Volleyball Rallies By MSU

November 5, 2009

WEATHERFORD, Okla. - Southwestern Oklahoma State University fashioned itself a spirited rally and came back to capture a 3-2 victory over visiting Midwestern State Thursday in Weatherford. The Bulldogs won by scores of 25-14, 14-25, 15-25, 25-22, 20-18.

SWOSU, now 6-27 and 3-7 in Lone Star Conference play, will close out its season Saturday against Cameron University at 7 p.m. MSU dropped to 10-23 and 6-6 in league play.

Jennifer Naramore and Emily Walter finished with 15 kills and were instrumental in bringing the Bulldogs back from the brink. SWOSU was in danger of being closed out in the fourth game as the Mustangs were four points from the match leading 22-20. SWOSU then scored the next five points with Whitney Lang delivering two kills in the stretch including the game winner at 25-22.

SWOSU again found itself in grave danger in the fifth trailing at one point 11-7. The Bulldogs answered back and had it tied at 11-11 and were the first one to match point leading 14-13. SWOSU misfired on a service and MSU had three consecutive match points but were not able to break through against the Bulldog defense. SWOSU closed it out at 20-18 as the Mustangs hit into two consecutive attack errors.

SWOSU hit just .062 as a team with 51 kills against 40 errors in 176 attacks but made up for it with their scrappy style of defense. Kayla Bader had 20 and Tara Gibby added 15 for the Bulldogs who ended with 62 digs.