THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Volleyball reached a season high five match winning streak after defeating, the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm in four set, 3-1. Leading the way for the Lady Patriots was Madeline Dolberry with 10 kills and Kaycie Bird with 23 assists. Lauren Nicks had a match  high 22 digs.

In the first set of the evening, DBU jumped out to an early 3-0 lead against SOSU. As the set continued, the Lady Patriots advantage would start to lessen as the Savage Storm closed in by only one point trailing, 11-10. Behind kills from Brooke Manley and Cooper Martin, DBU scored five of the next seven points to go up 16-12. Late into the set with a 19-16 lead, the Lady Patriots pulled out a quartet of kills by Madeline Dolberry, Sidnee Jo Fitzpatrick, and Martin to increase their advantage to 23-16 and ultimately win the set, 25-16, taking a 1-0 match lead.

SOSU engineered a 7-3 lead, which quickly faded in the second set. DBU responded by scoring four straight points to tie up the set 7-7. Through action, DBU would take advantage of errors by SOSU, which gave them their first lead of the set and go up 13-10. SOSU regained the lead scoring the next four points, 14-13, which DBU later tied making the score 14-14. The two teams played closely as play entered extra points. With the score knotted at 24-24, a key mistake by the Lady Patriots and a service ace sealed the second set for SOSU winning 26-24, tying the match 1-1.     

Falling behind early in the third set, the Lady Patriots trailed the Savage Storm, 6-3. DBU scored four of the next six points, to close the gap only trailing by one point, 8-7. After the DBU rally, OPSU made a rally of their own scoring seven of the next nine points to establish a firm 15-9 lead mid-set. Down but not out, the Lady Patriots exploded on offense scoring ten of the next 11 points to control the set 19-16. The Savage Storm would not go away easily tying the set, 23-23 late, but back to back kills by Carly Hess and Manley would halt SOSU as DBU claimed the third 25-23, taking a 2-1 set lead.

The Lady Patriots came out scorching in the fourth! With the score tied 2-2, kills by Dolberry, Fitzpatrick, and Jenna Elkins would ignite a run that saw DBU score ten of the next 12 points, going ahead 12-4. As the fourth set continued it wold be all Lady Patriots, all the time, with SOSU never posing a threat. The Lady Patriots breezed in the fourth set to a 25-12 win, notching a 3-1 match win.

COACH'S QUOTE 
"The girls started so adjust as the game progressed. They picked up their intensity to finish the match. Madeline had a great game coming out strong." - Coach Cathy Kokel

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 
.500 Match high hitting percentage registered by Dolberry.
12    Number of block assists registered by DBU to SOSU's 6.
11    Number of service aces registered by DBU.
5     Number of Lady Patriots registering at least 2 service aces (Dolberry, Nicks, Bird, Manley, Hannah Hester).

WHAT'S NEXT
DBU returns to the Burg Center to face, the Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies on October 15. The match is set to begin at 7 pm.