By Megan Maharry
Sports Editor
The Lady Ranger volleyball team ended their three-game road trip with a loss to Southern Nazarene University. It was a straight three set loss. In the first set, both teams came out swinging in a back-and-forth battle. Neither team could seem to get ahold of the lead.Tied at 20 all, the Crimson Storm quickly went up 21-24 and it looked as if they would take the match right then. However, the Lady Rangers battled back to make it a 25-25 game. An attack error on the Lady Rangers stunned some of their momentum, and SNU took the set 25-27.
The second set looked to be a turnaround for the Lady Rangers as they grabbed an early 6-1 lead, forcing SNU to take a timeout. The Lady Rangers held their lead until halfway through the second set when SNU tied the set at 14 all.
SNU then quickly took the lead and never looked back as they cruised to a 19-25 set win. The final set of the match was a nail biter, as the Lady Rangers refused to be shut out. The set was tied 22-22 before SNU drove in the final points to take the set victory, 23-25, thus earning the sweep.
Brooklynn Hesson and Hannah Williams both lead the team with four kills in the third set.Williams finished with a team-high 12 kills and Kiauna Clark posted 10 kills throughout the match.
With the end of their season drawing near, the Lady Rangers return home to face Oklahoma Baptist University on Oct. 25.