HOW IT HAPPENED
Dallas Christian College

• In the opening set, the first few points were evenly contested, but Nebraska Wesleyan rallied to take the lead at 8-4. The Black and Gold increased their lead to 13-6 thanks to a Nebraska Wesleyan run that was highlighted by Mackenzie Scurto's four kills. The Prairie Wolves won by a score of 25-16 thanks to a 19-7 kills advantage.
• With two aces from Kobie Patten in the second set, NWU surged out to an 8-0 lead. Addie Thomas and Nyah Chambers each had two kills as Nebraska Wesleyan continued to dominate on offense, giving the Prairie Wolves a 15-2 advantage. NWU grabbed set point at 24-11 and won the set, 25-11, on an ace by Erica Hopping.
• The Prairie Wolves exploded to a 17-6 lead in the third with multiple kills from Thomas, Taylor Holter, and Aliah Clarke. The Prairie Wolves ran away with the sweep winning the final set 25-11.

Schreiner University

• First set action on Saturday afternoon started off well for the Prairie Wolves, who quickly took a 5-3 lead thanks to kills from Thomas, Chambers, and Hopping. With the help of a kill from junior Shae Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan's lead reached as many as eight at 21-13. Schreiner persevered, scoring twice down the stretch and bring the score to 23-17, but NWU found a way to win it, giving the Prairie Wolves the 1-0 advantage over Schreiner. 
• The Prairie Wolves struck first and controlled Saturday's second set. Nebraska Wesleyan held Schreiner to 13 points in the set, embarking on an 8-0 run that featured kills from Scurto, Patten and Chambers to secure a striking 25-13 victory in set two that pushed it ahead 2-0 in the match.
• Nebraska Wesleyan never trailed in set number three. Scurto secured the Prairie Wolves' second sweep of the day with an ace. 25-18

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Dallas Christian College

• Addie Thomas: 11 kills, 15 digs, .310 H%, 2 block assists
• Kennady Klein: 17 digs, 4 assists, 1 service ace
• Nyah Chambers: 11 kills, .385 H%, 2 block assists

Schreiner University

• Addie Thomas: 15 kills, 11 digs, 2 service aces
• Erica Hopping: 31 assists, 5 kills, 3 digs
• Kobie Patten: 12 digs, 3 kills, 2 assists

HEAD COACH RAYNA CAIN'S COMMENTS

• "We did a nice job controlling our side of the net. The girls came out with great energy and came away with two wins."

UP NEXT

The American Rivers Conference battle between the Prairie Wolves and No. 23 Coe will take place next Friday, October 21, in Cedar Rapids, first serve is scheduled at 6:00 p.m.