CARBONDALE, Ill. – Colby Greene blasted a personal best 20 kills on a .300 hitting percentage and Tara Beilsmith posted a career high 25 digs as Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (4-3) was outlasted by regional rival Southern Illinois (4-3) in five sets (25-20, 22-25, 25-13, 16-25, 15-17) Tuesday evening at Davies Gym. 
 
Annie Wehrheim who played club volleyball at Davies Gym with Southern Illinois Select and previously was a member of John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois, had 11 kills. 
 
Laney Malloy also had 11 kills with 16 digs for her third double-double of 2019. Claire Ochs dished out 39 assists with 20 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. 
 
Southeast captured the opening set and the third set while the Salukis were the victors in the second, fourth and fifth sets.  
 
The fifth and final set like the first (eight ties) and second (12 ties) was highly competitive and featured 11 ties. 
 
Rally stoppers from Greene and Talia Gouard coupled with a Salukis attack error gave the Redhawks an early 4-3 lead. 
 
Southern Illinois then responded with kills from Rachel Maguire and Savannah Sheridan to bring on the changeover with the Salukis leading, 8-5.
 
With a new change of scenery in the fifth set, Southeast rallied off four straight points to pull ahead 9-8. Malloy hit a kill before placing an ace. Wehrheim then added a kill and capped off the rally with a block assist with Gouard.
 
Wehrheim blasted kills to knot the set at 10-10 and 11-11.
 
Greene added a winner for another tie score line at 12-12. She then brought the set in favor of Southeast twice with two more kills, 14-13 and 15-14. 
 
SIU then evened the set for the final time on a block by Maguire and Lindsey Paulsen. Kills from Sheridan and Maguire closed out the match for the Salukis.

In the opening set, Southeast connected with 15 kills to take an early lead on the road. The Redhawks distanced themselves from their border rival with a 4-0 run to pull ahead by two, 14-12. Ochs added a kill to pad the lead, 19-15, before SIU came within a point. 

Ochs then tallied an ace after a Greene winner to bring the advantage to 22-18. 
 
Malloy knocked home a kill before Maggie Adams found the deep corner with a winner to seal the set, 25-20. 
 
Southern Illinois evened the match at 1-1 with a 25-22 second set. The Redhawks started the set with a 7-3 lead that grew to 10-5. 
 
SIU erased the deficit, tying the set at 10-10 in the tight race to 20. 
 
Kills from Malloy and Greene with an ace by Beilsmith moved the needle towards the Redhawks, 21-18. Greene then chipped in another kill for a one-point lead, 22-21, with the Salukis rallying off four straight points for the set victory. 

The Redhawks hit a match-high .269 clip in the third set to take a 2-1 lead in contest.
 
Tied at 10-10, a Saluki attack error combined with an Ochs ace gave the Redhawks a slight, 12-10 edge. Hannah Becker then hit a kill before a huge 11-0 run by Southeast.
 
Ally Dion was instrumental at the service line in the set, serving 11 times down the stretch. She finished the match with a career best six service aces with four coming in the third set. 
 
Greene then hit a kill to increase the lead to 24-12 before Gouard and Malloy came up with the block to claim the set. 
 
The Salukis then forced a fifth set with a 25-16 fourth set.
 
SEMO out blocked SIU, 12-8. Adams and Gouard paced the team with five each. 
 
Southeast next competes in its third tournament of the season at the Panthers Invitational in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sept. 13-14. The Redhawks open the tournament on Friday at 12:30 p.m. against Milwaukee which is the alma mater of head coach Julie Yankus before facing Western Michigan at 5 p.m. SEMO closes out the Invitational against Butler at noon on Saturday.