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THE RUNDOWN
ODESSA, Texas – Midwestern State pushed its winning streak to a season-best three matches Friday evening with a 3-0 victory over UT Permian Basin to earn the season sweep over the Falcons.
 
Midwestern State (11-12, 5-7 LSC) hit a match-best .321 percentage in the opening set, led by Aerielle Edward's four kills to take a 25-16 win and 1-0 lead in the match. The Mustangs grabbed an 11-4 lead to force a UT Permian Basin (6-16, 2-10 LSC) timeout after back-to-back service aces for Meghan Bettis. MSU stretched its lead to as many as 10 in the first frame after a pair of Christy Carruth aces and a Kristan Aduddell kill before going on to claim the opening set.
 
A 5-0 run early in the second set helped the Mustangs pull away and take a comfortable lead on the Falcons. Midwestern extended its advantage to 12-4 after an Addison Semer kill before the Falcons went on an 8-4 run to cut their deficit in half. Bettis prevented UTPB from pulling any closer, recording three of her six kills in the set down the stretch to propel the Mustangs to a 25-19 win in game two.
 
The Mustangs quickly erased an early three-point deficit in set three behind the block of Aduddell and Semer to go point-for-point with the Falcons for much of the first half of the game. MSU broke a 12-12 tie after three kills from Semer to take a 16-13 lead and force a UTPB timeout. The Falcons were unable to pull even with the Maroon and Gold late in the set, only coming within a couple of points on two occasions as the Mustangs recorded the 25-20 win for the sweep.

NOTES
*Aerielle Edwards led Midwestern State in kills for the 11th time this season with 11 kills while tying a career-high three service aces
*Sarah Garfield, Addison Semer and Meghan Bettis each added eight kills for the MSU offense
*Semer finished with a team-high .500 hitting percentage with just one attack error while Garfield hit .444 with no hitting errors
*Kristan Aduddell dished out 35 assists to pace the MSU offense
*Christy Carruth recorded three service aces for the second-straight match and the third time this season to tie a career high
*Carruth, Aduddell and Bettis each posted nine digs to lead the Mustangs
*Midwestern State finished with its sixth-highest hitting percentage of the season with a .257 clip while holding UT Permian Basin to a .095 percentage

STAT OF THE GAME
8 – Midwestern State tallied at least eight service aces for the eighth time this season
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State closes out the weekend with 1 p.m. matchup with West Texas A&M tomorrow at the WTAMU Fieldhouse in Canyon.