MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Freshman libero Tara Beilsmith was named to the Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team as Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (4-6) dropped a 1-3 (17-25, 25-21, 18-25, 17-25) decision to the BIG EAST's Butler (2-7) to wrap up the tournament Saturday at the Klotsche Center.
 
Beilsmith led the Redhawks defensively over the three-match Invitational with 64 digs including 24 Saturday against the Bulldogs. It was the second-straight match that Beilsmith posted 20 plus digs and fourth time in 2019.
 
Claire Ochs and Laney Malloy both registered double-double outings in Saturday's tournament finale. Malloy paced the SEMO offense with 12 kills to complement 14 digs and four blocks for her fourth double-double of the campaign.
 
Ochs dished out 30 assists with 15 digs for her fifth double-double in 2019.
 
Butler opened the contest with a 4-0 lead in the first set. Krista Berns and Malloy combined for a block to pull within a point, 6-5. 
 
The Bulldogs then grew their advantage to 22-9 before committing three straight errors. Malloy hit a kill and Emily Boggetto delivered an ace to make the score, 23-14. 
 
Ochs added a kill to pull SEMO within eight, 24-16, before BU grabbed the set, 25-17.
 
Southeast then responded with a 25-21 second set to even the match at 1-1.
 
The Redhawks jumped out to a 7-2 advantage after a block from Maggie Adams and Malloy coupled with a Malloy kill. 
 
SEMO then increased that lead to 12-6 after a 5-0 run that included a pair of kills from Berns.
 
Berns finished the day with a season best nine kills on a .444 hitting percentage with four blocks behind a four-kill third set. 
 
Malloy then batted a kill to put the Redhawks up two, 15-13, before the Bulldogs evened the set at 16-16 on a rally stopper from Brooke Gregory. 
 
SEMO then distanced themselves from BU on a 5-0 run, 23-18. Ally Dion slammed a kill before an ace from Boggetto. 
 
Mikayla Kuhlmann claimed the set for Southeast with a winner, 25-21.
 
Butler then closed out the match with 25-18, 25-17 third and fourth sets.
 
The Bulldogs had a fast start in the third frame as a 9-3 advantage prompted a SEMO timeout. 
 
A pair of kills from Shanice Horn increased the lead to 16-9.
 
Southeast then came within five points, 22-17, after a Berns service ace and a kill from Ochs. 
 
Ochs added another kill before BU closed the set, 25-18, on a winner from Megan Sheridan.
 
In the final set, Southeast earned an early 7-6 lead after four straight points that included a Beilsmith ace and a Malloy kill.
 
Kuhlmann and Annie Wehrheim both notched kills to give SEMO a one point lead, 13-12, before the lead went back in favor of the Bulldogs, 20-15, after a 4-0 run. 
 
Jillian Ziemba gave BU match point, 24-16, after a couple of service aces sandwiched a kill from Anna Logan. 
 
Berns added a kill before Megan Ramseyer propelled the Bulldogs to a victory with a kill.
 
Southeast was out blocked by the Bulldogs, 10-6. 
 
Kuhlmann concluded the day with a season best seven kills. 
 
SEMO next travels for its second non-conference midweek matchup on Tuesday at Saint Louis. The Redhawks then close out their non-conference slate with the Memphis Invitational Sept. 20-21 with contests scheduled against Toledo, North Alabama and host, Memphis.