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Lady Toppers take 3-1 decision from host North Texas

Western Kentucky’s volleyball team turned in a four-set win Friday night at North Texas to extend its winning streak to 21 straight matches.

WKU’s Paige Briggs delivered a 21-kill, 11-dig performance while Lauren Matthews racked up 19 kills and seven blocks as the No. 22-ranked Lady Toppers improved to 25-1 overall and 11-0 in Conference USA with a 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-11, 25-19) victory over the Mean Green (15-9, 9-3 C-USA).

“I really saw some grit out of our team tonight,” coach Travis Hudson said in a news release. “North Texas responded in the second set as we knew they would.