BETHANY, Texas. - The Texas Wesleyan volleyball team swept a pair of matches against Mid America Nazarene, 3-0, and tournament host Southern Nazarene, 3-1.

     The Lady Rams (15-3) swept Mid America Nazarene, 30-24, 30-14, 30-21, early Saturday morning.

     Texas Wesleyan took the opening two games on the strength of a team hitting percentage of .317 in game one and .440 in game two. The Lady Rams closed out the match in game three hitting .237 as a team.

     Junior Tiffany Porterfield led Texas Wesleyan with 13 kills, while junior Nicky Davis chipped in 11. Junior Cortney Johansen dished out 31 assists and sophomore Susan Taylor produced 10 digs, while sophomore Allyson Gaudi and junior Kat Williams added eight kills apiece.

     In the last match of the day, Texas Wesleyan took out tournament-host Southern Nazarene in four games, 30-27, 30-24, 23-30, 30-26.

     Sophomore Rachel Loftin led the Lady Rams with 21 kills, while Davis, Porterfield and freshman Sara Southerland all tallied 12 kills apiece. Johansen was at it again as she dished out 53 assists and also had four blocks.

     Taylor led the Lady Rams again with 22 digs and Gaudi finished with 16 digs.

     With the victory, Texas Wesleyan finished the tournament in second place.

     Texas Wesleyan returns to action Friday when they host conference foes Wiley College at 1 p.m. and Bacone College at 7 p.m.