Southeast vs. Morehead Box Score

MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Southeast Missouri Redhawks volleyball team dropped a 3-2 (18-25,19-25,25-14,26-24,9-15) decision at Morehead State Friday evening. Southeast dropped the first two sets, but took the third and fourth frames to force a fifth and deciding set. 

“We responded well out of the intermission, and focused a lot of blocking, it helped us set up better offense and that helped us transition well,” said had coach Julie Folliard.
 
The Eagles (21-5, 16-1 OVC)  took the first frame 25-18. Morehead State got out to a hot start in the opening frame hitting .356. The Eagles also held the Redhawks to .205 hitting percentage.
 
The Redhawks (11-16, 9-7 OVC) and Eagles were tied at 10-10 halfway through the opening frame, but Morehead State used a five-point run to take the opening set.
 
Morehead State took the second frame from the Redhawks 25-19. Southeast had only nine kills in the second set hitting at a .161 clip, while the Eagles hit .213 with 17 kills.
 
The Redhawks got out to an 8-2 start in the third frame as the Redhawks only amassed two kills in that stretch as errors riddled the Eagles early as the Redhawks capitalized on the Eagles mistakes.
 
The Redhawks continued to put pressure on the Eagles and force errors as Southeast held Morehead State to -.093 hitting percentage as Southeast took the set in impressive fashion 25-14.
 
The Redhawks and Eagles played a balanced set in the fourth frame with each team exchanging blows through the whole frame. Neither team led by more than three in the frame with the Eagles controlling most of the action.
 
The Redhawks made a late run in the fourth set as Southeast took the frame 26-24 and tied the match at 2-2.  The late run was highlighted by a pair of kills from Brittney Kalinoski and a pair of errors by the Eagles to win the set.
 
The Redhawks found themselves down 6-2 in the fifth set. Southeast would battle back to tie the set at 8-8, but that was the as close the Redhawks would get as Southeast fell 15-9 in the set and 3-2 in the match
 
The Redhawks were led by sophomore Emily Coon who recorded 15 kills on the night while hitting at a .371 clip. Coon also added 10 blocks on the night for Southeast tying here career-high.

“Coon did a great job, she made Morehead State work hard from end to end and she did a great job of putting balls away offensively as well,” said Folliard.
 
Sophomore Colleen Yarber added 11 kills for Southeast. Setter Julie Shives was a table setter for the Redhawks once again with 35 assists and a team-high 17 digs.
 
The Redhawks will be in action tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m., CT. at Eastern Kentucky.