ACU (8-9,3-2) took down Southern Utah (4-11,0-5) Thursday night in a 3-0 sweep. 

The Wildcats came into Thursday night following a 3-2 set win against California Baptist on Saturday and were looking to go above.500 in conference play. 

The Wildcats got out to an early 6-0 lead in the first set thanks to two kills from sophomore outside hitter Ashli Edmiston. The Wildcats would go on a four point streak late in the first set, including a kill from senior middle blocker Braden Bossier, to get the Wildcats up eleven. 

After a late rally from the Thunderbirds, the Wildcats would close out set one on a kill from graduate student middle blocker Hannah Knier and ACU would take set one 25-18.  

The Wildcats picked up right where they left off in set two, and took an early 8-3 lead including two aces from junior outside hitter Bryley Steinhilber and a kill from both Bossier and Edmiston. 

ACU would control the lead for the rest of the second set taking down the SUU 25-16 in set two. 

The Wildcats continued their dominance into the third set going on a 7-0 run to go up 12-4, thanks to two assists and two kills from freshman libero Abby Christian. Another five point stretch would allow the Wildcats to take set three 25-16, completing the sweep of Southern Utah. 

Steinhilber led the way with 11 kills, followed by Bossier with 10. Junior setter Madeline Guffy led with 29 assists, while freshmen middle blocker Hannah Gonzalez had three blocks. 

The Wildcats will take on Utah Tech at 1p.m. on Saturday at Moody Coliseum with the game streaming live on ESPN+