Women's Basketball: Owls beat Missouri Baptist

The William Woods women's basketball team secured a No. 3 seed in the American Midwest Conference with a 63-43 defeat of Missouri Baptist on Saturday.

Kennedy Volkart (Russellville High School) pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds for William Woods. Volkart also scored eight points, tied for third-most among Owls.

Volkart secured seven of her rebounds in the first half, and William Woods held a 28-18 rebounding advantage in the half, which ended with Owls up 36-14.

William Woods earned a first-round bye in the AMC Tournament and will play at 7 p.m. Wednesday against the winner of Monday's game between No. 6 Park and No. 11 St. Louis College of Pharmacy.