WILSON, N.C. - The Southern Wesleyan Warriors took down the Barton Bulldogs 3-1 on Friday night, continuing their winning ways. With the win, the Warriors move to 9-4 on the season and a perfect 4-0 in Conference Carolinas after winning four consecutive matches. The Bulldogs fall to 5-7 and 1-2 in conference play. The loss in set two in tonight's matchup was the first set the Warriors have lost in confererence play, having defeated Limestone, King and Lees-McRae all by 3-0 scores.

Senior hitter Sarah Hughey and sophomore Paige O'Connor continue to pace the Warrior offensive attack. Hughey led both teams with 22 kills while O'Connor added 16 in the win. Senior setter Megan Widener contributed 46 assists and junior Milica Stamenic, the team's primary libero, added an impressive 26 digs. Southern Wesleyan never hit below .21% as a team (second set), while never allowing Barton to hit above .25%. 

The Warriors took set one 25-20 before the Bulldogs took the second set, 25-23. Southern Wesleyan didn't allow the Barton momentum to continue and stormed back to take sets three and four 25-19 and 25-15 to clinch the match. 

"I'm really proud of the team for the win tonight," said head coach Julia Reininga. "Barton isn't any easy place to play but we blocked everything out and just stuck to our game plan and played our game. I have to give a lot of credit to Milica for her great night, as a lot of her digs set us up for point. Meg (Widener), Sarah (Hughey) and Paige all played very well too. We have to keep the momentum rolling tomorrow against Mt. Olive."

Reininga and the Warriors face the Trojans Saturday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m.