WICHITA, Kan. – Megan Taflinger posted a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs, and Brooke Smith added a career-high nine block assists to lift the Wichita State volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over American Athletic Conference West Division preseason favorite SMU Friday, Feb. 26, at Charles Koch Arena in the annual Pink Match for breast cancer awareness. The set scores were 22-25, 25-18, 25-19 and 25-19.
 
With the win, Wichita State improves to 8-0 on the season and 3-0 in conference action.
 
Senior Emma Wright tallied a career-high four service aces and also had five block assists, while redshirt sophomore Brylee Kelly tied her career-high with eight block assists, and sophomore Sinalauli'i Uluave had a match-high 21 digs. Senior McKayla Wuensch chipped-in with a team-high 25 assists, respectively.
 
The Shockers outhit the Mustangs (4-3, 0-3 American) in the match, .224 to .107, and bested SMU in kills (50-46), assists (50-38), aces (8-6), digs (67-62) and blocks (14-10).
 
Hannah Jacobs had 12 kills, and Lily Heim added 33 assists and a pair of service aces, pacing SMU in the contest.
 
WSU and SMU are scheduled to face each other one more time in Wichita Saturday, Feb. 27, at noon.