GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Pirates had to win a total of nine games over the weekend to sweep the Southwestern Invitational, and after at 3-0 victory over a hard-hitting Wiley College team they did just that. With the win SU improves to 6-3 on the season.

The Wildcats were slow to start and SU took advantage, easily taking game one 25-11.

Game two was much more of a rivalry as teams traded points through 7-7. Wiley took a brief lead at 9-7 but the Pirates responded to bring the game even at 12 a piece. An ace by Ali Zein-Eldin (pictured, left) that fell just past the 10 foot line gave Southwestern the 13-12 lead and SU never looked back, winning 25-21 on a Wildcat service error.

The final game was a back and forth match to the end as there were five ties until a solo block by Lindsay Thompson (pictured, right) and a combined block by Thompson and Christina Nicholls got things rolling and gave Southwestern the 11-8 lead. The Pirates closed out the match with an explanation point on an kill by Audra Gentry, winning 25-22.

Southwestern opens conference action next weekend at their first West/Central Crossover held in San Antonio, Texas. Their first game will be September 18th at 12:00 pm against Millsaps.