MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri volleyball (1-3) picked up the first win of the season with a 3-1 victory over Austin Peay (1-3) in the Middle Tennessee Tournament as Lucy Arndt & Abby Johnson finished with double-digit kills to power SEMO past the former Ohio Valley Conference member. Arndt finished with 10 kills on 36 total attacks as Johnson finished with 12 kills on 28 attacks. 
 
SEMO outhit the Governors significantly in the match with a .224 to .090 mark, including a season-high .571 hitting-percentage in the second set. 
 
Freshman setter Megan Holder dished out a season-best 24 assists in her second consecutive start for the Redhawks, on 62 total attempts (.387). Jenny Shook chipped in 15 assists of her own in the match. 
 
Defensively, SEMO finished with 10 team blocks, led by Alaina Lester with four block assists. Abby Johnson finished with three block assists as both finished with a solo block each. Libero Abbey Richman was active on the backline registering 22 digs. 
 
Set 1
The Redhawks snatched the first set by a score of 25-21 behind four kills from Abby Johnson and three kills from Lucy Arndt as the duo was responsible for seven-of-10 Redhawk kills in the opening frame. 
 
SEMO closed the first set on a 3-0 run as Arndt recorded two service aces to close it out. 
 
The Redhawks took a 15-13 lead into the game's first media timeout after a kill from Johnson before taking a 16-13 lead after the break due to an APSU setting error. 
 
The Govs would go on a 6-2 run over the next eight points to take a 19-18 lead late in the set. Following a SEMO timeout, Arndt immediately stopped the scoring run to tie it at 19. 
 
Trailing 20-19 after an APSU kill, a service error from APSU followed by another Johnson kill make it 21-20 Redhawks. The score would get to 22 all before SEMO would close it out with three-straight points for the 25-22 set one win. 
 
Set 2
SEMO dominated the second set to the tune of 25-8 over the Governors behind an impressive .571 hitting-percentage as a team. 
 
After Lucy Arndt's third service ace of the match, Alaina Lester picked up her second kill of the match to make it 17-6 Redhawks late in the frame. 
 
Back-to-back APSU errors made it 19-6 Redhawks before the Governors' Sarah Carnathan gave them their seventh point. Three-straight kills from Lester, Marin Johnson, and Abby Johnson put SEMO on a quick 3-0 run as SEMO cruised to the 25-8 set win. 
 
In comparison, APSU hit -.143 in the second set as the Redhawks offense was on fire through the first two frames. Abby Johnson led the way after two sets with six kills on 11 total attacks (.455). 
 
Freshman setter Megan Holder, making her second consecutive start in Friday's first match, had a team-high 12 assists through the first two sets. 
 
Set 3
The Governors battled back to steal set three by a score of 25-23. The Redhawks led by as much as 18-10 in the third frame but five-straight points from APSU cut that to just 18-15. 
 
After a SEMO timeout, APSU gifted the Redhawks a point with their seventh service error of the match to give the Redhawks a 19-15 lead. 
 
Later in the set, a kill from Marin Johnson would give the Redhawks a one-point advantage, 23-22, before the Govs rattled off three in a row to win the set. APSU finished with a slight .167-.147 hitting advantage in the frame to extend the match to the fourth set. 
 
Set 4
APSU rattled off the first four points of the set before Abby Johnson got into double-digits with her 10^th kill of the match to halt a 4-0 run, to make the score 4-1 Governors. 
 
SEMO trailed 19-13 late in the fourth set before calling a timeout after a successful challenge from APSU. Three straight errors from APSU made it 19-16 to get SEMO back in the set. 
 
Trailing 20-16, a 3-0 run from the Redhawks via two-straight kills from Ramiri Garnder & Lucy Arndt, and an ace from Kayla Closset got the Redhawks to within a point. 
 
With the match tied at 22 a side, the Redhawks closed the match with a 3-0 run capped off by Abby Johnson's team-high 12^th kill to take the set, 25-22.  
 
The Redhawks outhit the Governors .174 to .149 in the final frame, led by Ramiri Gardner with four kills in the set. 

Looking Ahead
SEMO Volleyball will be back in action tonight, Friday, Sept. 6, as they take on the host Middle Tennessee. First serve is slated for 7 p.m.