU run made it 23-19 Coyotes. Ryan Pennington's kill finished the match.