MSU beats Southwestern Oklahoma 3-1
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MSU beats Southwestern Oklahoma 3-1

  • 25 October 2006
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas - The Midwestern State University Mustangs closed their 2006 home season on a positive note, defeating Southwestern Oklahoma State 3-1 in Lone Star Conference North play at Gerald Stockton Court in D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

MSU (15-14, 5-7 LSC North) took the match 27-30, 30-21, 30-21, 30-22 to close LSC North action as well.

Southwestern
Oklahoma
State
(10-22, 2-9) goes to Texas Woman's University on Saturday to end its season.

It took Midwestern a game before they got on track. After allowing SWOSU to win game one and tie the second game at 1-1, sophomore Katie Guehler of The Colony stepped up to serve eight straight points and MSU never trailed again the rest of the match.

Sophomore Shay Velasquez of Amarillo/River Road, led the MSU attack with 15 kills, while sophomore Whitney Maxwell of Mabank and redshirt freshman Jessica Ransom of Wichita Falls High each collected 10 kills. Ransom hit .381 to lead MSU, while Maxwell hit .364 for the match and recorded six blocks.

Junior Krissa Johnson of

Denver
City
led MSU with seven blocks on the night, as sophomore setter Allison Schreiber of Windthorst posted 49 assists.

Southwestern was led by the trio of Kasandra Gurtner, Paula Harry and Tennessee Brown who each recorded 10 kills.

Midwestern
State
closes the season with a non-conference match on the road Saturday, traveling to
Bethany
,
Okla.
, to face Southern Nazarene in a 3 p.m. contest.

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