HOUCK FIELD HOUSE - Southeast Missouri (10-3, 2-0 OVC) completed the sweep of Morehead State (7-7, 0-2 OVC) Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 victory at Houck Field House.
SEMO beat the Eagles in three straight sets 25-22, 25-17, and 26-16 to stay undefeated in conference play.
With the score 13-12, the Redhawks went on a 12 to four run to close out the game while 202 fans cheered on. SEMO chalked up 15 more assists and kills than the Eagles in the 3-0 sweep.
Junior setter Izzy Lukens dished out 36 assists to be named "Player of the Game". The reigning OVC setter of the week has tallied 30 plus assists in eight straight games. Lukens also added four kills to the stat sheet, one of which was a beautiful one handed dump in the second set.
Lucy Arndt and Kaelyn O'Brien both had nine kills which led the Redhawks. Arndt also added eight digs with a .185 clip, while O'Brien posted a kill rate of .278.Â
Talia Gouard had a hitting percentage of .583 for a team high. Gouard had eight kills on 12 attempts with only one attacking error.
On the defensive side Tara Beilsmith recorded 17 digs to lead the Redhawks in that category. Kayla Closset also got double digit digs recording ten.
Freshman Nina Schuberth contributed on the serving side with four serving aces. Schuberth also tallied seven digs and one assist.
Morehead State's leader in kills was M. E. Hargan with ten. The Eagles finished with 28 kills compared to SEMO's 43.Â
The Redhawks will be on the road next weekend to take on SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill. Game one will be Friday, September 29 at 6:00 p.m. and game two is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m on Saturday. The match will be held at the First Community Arena.Â
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