BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Three Redhawks were featured on the 2022 Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference Team and for the second straight-year Southeast Missouri women's volleyball was selected to finish second in the preseason poll, the league announced Wednesday. Outside hitter Zoey Beasley, libero Tara Beilsmith, and rightside hitter Colby Greene were all selected to the 2022 Preseason All-OVC Team. 
 
SEMO, the 2021 OVC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions, received seven first-place votes and 145 total points for second in the predicted order of finish selected by the OVC's Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors. 
 
The Redhawks finished the 2021 season with a 26-8 overall record (14-4 OVC) and concluded their season with an NCAA Tournament Appearance at #7 Kentucky. 
 
Morehead State, the 2021 OVC Regular-Season Champions and Tournament runners-up, was picked to win the conference receiving nine first-place votes and 153 total points. 
 
SEMO tied Morehead State and UT Martin for the league-lead in players on the preseason OVC team with three. 
 
Beasley, a senior outside hitter from Paragould, Arkansas, was named to her first career OVC preseason team Wednesday. 
 
She was third in the league offensively with 3.88 kills per set (248 kills) and fourth with 4.20 points per set (269.0 points) en route to 2021 All-OVC First Team honors. Beasley also accumulated 39 digs (0.61 digs/set) and 34 blocks (0.53 blocks/set) in league action.
 
She was awarded OVC Offensive Player of the Week three times in 2021 and was second on the Redhawks with 436 kills (3.43 kill/set) and 475.5 points (3.74 points/set). She was also fourth on the team with 62 total blocks (0.49 blocks/set).
 
Beasley registered double-digit kills in 25 matches and had 20 or more kills four times. She posted a career high 25 kills on a .286 hitting percentage with four digs and four blocks in SEMO's five set victory over Austin Peay on Oct. 28.


 
Beilsmith, a senior libero from Weldon Spring, Missouri, was selected to her second career OVC preseason Team Wednesday after being featured on the 2020-21 list. 
 
She ranked third in the league last season with 323 digs (5.05 digs/set) to go with 71 assists and 12 aces in 2021 OVC competitions for her second career All-OVC Second Team laurels. 
 
Beilsmith led SEMO with a career best 660 digs (5.20 digs/set) which broke her own Southeast Missouri single-season record (25-point rally scoring era from 2008 to present). She was also second on the Redhawks in 2021 with 28 service aces (0.22 service aces/set) and 126 assists (0.99 assist/set). 
 
Beilsmith compiled double-digit dig outings in all but two matches in 2021 and registered 30 plus digs twice and 20 or more digs 17 times. She posted double-digit digs in 25 consecutive matches and grabbed a career high 39 digs with five assists in SEMO's non-conference victory over Memphis of the American Athletic Conference on Sept. 10.

She was awarded OVC Defensive Player of the Week four times in 2021.


 
Greene, a rightside hitter graduate student from North Liberty, Iowa, rounds out the Redhawks on the 2022 Preseason All-OVC team, earning the distinction for the second-straight year. 
 
She totaled 158 kills (2.47 kills/set) on a .226 clip in conference play a year ago and was awarded 2021 All-OVC Tournament Team honors. Greene also had 30 blocks (0.47 blocks/set) and 22 digs (0.34 digs/set) in league competitions.
 
Overall, she was third on the Redhawks with 326 kills (2.57 kills/set) and 363.0 points on a .234 hitting percentage in 2021. Greene also totaled 68 blocks (62 assists, six solo, 0.54 blocks/set, second on the team) and 53 digs (0.42 digs/set).
 
She finished with double-digit kills 15 times in 2021 and registered a career best 23 kills on a .283 clip with three digs and a block for 23.5 points against UT Martin on Sept. 29.


 
UT Martin was third in the 2022 preseason poll with 125 total points. Tennessee Tech (120 points, two first-place votes), Little Rock (95 points), Eastern Illinois (66 points), SIUE (63 points), Southern Indiana (48 points), Lindenwood (43 points) and Tennessee State rounded out the fourth through 10th slots. 
 
The Redhawks will begin the 2022 regular season with the SEMO Invitational, a two-day tournament, Aug. 26-27 at Houck Field House that will feature Arkansas-Pine Bluff, North Dakota State, and Jackson State. 
 
SEMO opens the league calendar with a home series against Tennessee State on Sept. 23-24 with matches set for 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.
 
2022 Volleyball Preseason All-OVC Team
(as voted on by the league's head coaches and communication directors)
Zoey Beasley, Southeast Missouri
Bridget Bessler, Morehead State
Taylor Dorsey, Tennessee Tech
Gina Rivera-Ortiz, Tennessee State
Karen Scanlon, UT Martin
Tara Beilsmith, Southeast Missouri
Olivia Saunders, UT Martin
Irene Wogenstahl, Morehead State
Madolyn Isringhausen, Tennessee Tech
Abby Hulsman, Morehead State
Logan Wallick, UT Martin
Colby Greene, Southeast Missouri
Leah Anderson, Southern Indiana
Nedima Kamberovic, Little Rock
 
 
2022 OVC Volleyball Predicted Order of Finish
(as voted on by the league's head coaches and communication directors)
1. Morehead State (Nine first-place votes) – 153
2. Southeast Missouri (Seven first-place votes) – 145
3. UT Martin (Two first-place votes) – 125
4. Tennessee Tech (Two first-place votes) – 120
5. Little Rock – 95
6. Eastern Illinois – 66
7. SIUE – 63
8. Southern Indiana – 48
9. Lindenwood – 43
10. Tennessee State - 42