SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team fell to Southwestern Oklahoma 3-1 (28-26, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21) Saturday in Great American Conference action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.

It snapped a seven match winning streak.

Harding falls to 15-7 overall and 6-3 in the GAC.

Southwestern Oklahoma improves to 11-8 overall and 4-5 in the GAC.

FIRST SET

Trailing 9-6 in the first set, Southwestern Oklahoma went on a 9-2 run to lead 15-11. Trailing 23-17, Harding went on a 7-0 run to lead 24-23. The teams traded kills until the Bulldogs scored four of the next five points to win 28-26.

SECOND SET

Trailing 8-7 in the second set, Harding went on a 5-1 run to lead 12-9. The set stayed close until Southwestern Oklahoma went on a 7-1 run to lead 24-18. After back-to-back kills by Harding, the Bulldogs got a kill to win the set 25-20.

THIRD SET

Harding jumped out to 10-2 lead in the third set. Trailing 20-10, Southwestern Oklahoma went on a 11-2 run to pull within one, 22-21. Leading 23-22, a service error and an attack error gave Harding the set win 25-22.

FOURTH SET

Tied at two in the fourth set, Southwestern Oklahoma went on a 4-0 run to lead 6-2. Harding battled back to cut the lead to two, 13-11 but the Bulldogs went on to win the set 25-21.

STATS

Harding

-          Harding was led by Logan Smith who had 13 kills and 20 digs.

-          Libby Hinton captured a double-double with 12 kills and a season-high 11 blocks.

-          Amber Robin added 11 kills for Harding.

-          Katherine Cowart had 20 digs to lead the defense and Emma Winiger had 17 digs.

-          Sarah Morehead had 19 assists and 14 digs for the Lady Bisons.

-          Harding had 53 kills, 24 attack errors and hit .149 in the match.

Southwestern Oklahoma

-          Southwestern Oklahoma was led by Jenny Tackett who had 14 kills.

-          Emily Wood had 11 kills and 24 digs for the Bulldogs

-          Kaitlyn Dillion led the defense with 25 digs.

-          Southwestern Oklahoma had 61 kills, 26 attack errors and hit .166 in the match.

UP NEXT

Harding will be back in action Friday when it travels to Shawnee, Oklahoma to take on Oklahoma Baptist in GAC action at 6 p.m.