DURANT, Okla. – The Southern Arkansas Lady Mulerider Volleyball team concluded play at the South Central Classic on Saturday afternoon after splitting the day's action which saw the program knock off Texas A&M International in four sets, before suffering a straight-sets loss to AVCA #21 Central Missouri.

In Saturday's opener, SAU relied heavily on its defense as the Lady Muleriders (2-4) collected a season-high 72 digs as a team with three players recording ten or more led by sophomore defensive specialist Whitney Brown's career-high 18 digs. Freshman right side hitter Morgan Gross also logged...