#6 Redhawks Fall to #3 Morehead State in Opening Round of OVC Championship Thursday

Thursday, November 15

Clarksville, Tenn.

11:00 a.m.

Southeast Missouri State University

16-14

#3 Morehead State

21-9

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Southeast Missouri	23	10	19	0
Morehead State	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Marc Mahnke

11/15/2018 2:54:00 PM | Volleyball

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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – #6-seed Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (16-14) fell to #3 Morehead State (21-9), 23-25, 10-25, 19-25, in its first round Ohio Valley Conference Volleyball Championship match Thursday morning at the Winfield Dunn Center on the campus of top ranked Austin Peay.

Second-Team All-OVC honorees Annie Wehrheim and Haley Bilbruck led the offense Thursday. Wehrheim notched seven kills and Bilbruck tallied six.

Southeast jumped out to an 8-3 lead in the opening set after a 4-0 run that included kills from Wehrheim and Krista Berns and a service ace from Keegan Fornoff.

Morehead State then answered with a 7-0 rally after its timeout to pull ahead, 10-8, which prompted a SEMO timeout before the Eagles grew their lead to 15-8.

A kill from Laney Malloy coupled with a Maggie Adams block cut the advantage to 19-12. The Redhawks then chipped away at the lead to pull within two points, 23-21, after five straight consecutive points that featured kills from Bilbruck, Wehrheim, block assists from Wehrheim and Berns, and another service ace from Fornoff.

Fornoff finished the contest with a season-best two service aces.

Two errors by MSU brought the Redhawks within a point, 24-23, before the Eagles took the set on a kill from Jessie Wachtman.

Morehead State then extended its lead in the match to 2-0 with a 25-10 second set.

Down two sets, SEMO and the Eagles traded the lead early in a third frame that had seven tie score lines. A rally stopper from Wehrheim evened the set at 12-12 before a 5-1 run from MSU put the Eagles up 17-13.

Mikayla Kuhlmann then knocked a kill as the Redhawks pulled within three points, 19-16. Morehead State responded with back-to-back blocks before Kuhlmann hit a kill and assisted on a block with Adams to make the score, 21-18.

The Eagles then rallied off three straight points to bring on match point, 24-18. Kuhlmann would add her sixth kill of the set before MSU captured the match on a kill from Wachtman.

Claire Ochs dished out 17 assists in the match and added 12 digs for her 19th career double-double.

Ally Dion led the Redhawks defensively with a team-high 13 digs. Madeline Grimm added 11.

Adams paced the team with three blocks.

2018 OVC Player of the Year Olivia Lohmeier led the Eagles with a match-high 18 kills while Wachtman added 14.

With the win, Morehead State will face No. 2 Murray State in the semifinals Friday at 2:30 p.m.

Southeast finishes the 2018 season with an overall record of 16-14 and an 8-8 mark in conference play. SEMO has now tallied its highest win total (16) and conference win total (8) in the past five seasons.