CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Tara Beilsmith registered 25 digs to surpass 2,000 in her career as a Redhawk as Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (11-13, 6-6 OVC) fell to Tennessee Tech (11-12, 8-3 OVC), 3-1 (18-25, 25-16, 23-25, 20-25) in the series finale Saturday afternoon at Houck Field House.
 
Beilsmith became the second Southeast Missouri player to surpass 2,000 career digs Saturday. She now has 2,009 career digs and 545 in 2022.
 
The senior libero from Weldon Spring, Missouri, ranks second all-time in SEMO program history for digs. 
 
Beilsmith, the reigning back-to-back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week, also finished Saturday with eight assists and two service aces. 
 
Colby Greene led SEMO offensively with 13 kills on a .480 clip with four digs and two blocks while Kayla Closset added 11 kills and 12 digs for the double-double outing. 
 
Zoey Beasley chipped in nine kills with three blocks and a dig. 
 
The Golden Eagles took an early 10-6 lead in the match that grew to 16-11 after a 3-0 rally. 
 
SEMO would respond with three-straight points to cut the deficit to 16-14. 
 
TTU then utilized a 6-1 swing to go up 22-15. A kill from Greene would trim the margin to 23-18 before the Golden Eagles grabbed the opening set with kills from Madolyn Isringhausen and Skylar Boom. 
 
SEMO would then even the match at 1-1 with a 25-16 second stanza, hitting a match high .317.
 
Trailing slightly 10-9, SEMO pulled ahead 14-10 after a 5-0 sequence. Mackenzie Meehan, Ramiri Gardner and Closset (2) all had kills during the run while Gardner and Closset teamed up for a block. 
 
The Redhawks added another 5-0 rally to increase the advantage to 21-12. Gardner had a solo block before joining Beasley for a block assist to score consecutive SEMO points. 
 
TTU would come as close as 23-16 before a kill by Greene and a block by Beasley and Meehan evened the match at 1-1. 
 
SEMO took a 12-9 lead in the third set after a 4-0 run to prompt a Golden Eagles timeout. 
 
TTU then brought the lead in its favor with an 8-1 run, 17-13. 
 
The Redhawks kept fighting in the frame, pulling ahead 19-17 after six-straight points. Closset, Beasley and Greene all had kills while Closset placed a service ace during the action. 
 
Kills from Greene and Lukens would keep the SEMO lead at one, 20-18 and then 21-20 before a 4-1 run by TTU made it set point at 24-22. 
 
Closset added a kill before Boom increased the TTU lead to 2-1 (25-23 third set). 
 
SEMO took an early 9-5 lead in the fourth period to force a Golden Eagles timeout. TTU would return the favor with five-straight points for a 10-9 lead and a Redhawk timeout. 
 
Taylor Dorsey, Morgan Gish (2) and Isringhausen then combined for four straight kills to widen the gap to 15-11 for TTU. 
 
SEMO then went on a 5-1 run to pull ahead 18-17. Greene opened the sequence with consecutive kills before a TTU error followed by a Beasley kill and Meehan solo block. 
 
The Golden Eagles then claimed the match with seven of the final eight points, 25-20. 
 
Izzy Lukens finished with 21 assists and 10 digs with a kill while Kaelyn O'Brien added 16 assists, six kills and three digs. 
 
Gardner tallied five kills and six blocks while Meehan had four kills and four blocks. 
 
Kalia Morris scooped up six digs while Addy McAleer added four. 
 
Aces finished tied at 6-6 while SEMO out blocked the Golden Eagles, 10-6. 
 
TTU hit .235 including .371 in the third set and .314 in the final frame Saturday. 
 
Dorsey and Boom led the Golden Eagles with 15 kill each. Jordan Karlen finished with 45 assists and Brooke Amann had 17 digs. 
 
With the loss, SEMO dropped the weekend OVC series to TTU. 
 
The Redhawks will next travel to St. Charles, Missouri, to face Lindenwood Oct. 27-28 at Hyland Arena. Match times are 6 p.m., CT and 5 p.m., CT in the Thursday-Friday series.