SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team continued their strong performance in the Great American Conference (GAC) with a convincing victory over Oklahoma Baptist, sweeping them in three sets with scores of 25-18, 25-13, and 25-15 Friday. The win improved Harding's overall record to 11-7 and maintained their perfect GAC record at 6-0.

Oklahoma Baptist falls to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in the GAC.

FIRST SET

With the first set tied at five, Harding went on a 12-4 run on five kills to lead 17-9. Harding had set point four times before it had a kill by Jacey Lambert to win the set 25-18. Harding had 13 kills in the set and forced Oklahoma Baptist to hitting -.030 with nine attack errors.

SECOND SET

Up 13-9 in the second set, Harding extended its lead to 22-10 after a 9-1 run on five kills. Leading 23-13, Harding had back-to-back kills to win the set 25-13. Harding had 19 kills in the set and hit .325.

THIRD SET

Trailing 7-6 in the third set, Harding went on a 9-0 run on six kills, three by Skyler McKinnon to lead 15-7. Up 21-15, Harding went on a 4-0 run to win the set 25-15. Harding had 12 kills and held Oklahoma Baptist to hitting .026 in the set.

STATS

Harding

-          Harding had 44 kills, 16 attack errors and hit .257 in the match.

-          Jacey Lambert and Logan Smith-Morgan led Harding with 10 kills. Smith-Morgan also had 12 digs for Harding.

-          Harding had 61 digs in the match and were led by Emma Winiger who had a match-high 16 digs.

Oklahoma Baptist

-          Oklahoma Baptist had 22 kills, 19 attack errors and hit .028 in the match.

-          Oklahoma Baptist was led by Jenna West who had eight kills.

-          Maci Langford led the defense with 12 digs.

UP NEXT

Harding will be back in action Saturday when it hosts Southern Nazarene at 2 p.m., at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House.