CONWAY, Ark. – The William Woods University volleyball team swept Central Baptist College for their second conference win Friday evening. The 3-0 win brings the Owls to 2-1 in American Midwest Conference play and puts them at 5-11 overall.
 
The Owls won 25-11, 25-22, 25-20.
 
The team has an extremely short turnaround as they face Lyon College on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m.
 
By The Numbers
.200 – The Owls hit over .200 in each set and .248 as a team.
16 – Logan Finneran assisted in 16 Owls' kills.
14 – Tori Rosemann dug up a floor-high 14 attacks.
9 – The Owls put up an impressive nine blocks.
6 – Kassidy Phillips recorded a team-high six kills.
5 – Lauren Adams and Rhakala Blackmon each put down five kills.
4 – Logan Finneran, Lauren Adams and Rhakala Blackmon each finished with four blocks.
3 – Lauren Adams served a floor-high three aces.
 
 
How It Happened
The Owls opened the match with an 11-4 run. After a CBC timeout and point, the Owls blasted a 7-0 run to put up an 18-5 lead. CBC scored four in a row to hold the Owls at set point, but a kill from Riley Alton ended the set with a 25-11 win.
 
The Owls continued their momentum at the start of set two, jumping out to a 6-1 lead. CBC managed to close the gap and actually pull in the lead midway through, 15-14. After two lockups, two CBC errors, a block and a Lauren Hiestand ace put the Owls up by four, 22-18. A kill from Reanna Dodge ended the set, 25-22.
 
Set three's beginning looked similar to set two, but a 4-1 Owls' run gave them a five-point boost, 16-11. A 4-0 CBC run late in the set closed the gap to three points, but the Owls pulled out the win, 25-20.