FORT WORTH, Texas – One month after a lopsided loss to Texas Woman’s University in Denton, the Lady Rams got a chance to redeem themselves, and made the most of it. Playing in front of a rowdy home crowd of over 150, the Lady Rams simply overpowered the Pioneers, sweeping three games (30-22, 30-27, 30-25) in less than 90 minutes. It was a marked turnaround from the last meeting between these two teams, which the Pioneers won in four games.

“The service game was the difference this time,” said Wesleyan assistant coach Debi Zuffinetti. “When we played them up in Denton, we were out of sync. Tonight, we were serving extremely well and did an even better job of receiving their serves. We controlled the tempo of each game.”

Senior Leighann Krey led the Lady Rams with 14 kills and a .241 hitting percentage. She also led in digs (15) and aces (2). Cortney Johansen tossed up 43 assists (14.3 per game) and added 12 digs, and Tiffany Porterfield and Rachel Loftin led the squad with 4 blocks apiece. Allyson Gaudi had 13 digs for the Lady Rams as well.

For the visiting Pioneers, April Hollub led with 8 kills and 3 blocks, Heather Smith had 9 digs, and Sheri Hughes added 14 assists. Fort Worth native Melanie Pabalate led Texas Woman’s University with 3 aces.

Wesleyan, who last week clinched the Red River Conference Western Division crown, has one game remaining in the regular season. They play Southwestern Assemblies of God at 7:00 PM next Tuesday in the Sid Richardson Gymnasium. The post-season begins on November 15. Game times and locations will be made available once the regular season ends.