Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball faced a challenging opponent in Saturday's Homecoming contest in the Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles.
After the Coyotes won the first set 25-15, OKWU would come back and get the next three 25-19, 25-22, 25-23 for the win at Mabee Arena.
Oklahoma Wesleyan led 6-4 in the first set when the Coyotes got things going capping a 5-0 run to take a 9-6 lead on a kill by Campbell Bohling. The Coyotes would push the lead out to 15-9. KWU lead 19-15 when the Coyotes got things going again scoring the final six points of the set to win 25-15.
KWU continued the momentum of the first set to start the second rocketing out to a 7-1 lead after Avery Conner's kill. KWU led 8-3 when the Eagles scored the next five to tie things up at 8. OKWU pushed its lead out to 13-10 and another 4-0 spurt by the Eagles made it 18-12. KWU tried to rally but fell short in the attempt.
The third set was tied 4-4 when the Coyotes went on a 7-0 run to take an 11-4 lead. Back came OKWU scoring 10 of the next 11 points to take a 14-12 lead over the Coyotes. KWU tied it back up at 14 before OKWU took an 18-14 lead. OKWU led 24-19 in the set but the Coyotes scored the next three to get within two at 24-22, but OKWU would claim the set.
KWU led 15-9 in the fourth set after back-to-back kills by Conner and later led 17-11 before OKWU would get back within a point at 20-19. The Coyotes led 23-21 in the set on Blair Pennington's kill but OKWU would wrap up the match with four straight points.
Bohling had 18 kills to lead the Coyotes and added 16 digs. Blair Pennington had 22 assists and 12 digs and Giovanna Ishii had 20 assists. Tristyn Hedman had 29 digs to lead the Coyotes. Camryn Lewis had five assist blocks.