Southeast Missouri 3 TSU 2 - Box Score
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri volleyball team added another comeback win to their resume with a 3-2 (25-16, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10) win over Tennessee State Saturday afternoon at Houck Field House.
The Redhawks and Tigers have played five straight five-match contests dating back to 2010. The Redhawks improve to 8-0 in the OVC with the win and 16-7 overall. TSU drops to 10-10 overall and 5-3 in the conference.
Colleen Yarber carried the Redhawks offense on the day with a career-high 23 kills. She hit an outstanding .404 on the night as she also added two service aces.
The Redhawks took the opening frame in impressive fashion 25-16. Southeast forced nine errors for the Tigers as Southeast capitalized on their opportunities with 10 kills and one error.
Kelsey Keeve was impressive in the opening stanza as she recorded five kills hitting 1.000 in the frame.
TSU responded with a 25-23 win in the second set as the second frame was balanced with eight tied scores and three lead changes.
The Redhawks attempted to make a late run on the Tigers late in the set, but TSU held strong as they took the frame on the kill from Lindsay Hornsby.
Tennessee State used six blocks to take the third frame from the Redhawks 25-21. The Redhawks offense struggled around the TSU middle blockers committing eight errors.
Yarber took control in the fourth set with 10 kills in the frame as the Redhawks took the set 25-20. Yarber also added a service ace as she had 11 of the Redhawks points in the frame.
In the fifth frame the Redhawks jumped out to a 9-1 lead. The Tigers responded with a run to cut it to 9-7. The Redhawks regrouped after the run and
Emily Coon put an exclamation point on the match with the game-winning kill as the Redhawks took the set 15-10.
Keeve finished the match with 12 kills hitting .526.
Julie Shives surpassed 3,000 career assists with 46 on the afternoon.
Berkley Idel and Yarber led Southeast with 14 digs apiece.
Taylor Masterson added four blocks in the middle.
Lindsay Hornsby led the Tigers with 16 kills.
Southeast hits the road next weekend heading to East Division leader Morehead State on Friday and Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
