CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's volleyball (2-1) registered a 3-1 (25-18, 25-16, 23-25, 25-22) victory over Jackson State (1-2) to conclude the 2022 SEMO Invitational Saturday afternoon at Houck Field House.
 
Colby Greene and Tara Beilsmith were both named to the 2022 SEMO Invitational All-Tournament Team as the Redhawks finished second at their home tournament. 
 
North Dakota State claimed the 2022 SEMO Invitational Championship with a perfect 3-0 record after a Saturday morning sweep of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-3). 
 
Ali Hinze was named the Invitational MVP. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Syra Tanchin and Kelley Johnson.
 
Greene paced the SEMO offense Saturday with 18 kills on a .486 clip with three blocks and three aces in her first start of the 2022 campaign.
 
The graduate student rightside hitter from North Liberty, Iowa, finished the two-day SEMO Invitational with 40 kills on a .372 hitting percentage, adding 14 digs and seven blocks, for her third career all-tournament laurel. 
 
Kayla Closset added a career best 15 kills (.297), 10 digs and three aces for her second-straight double-double. Zoey Beasley posted 12 kills at a rate of .379 with a team best six blocks. 
 
Tied at 9-9, SEMO went on a 5-0 run to pull ahead 14-9 in the opening set Saturday afternoon. 

Closset then added a pair of kills followed by a Tigers error and Izzy Lukens service ace to make the advantage 22-16. 
 
SEMO then took the opening set with kills by Greene and Beasley followed by a JSU attack error, 25-18. 
 
In the second frame, SEMO utilized a 5-1 run punctuated by a Jenny Shook service ace for a 14-9 edge. 
 
Shook, a freshman setter from Plainfield, Illinois, made her Redhawks debut Saturday, compiling 16 assists and eight digs to go with her ace.
 
SEMO then widened the gap to 20-12 after a 5-0 rally.
 
Lexie Smith slammed a kill followed by an ace by Rachel Eddy to increase the Redhawks lead to 2-0 after a 25-16 stanza. 
 
Eddy, a junior transfer from Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), made her SEMO debut in the Invitational finale. 
 
In the third set, SEMO rallied off six straight points for an early 6-2 edge. 
 
The Redhawks then went up 19-17 after a 6-0 run with kills from Closset, Beasley (2) and Greene (3).
 
JSU then pulled ahead with three-straight kills from Alexis Williams to switch the lead to 21-20 in favor of the Tigers. 
 
SEMO responded, tying the set at 21-21 and 22-22, after a block assist by Mackenzie Meehan and Beasley followed by a Closset rally stopper. 
 
Jackson State then scored three of the next four points to force a fourth set, 25-23. 
 
The Redhawks hit a match high .379 in the set, finishing Saturday with a season-best mark of .297. 
 
SEMO then jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the fourth set before JSU evened things at 12-12. 

The Redhawks then went on a 6-1 run for a 18-13 edge.
 
Beasley added a kill followed by a Tigers error to make the score 20-14. 
 
Jackson State would come as close as 24-22 after a kill by Nevaeh Bray before Greene's match-clinching kill, 25-22. 
 
Avery Torrey posted a personal best six kills Saturday. 
 
Lukens dished out a career high 29 assists with four digs in her third-straight career start. She posted 20 or more assists in each SEMO Invitational match this weekend.
 
Beilsmith, a senior libero from Weldon Spring, Missouri, scooped up 27 digs and five assists on her 22nd birthday. She finished the weekend with 68 digs and 27 assists for her fourth career all-tournament honor. 
 
SEMO out blocked Jackson State, 11-3, as Meehan had six, and Smith totaled five with three kills and three digs in her third career start. 
 
Williams led JSU with 14 kills and 16 digs. Damassy Thompson registered 28 assists as the Tigers hit .179.
 
The Redhawks next hit the road for three-straight weeks to wrap up non-conference play. SEMO will continue its 2022 season at the Illinois State Redbird Classic Sept. 2-3, facing Green Bay, Oral Roberts, and Illinois State over the two days in Normal, Illinois. 

 
2022 SEMO Invitational All-Tournament Team
Ali Hinze (MVP), North Dakota State 
Syra Tanchin, North Dakota State 
Kelley Johnson, North Dakota State 
Colby Greene, Southeast Missouri
Tara Beilsmith, Southeast Missouri
Taila Gaines, Jackson State
Zykia Jones, Arkansas-Pine Bluff