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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri volleyball team earned a 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-13) comeback victory over Belmont Friday evening at Houck Field House. It was the first meeting between the respective schools as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
 
“I was very proud of our composer tonight after being down,” said head coach Julie Folliard. “In pressure situations we hit aggressively and that lifted us tonight.”
 
The Redhawks improve to 15-7 overall and an impressive 7-0 in the OVC as the Bruins fall to 8-13 overall and 4-2 in the league.
 
Senior Brittney Kalinoski had a career-high 19 kills for Southeast and she added 20 digs. Junior Colleen Yarber led the Redhawks with 20 kills and 17 digs.
 
“Brittney did a great job adjusting to the set and placed the ball in the right spots,” said Folliard.
 
The Redhawks took the first frame by a score of 25-18, the Redhawks were impressive from the get go hitting .302 in the frame with 16 kills.
 
The Bruins took the second and third sets from the Redhawks as Southeast combined for 15 errors in the two stanzas.
 
Southeast tied the match at 2-2 in the fourth frame taking the set 25-23. The frame saw 10 tied scores as the set went down to the wire, but Kalinoski sent it to a fifth set with a kill.
 
Yarber took over from there in the fifth frame recording five kills and a blocking assists lifting the Redahwks (who never trailed in the set) to a 15-13 win and a 3-2 match victory.
 
“Colleen was unstoppable tonight for us and she just continues to use that cannon of an arm she has,” said Folliard.
 
Junior Julie Shives also had a career-night recording 53 assists, breaking her record of 52 set in 2010. She also added 11 digs to recording a double-double.
 
Berkley Idel tied a career-high with 28 digs in the match, it is the third time in her career she has reached that number.
 
Taylor Masterson recorded 12 kills and six blocks for Southeast. She also hit a match-high .360.
 
Jen Myer led the Bruins with a match-high 22 kills. Setter Hannah Miranda added 59 assists.
 
The Redhawks return to action on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. against Tennessee State.