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THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Texas Woman's held Midwestern State to its second-lowest hitting percentage of the season with a .041 clip as the Pioneers earned a 3-0 sweep over the Mustangs Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
Sara Oxford led Texas Woman's (8-17, 4-12 LSC) to a 25-17 opening set win after putting down four of TWU's 10 kills in the frame. A 5-1 run for the Pioneers forced a Midwestern State (11-17, 5-11 LSC) timeout after TWU pulled away to grab a 15-10 lead. The Pioneers extended their lead to as many as nine down the stretch before claiming the win to go in front 1-0 in the match.
 
TWU jumped out to an 8-4 advantage after an Oxford kill before a 5-1 run by the Mustangs evened the set up at nine apiece following an ace for Kristan Aduddell. The Pioneers began to pull away midway through the set with a 7-2 spurt to take a 16-11 lead. Midwestern came back within three following a TWU attack error, but the Pioneers answered with a block and back-to-back kills from Oxford to extend their lead back out to five. A TWU hitting error and an Aduddell kill fended off a pair of TWU set points before Courtney Noel put down a kill to give the Pioneers a 25-22 victory.
 
TWU was able to pull out a close third set at 25-23 despite 10 hitting errors and a -.029 attacking clip. The Pioneers went in front early with a 6-0 run to force an MSU timeout. The Mustangs crept back within two points following an ace for Sarah Glawe before TWU answered the MSU run to stretch the score back to five at 22-17. Following an MSU timeout, four attacking errors for the Pioneers helped the Mustangs pull within a point at 23-22 before a kill for Anna McGee gave TWU set point. Aerielle Edwards answered on the ensuing play, but McGee held off MSU with a kill to claim the sweep.

NOTES
*Aerielle Edwards and Sarah Garfield each tallied eight kills apiece to lead Midwestern State
*Christy Carruth led the Mustangs defense with 18 digs, her second-highest total of the season after recording a career-best 24 digs against Southern Nazarene last weekend
*Edwards and Garfield also finished with double-digit digs with 10

STAT OF THE GAME
.100 – Midwestern State was held below a .100 hitting percentage for the fourth time in the last five matches

UP NEXT
Midwestern State next travels to Stephenville to take on Tarleton State in a 6 p.m. matchup Friday at Wisdom Gym.