WILBERFORCE, Ohio -- The Miles women's volleyball team entered Friday's Western Division Cluster knowing it had some work to do in order to get back into the race for a spot in next month's SIAC Championships.

While the Lady Bears did not get all they hoped for, they did snag one won in three matches that snapped a six-match skid and kept them moving towards their championships dreams. After starting the day with a straight set loss ot LeMoyne-Owen, Miles (4-11, 2-7 SIAC) earned a big four-set win over Central State before being swept by Lane. Seniors Skyler Johnson (21 kills, 17 digs) and Alexis Reed (13 kills) had their best outputs of the season while freshmen Tatiyana Thomas (57 assists, 22 digs) and Aniyah Robinson (15 kills, 15 digs) were solid performers during the three-match swing.

LeMoyne-Owen 3, Miles 0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-15)

Johnson had seven digs and seven kills and Thomas had 12 assists and six digs but the Lady Bears hit -.011 for the match and committed 14 service errors as the surprising Lady Magicians (9-5, 7-1 SIAC) rolled.

Miles 3, Central State 1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-18)

After dropping the first set, the Lady Bears roared back to finish off the Marauders (3-10, 3-4) and pick up their first win since opening the SIAC Crossover with a win over Paine. Thomas, a freshman, was superb, finishing with a double-double (21 assists, 10 digs) while also scoring well (4-2-7, .286). She spent a lot of time setting up Johnson, who had a season-high in kills (12-6-30, .200) while adding six assists, four digs, two service aces and a solo block. Robinson had eight kills, Shatesa Harris added seven kils and two blocks (one solo) and Alexis Reed had six kills. D'Nautica Johnson added a season-high 13 digs.

Lane 3, Miles 0 (29-27, 28-26, 25-11)

The final match of the day was a sweep but much closer than the final results showed as Miles went toe-to-toe with Lane (4-10, 4-5) in two tiebreakers before running out of steam in the third. In the opening set, the Lady Bears served for the set up 24-22 before falling and in the second set, served at 24-21 and 26-25 but could not finish off the Dragons. Johnson (eight kills) and Reed (six kills) led the attack. Thomas (24 assists, six digs, four blocks) and Harris (three kills, five blocks - one solo) came up big at the net.

Miles is back in action on Saturday as they battle Spring Hill and Kentucky State in the final day of the Western Cluster.