CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (6-2, 6-2 OVC) swept SIUE (4-4, 4-4 OVC), 25-11, 25-19, 25-15, Monday afternoon in the series finale at Houck Field House to extend the Redhawks win streak to six.
 
Monday's three set sweep was the first for SEMO in the 2020-21 campaign and secured the regular-season series sweep of SIUE.
 
Laney Malloy paced the Redhawks with a double-double outing of 13 kills and 10 digs, while connecting at a pace of .297. Zoey Beasley added 10 kills and five digs on a .444 clip. Talia Gouard and Colby Greene each finished with five kills apiece.
 
Setter Claire Ochs passed out 31 assists in the victory as the Redhawks hit at a season-best pace of .337. She also had seven digs, five kills, two aces and two blocks.
 
Tied at 7-7 in the opening set, SEMO went on a 6-0 run to pull ahead 13-7.
 
After a Cougars timeout, SIUE scored two of the next three points before a 7-0 rally pushed the SEMO advantage to 21-9. Malloy blasted a kill to make the SEMO edge, 22-10 before consecutive kills from Greene and Beasley secured the set, 25-11.
 
The trio combined for 10 of SEMO's 12 kills in the first frame.
 
SEMO hit a stellar .500 percent in the opening set and committed just one error.
 
The second set was shifty with both teams exchanging the lead early. Greene posted a kill to tie the set at 6-6.
 
Back-to-back kills from Malloy along with a rally stopper from Ochs provided the Redhawks a 10-7 lead.
 
Malloy was targeted again offensively, finding open court twice with kills to make the SEMO lead 14-11. She finished the set with six kills.
 
Jordyn Klein then registered a service ace to retie the set at 15-15.
 
SEMO then went on a 7-0 run to extend its advantage to 22-15. Beasley and Ochs tallied back-to-back kills to bring on set point, 24-16.
 
SIUE would fend off set point three-straight times before a block assist from Gouard and Ochs captured the frame, 25-19.

Gouard led the Redhawks defensively at the net with a career-high seven blocks.
 
SEMO grabbed its first sweep of the season with a 25-15 third frame. With the Cougars leading, 10-8, the Redhawks notched a 5-0 run to take a 13-10 edge.
 
Ellen LeMasters capped a SIUE 3-0 run with a kill to knot the set at 14-14.
 
SEMO concluded the final set on an 11-1 run to earn the series sweep after a 25-15 third set. Ally Dion placed a pair of aces before Gouard teamed up with Beasley for a block assist down the stretch to grab the three set victory.
 
Dion concluded the contest with six digs, two aces and a kill.
 
The Redhawks outblocked SIUE, 10-2, and had five in the middle set. It marked the second-straight match that SEMO had registered 10 blocks. Beasley had four while Maggie Adams and Greene each compiled three.
 
Libero Tara Beilsmith finished with eight digs and three assists.
 
SIUE hit at a .051 percentage in the match. Rachel McDonald (12 digs), Savannah Christian and Hope Everett each had five kills to lead the Cougars. Sarah Armendariz had 22 assists with eight digs. Klein posted 10 digs.
 
SEMO next heads to UT Martin for a pair of matches on Sunday, March 7 and Monday March 8. First service is scheduled for 6 p.m., CT and 3 p.m. for the two matches in Martin, Tennessee.