YORK, Neb. - Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball ended a three-game skid on Wednesday night as the Coyotes swept the York University Panthers 25-17, 25-17, 25-22 inside the Freeman Center.
The first set was close with the Coyotes leading 7-6 when a kill by Madelyn Wolf started a 4-0 run to push the lead out to 11-6. KWU led 17-12 when KWU scored four straight again to take a 21-12 lead. KWU had set point at 24-15 and had to hold off two challenges from the Panthers before Kate Bebout's kill closed out the set.
York raced out to a 4-0 lead to start the second set but KWU got things going on a 6-0 run that turned a 5-2 deficit into an 8-5 lead. It was 15-13 when the Coyotes got two straight points and later used a 4-0 spurt to take a 22-15 lead in the set. York got two points before the Coyotes closed out the set with three straight.
KWU led 9-3 in the third set, but a 6-0 York run tied things up at 9. Kylee Harris stopped the York run with a kill after a KWU timeout, but the Panthers would score two to take a 11-10 lead. The advantage went back and forth several times and the set was tied at 22 when the Coyotes turned to senior Rylee Serpan for three straight kills to end the match.
Serpan led Coyotes with 13 kills and hit .556 in the match. The Coyotes hit an impressive .411 as a team. Wolf had 10 kills and Joey Pennington added 10 as well. Sara Bebout had 27 assists and Blair Pennington had 16. Kori Arnold had 16 digs and three service aces.