CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's (13-8, 5-2 OVC) swept Morehead State (14-6, 5-2 OVC), 25-10, 27-25, 25-21, Friday evening at Houck Field House for its seventh sweep of the season and third in Ohio Valley Conference play. 
 
"We came out on a mission tonight and it was great to see us execute our game plan," head coach Julie Yankus said. "Claire [Ochs] did a great job distributing the ball to all of our attackers, making us very tough to defend. We absolutely won the serve and pass game tonight. We also did a great job getting them out of system and we passed very well overall."
 
"I want to thank all of the fans who came out tonight, especially all of the student-athletes. It was great to have all of that support tonight and we really responded to the crowd."
 
Mikayla Kuhlmann led the Redhawks offense with 11 kills on a .320 hitting percentage while Laney Malloy added nine. Krista Berns chipped in seven (.538).
 
Claire Ochs dished out 30 assists while the team hit at a .268 rate. 
 
Southeast jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the match behind a 25-10 opening set. SEMO hit at a .304 clip while the Eagles hit a dismal -.179.
 
A block from Maggie Adams and Kuhlmann coupled with a service ace from Berns gave the Redhawks a 10-4 advantage and prompted a Morehead State timeout.
 
Out of the break, Southeast grew its lead to 23-7 on a 13-3 run that included three consecutive service aces from Tara Beilsmith.
 
Beilsmith finished Friday with four service aces. 
 
Malloy added a kill before an Eagles attack error clinched the set, 25-10. 
 
The second set was a highly competitive affair that included seven tie scores. Kuhlmann led the Redhawks with eight kills as the team posted a .432 hitting percentage. 
 
Back-to-back kills from Adams and Malloy gave the Redhawks a slight 11-7 edge. 
 
Malloy slammed another kill to make the score 18-16 before MSU tied the frame at 19-19 with kills from Mia Swearingen and Liz Allen. 
 
SEMO responded with three straight rally stoppers by Malloy, Kuhlmann and Ochs to make the score 22-19.
 
Morehead State retied the set at 22-22 before a Kuhlmann winner tied it at 24-24. Adams then added a kill to bring the Redhawks ahead 25-24. 
 
Lauren Rokey hit a kill to tie the set at 25-25. Kuhlmann responded with a kill and Adams registered the solo block to seal the set, 27-25. 
 
Southeast grabbed the sweep with a 25-21 third set. 
 
Trailing a point, 9-10, SEMO went on a 5-0 run that included two kills from Annie Wehrheim to pull ahead 15-9. 
 
A kill from Ochs pushed the advantage to 20-13 before a rally stopper from Kuhlmann combined with an attack error from MSU brought on set point, 24-16. 
 
Morehead State went on a 5-0 rally to come within three points, 24-21, before committing an attack error.
 
Beilsmith led the defense with 13 digs. Ally Dion chipped in seven and Ochs, Emily Boggetto and Malloy each had six. 
 
Dion posted a service ace to become the Southeast all-time career service aces leader (25-point rally scoring era from 2008 to present) with 94. She was tied with Jade Mortimer at 93 entering the match.
 
SEMO finished with a .268 hitting percentage compared to MSU's .122.
 
The Redhawks out blocked the Eagles, 7-2. Kuhlmann and Adams each led the team with four each. Berns added three and Wehrheim had two. 
 
Southeast next faces Eastern Kentucky (7-14, 2-5 OVC) Saturday at 2 p.m.