The Western Kentucky volleyball team used a strong defensive effort to put itself in position to defend the Conference USA Tournament championship.
Western Kentucky held Southern Mississippi to a .118 hitting percentage, sweeping the Golden Eagles 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-20) in the Conference USA Tournament semifinals on Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena.
WKU (29-3) earned its 22nd straight home win, 54th straight home victory in conference play, to advance to a fourth straight C-USA championship game.
The Lady Toppers used 6-0 runs in each of the first two sets to take the lead for good and go up 2-0 heading into set three.