CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Volleyball (13-10, 10-1 OVC) outlasted Tennessee Tech (16-7, 5-6 OVC) in a five-set thriller inside Houck Field House on Friday night by a final score of 3-2. 
 
The Redhawks downed TTU by scores of 25-22, 17-25, 21-25, 25-21, and 15-9 to win their ninth Ohio Valley Conference match in a row. 
 
Offensively, Lucy Arndt paced the way once again for SEMO turning in a team-high 14 kills on 45 total attacks for an overall hitting-percentage of .222 (4 errors). Arndt recorded 16 digs, finishing with her 11^th double-double of the season. 
 
Freshman Marin Johnson recorded double-digit kills in the match with 11 on 36 total attacks. Johnson finished with a .184 hitting-percentage.
 
Eight different Redhawks recorded a kill in the match. 
 
SEMO started out on fire in the first frame, hitting .323 as a team with a .452 kill percentage. The Redhawks led by as many as eight (18-10) midway through the opening frame. 
 
TTU would pushback, tying the set at 20-20 and eventually taking a 21-20 lead as SEMO was forced into a timeout. The Redhawks, trailing 22-21, closed the set with four-straight points capped off by a TTU setting error. 
 
Sets two and three went the way of the visitors as the Golden Eagles outhit SEMO .394 to .206 in set two, and .220 to .175 in the third. 
 
Trailing 2-1, SEMO would fight back in the fourth after falling behind 3-0 early in the frame. At the fourth set media timeout, TTU led 15-13. 
 
An Arndt kill out of the media break cut the deficit to just one as Tech & SEMO traded points back-and-forth eventually landing on a 17-17 tied game after a kill from Abby Johnson. 
 
The score was deadlocked at 21-21 after a TTU timeout and a kill from TTU's Madolyn Isringhausen. 
 
Rightside hitter Avery Torrey recorded a big kill to give SEMO a one point advantage at 22-21 sparking a 4-0 run to close the fourth set, 25-21. 
 
The fifth set was all Redhawks as SEMO jumped out to a 6-1 lead and never looked back. SEMO outhit TTU by a .375 to .250 advantage in the final frame and took the set, 15-9. 
 
Setters Kennedey Johnson and Megan Holder finished in double figures with 15 and 11 assists, respectively. Holder finished with 11 digs as well for a double-double. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Volleyball will return to Houck Field House on Saturday, Nov. 2, to finish the series with Tennessee Tech. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. in Cape Girardeau.