COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (18-6, 9-3 OVC) fell at Tennessee Tech (11-11, 6-5 OVC), 25-23, 25-20, 25-21, Saturday evening at the Eblen Center to split the regular-season series.
 
The loss halted the Redhawks win streak at eight matches.
 
Colby Greene led the SEMO offense with 12 kills on a .360 clip while Zoey Beasley chipped in 11 kills. Laney Malloy was third on the team with 10 Saturday night to go along with nine digs.
 
SEMO opened the match with a 6-3 advantage that Tennessee Tech cut to 9-7 after a kill from Taylor Dorsey.
 
A kill from Talia Gouard coupled with an Ally Dion service ace provided a slight 16-14 lead for the Redhawks.
 
A Beasley rally stopper made the score 19-18 before a kill from Mackenzie Meehan pushed the edge to 21-19.
 
Malloy blasted a kill and TTU committed an error to keep the advantage at one (22-21 and 23-22).
 
The Golden Eagles then claimed the set with three straight points (25-23). Dorsey had back-to-back kills before teaming up with Morgan Gish for a block assist.
 
Greene had five kills and Beasley added four in the opening set.
 
The Golden Eagles out hit SEMO, .392 to .333, and led the kill differential 23-14. The Redhawks only committed one error while TTU had three.
 
In the second frame, Tennessee Tech went up 10-7 to start. The Golden Eagles extended their edge to 16-11 after a 3-0 run.
 
Kills from Ochs (2) along with an Izzy Lukens ace pulled the Redhawks within two, 22-20.
 
TTU then grabbed the set with three straight points including kills by Madolyn Isringhausen and Madeline Furtado.
 
The Golden Eagles hit a match-high .395 in the middle set Saturday. Greene had five kills during the stanza and Ochs chipped in four.
 
The third set featured 14 ties and five lead changes. Overall, the match totaled 30 ties and nine lead changes.
 
Early in the third frame, there were tie score lines of 4-4, 5-5 and 9-9.
 
Kills by Malloy and Beasley widened the SEMO lead to 14-12.
 
A 4-1 run by TTU switched the lead in favor of the Golden Eagles, 16-15.
 
Three kills from Beasley made the score 17-16 and then cut the Tennessee Tech lead to 19-18.
 
Malloy then belted a kill to pull SEMO within two, 22-20 and finally 24-21.
 
A Redhawks error finalized the match, 25-21.
 
Ochs dished out 33 assists to complement 11 digs for the double-double outing.
 
Tara Beilsmith had 10 digs. Dion, Megan Harris, Beasley and Gouard each chipped in five.
 
TTU outscored the Redhawks, 63-49, and led the kills category, 55-42.
 
SEMO notched four aces compared to two for the Golden Eagles.
 
Tennessee Tech out blocked SEMO, 6-3. TTU also led in assists (48-37) while the Redhawks had one more dig (51-50).
 
Dorsey led the Golden Eagles with 15 kills followed by Madolyn Isringhausen with 14 kills and 13 digs. Gish had 11.
 
Ashley Hand had a match high 44 assists.
 
SEMO next returns to Cape Girardeau to face OVC leader, Austin Peay (17-7, 10-1 OVC) Oct. 28-29 at Houck Field House. First service is set for 7 p.m. and 5 p.m., CT in the weekend matchup.