The Lady Patriot Volleyball Team started slow in Saturday's Heartland Conference match with Newman, but found their grove the final three sets of the match to pick up their fourth straight victory. The 3-1 win over the Jets improved the Patriots record to 9-6 overall and 4-0 in conference play, while Newman fell to 4-14 and 0-4.

DBU fell behind by six points in the first set but battled their way back to tie the score at 23-23. However, the Jets used a couple of Lady Patriot errors and were able to take the first set 25-23, to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

Set two painted a different picture with the Lady Patriots finding their grove late in the set. With the scored tied 20-20, DBU went on a three-point run to give them a confidence boost. DBU then finished off the set to even up the match, 25-21.

The Lady Patriots riding their momentum from the second set started clicking on all cylinders in set three and four. DBU killed 19 balls and committed only three errors in a 25-14 win in set three, and then wrapped up the match in set four after they smashed 13 kills, which helped them win 25-16.

Junior Vickie Mundell had her best match of the season recording another triple double to her outstanding career as a Lady Patriot. Mundell finished the match with 38 assists, 10 kills, and 11 digs.

Senior Lauren Secord contributed with 13 kills and three blocks, while Senior Jessica Nix and Junior Lauren Zegeralli each had 10 kills. Junior Amanda Emmert continued her strong play on the back row, with 23 digs.

DBU will be in action again on September 30, 2008, when the play the University of Central Oklahoma at 7:00 in the Burg Center.