MOREHEAD Ky. - Southeast Missouri Volleyball (8-10, 5-1 OVC) defeated Morehead State (8-10, 4-3 OVC) on Friday night by winning the match, 3-1, inside Johnson Arena.
Semo continued their recent dominance against the Eagles and have now won six of the last seven matchups. Tonight's win was in large part thanks to ten service aces.
Sophomore
Lucy Arndt led the Redhawks on offense posting 11 kills from 44 total attacks (.136). She also sent back three swings on the defensive side.
Abby Johnson and
Ramiri Gardner also notched ten and eight kills from attacking percentages of .286 and .538.
SEMO continued their rotation of setters with Freshman
Megan Holder and Graduate
Kennedey Johnson dishing out 39 out of 47 total assists.
The score was tied 1-1 after the second set with the Redhawks winning set one 25-22 and the Eagles winning set two 25-22. MSU led in kills 29-27 but the Redhawks held the advantage in attacking percentage with a .282 clip.
Abby Johnson had a team high seven kills from 16 attacks.
The third set began with a giant solo block by
Marin Johnson and the Redhawks jumping to a quick 3-0 and 9-4 lead. SEMO dominated the set with 11 kills and only four errors for a .379 kill percentage.
Abby Johnson painted the line to put the Redhawks up 15-11 then SEMO would go on a 11-4 run to end the set. During the run Gardner notched three kills in a row and two service aces.
Kennedey Johnson ended the set on an ace for the fifth SEMO ace of the set and a final score of 25-15.
The fourth set was back and forth until a block from
Alaina Lester and
Lucy Arndt promoted a MSU timeout at a 13-8 score.
After the timeout SEMO ended the game on a 12-6 run. A beautiful set from
Megan Holder to Arndt put the Redhawks up by eight ultimately ending the contest.
SEMO then doubled the eagles at 20-10 from a
Marin Johnson skip set kill. The Redhawks secured their win on a service ace from
Abbey Richman.
Nina Schuberth held down the fort on the defensive side of the ball, recording 28 digs during the match. At the net SEMO put up 14 total blocks with the most (5) coming from Lester.
Looking Ahead
SEMO volleyball will play Morehead State again tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. inside Johnson Arena to wrap up the season series.