COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (18-5, 9-2 OVC) increased its win streak to eight matches with a 3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 25-16) victory over Tennessee Tech (10-11, 5-5 OVC) Friday evening at the Eblen Center.
 
SEMO won its first match in Cookeville, Tennessee, over TTU since Oct. 27, 2017 (3-0).
 
The Redhawks have now won eight straight matches and dropped just two sets in that span.
 
Laney Malloy led the SEMO offense with 18 kills and eight digs as four Redhawks finished in double-digits.

Colby Greene added 12 kills while Zoey Beasley, the reigning back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week, finished with 11. Talia Gouard chipped in 10 kills on a .563 hitting clip.
 
SEMO jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the match that it extended to 9-2.
 
Kills from Beasley, Mackenzie Meehan and Greene pushed the margin to 14-6.
 
Gouard, Beasley and Izzy Lukens added kills to provide the Redhawks a seven-point lead (21-14) and prompt a TTU timeout.
 
The Golden Eagles then pulled within one, 22-21, on a 5-0 run. Madeline Furtado then connected on a kill before a solo block by Morgan Gish evened the frame at 23-23.
 
SEMO then claimed the set after a kill by Malloy coupled with a TTU error following a Redhawks timeout.
 
Malloy and Greene each had five kills in the opening set. The Redhawks hit at a pace of .273 to start Friday's match.
 
SEMO then eked out a tight 26-24 second frame to increase its advantage to 2-0. The second set featured 11 ties and two lead changes.
 
The frame was knotted at 7-7 and 10-10 early before a kill by Beasley followed by a TTU error gave the Redhawks a 15-13 edge at the media timeout.
 
Gouard then blasted a kill after a Golden Eagles service error for a slight 19-16 lead.
 
A 3-0 rally by Tennessee Tech then retied the set at 20-20.
 
Ties of 21-21, 22-22 and 23-23 followed in the back and forth affair.
 
Kills from Furtado and Taylor Dorsey brought on set point for the Golden Eagles, 24-23.
 
Trailing 24-23, SEMO closed the stanza on a 3-0 rally to grab a 2-0 advantage in the match.
 
Malloy (2) and Gouard combined for three kills to claim the set for SEMO. The duo each had five rally stoppers in the second stanza as Gouard connected at a pace of .714.
 
Tennessee Tech forced a fourth set with a 25-20 third frame. TTU outhit SEMO, .242 to .075, in the set.
 
The Golden Eagles took a 12-6 lead on a 5-0 rally that grew to 18-13.
 
SEMO continued to chip away at the deficit and came within one, 20-19, on a kill from Claire Ochs.
 
A block assist by Meehan and Greene kept it a one-point set (21-20) before TTU grabbed the set on a 4-0 rally.
 
Madolyn Isringhausen had a team-high five kills in the set for Tennessee Tech.
 
SEMO then captured the match with a dominating fourth set led by Malloy (five kills, .333).
 
The Redhawks commenced the final set with a 5-1 lead that widened to 9-5 after a 3-0 rally.
 
SEMO doubled its lead to 12-6 after three consecutive Golden Eagles errors.
 
Beasley then knocked a kill to make the score 14-9.
 
A 4-0 run by the Redhawks pushed the margin to 19-11.
 
Greene added a pair of kills to go along with a pair of TTU errors to provide SEMO a 10-point lead (23-13).
 
Malloy added two more kills as the Redhawks claimed the match with a 25-16 fourth set.
 
SEMO outhit Tennessee Tech, .239 to .161, as the Golden Eagles closed the match with a -.077 in the fourth set.
 
Kills finished tied at 58-58.
 
TTU had three aces compared to none for SEMO.
 
The Golden Eagles had a slight 10-9 lead in blocks. Meehan paced the Redhawks with six to go along with two kills, while Greene had five blocks. Malloy, Gouard and Beasley each had two blocks.
 
Ochs dished out 48 assists with nine digs and four kills as Tech led the assists category overall, 52-51.
 
Digs finished knotted at 59-59.
 
Tara Beilsmith finished with a match-high 21 digs and three assists.
 
Taylor Dorsey led TTU with 18 kills. Ashley Hand finished with 49 assists and 10 digs.
 
McKenna Young led the Golden Eagles with 16 digs.
 
Malloy finished with 55 total attacks and is now the Redhawks leader (25-point rally scoring era from 2008 to present) for the category with 4,121. She surpassed Krissa Gearring (4,066, 2014-17) Friday.
 
With the victory Friday night, head coach Julie Yankus has compiled 100 OVC wins. She is the second coach in SEMO program history to reach 100 OVC wins as Cindy Gannon totaled 204 from 1989-2004 (SEMO joined the OVC in 1991).
 
SEMO closes out the weekend series at TTU Saturday evening. First service is set for 7 p.m., CT at the Eblen Center.