A&M-Commerce 3, Ouachita Baptist 0
Arkadelphia, Ark
Records: A&M-Commerce (16-6), Ouachita Baptist (12-8)
Up Next: at Southeastern Okla. • Tuesday Oct. 29 7:00 p.m. • Durant, Okla.

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – A&M-Commerce swept Ouachita Baptist for the second time in 2013 on Saturday. The Lions have won eight straight over the Tigers dating back to the 2003 season.

Breanne Snyder led the Lions with 17 kills on the afternoon. Kayla Bond recorded 10 kills and led the Lions with a .450 hitting percentage. Amy Davault had eight kills and a team high 18 digs. Jordan Neal recorded another double-double with 42 assists and 11 digs. The 42 assists move Neal over the 4,000-assist plateau in her A&M-Commerce career. Michaela Spicer was second on the team with 15 digs in the match. 

A&M-Commerce won seven of the first eight points and set themselves up to control the set and forced Ouachita Baptist to play catch-up. OBU eventually cut the lead to one after a three point run but the Lions answered with four straight to get lead back to five at 18-13. A kill by Bond closed the first set win for the Lions at 25-16.

The two sides came out evenly in set two, splitting the first ten points. No team could build a lead and gain separation throughout the set. The Lions had set point at 24-22 but the Tigers scored three straight to get their own set point. The Lions then answered to tie the set at 25 and scored three of the next four to take set two, 28-26.

Set number three started like set two with teams going back and forth early. The Tigers got a 12-9 lead off a Lion attack error. A&M-Commerce then came back and eventually tied the set at 16. The Lions went on to win nine of the next thirteen points to complete the sweep, 25-20.

A&M-Commerce returns to the court next on Tuesday, October 29 at Southeastern Oklahoma. The Lions will get back into Lone Star Conference play on October 31st at the Field House versus Midwestern State.