Volleyball Travels to Morehead State For Weekend Duel

Match #20

Southeast Missouri (12-7, 5-1 OVC) at Morehead State (7-9, 3-3 OVC)

Date: Friday, October 16th
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Morehead Ky.
Series: SEMO leads 37-26
Head Coaches: Julie Yankus (SEMO | 16th Season); Kyrsten Becker McBride (WIU | Fourth Season)

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Match #21

Southeast Missouri (12-7, 5-1 OVC) at Morehead State (7-9, 3-3 OVC)

Date: Saturday, October 17th
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Morehead, Ky.

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Southeast Missouri volleyball team (12-7, 5-1 OVC) hits the road travelling to Morehead State for a pair of games against the team that was picked first in the OVC preseason poll.

Series History
The Redhawks and Eagles have met 63 times in the programs' history and SEMO leads the series 37-26. Morehead State enters the match winning the last three meetings but prior to that SEMO won 10 out of the last 11. The series dates back to 1984 and Morehead state didn't get its first win until 1988.

Last Week
The SEMO suffered its first conference loss of the season losing Friday 3-1 to Lindenwood, before bouncing back with a win Saturday 3-1. As a team SEMO had an attacking percentage of .324 and averaged 13.63 kills per set in the two matches. Lindenwood despite having 13 kills per set had an attacking percentage of .174. Lindenwood's low attacking percentage was due to the Redhawks having 28 blocks over the two matches compared to Lindenwood's 10. Jacey Youbg had 11 blocks over the weekend and Katy St. John and Alaina Lester each added seven.

OVC Standings
Lindenwood and SEMO are tied at the top of the standings, but SEMO carries the tiebreaker over Lindenwood due to point differential in the two matches we played. Morehead State and SIUE are next at 3-3 ahead of Southern Indiana and Western Illinois at 2-2. UT Martin and Eastern Illinois are 2-4, and Tennessee State is looking for its first win of the conference slate.

Top of the OVC
As a team, SEMO sits atop of the OVC in five statistical categories. The Redhawks are 33rd in the country in team kills with 920, 34th in the nation in hitting percentage at .261, 51st in team assists with 825, and 82nd in the country in total attacks. SEMO also leads in total blocks with 137.

The lone individual who leads the OVC in a stats category is Alaina Lester, her .398 attacking percentage tops the OVC and is 48th in the nation.

The Pin
Reagan Nelson leads the OVC in two categories which includes total kills and points. Nelson has racked up 262 kills which is also 28th in the nation. She is also 37th in the nation in points with 292.5. She is also top 100 in the country in points per set (94th, 4.18) kills per set (83rd, 3.74) and totak attacks 67th (654).

The Middle
Alaina Lester leads the OVC and is up to fifth nationally in hitting percentage at .457. Since OVC play has started she has 37 kills on a .617 hitting percentage.

Nearing History
Senior L/DS Nina Schuberth is four service aces away from eclipsing the school record. She is nearing this mark after recording two aces in the Redhawks first two OVC matches at Western Illinois. Schuberth stands at 151 aces through her career, and she is chasing Ally Dion who recorded 154 in her time at SEMO. Schuberth has the two-highest single season service aces record with 54 in 2025 and 49 in 2023.

Defense Is Key
Through four OVC matches the Redhawks are limiting opponents to a .127 attacking percentage and 10.70 kills per set. SEMO is averaging 2.70 blocks per set and 14.25 digs per set.

Droppin Dimes
Megan Holder and Ellie Burns are the setters in the 5-2 system, and the tandum leads SEMO which is 51st in assists in the country and tops the OVC. On the season Holder has 382 assists and Burns has 268. The two have a combined 9.65 assists per det and 16 other Redhawks have recorded an assist.

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Players Mentioned

Ellie Burns

Megan Holder

Alaina Lester

Reagan Nelson

Nina Schuberth

Katy St. John

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Morehead State on Oct 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM

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Completed Event: Volleyball versus Lindenwood on October 10, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 1

Completed Event: Volleyball versus Lindenwood on October 9, 2026 , Loss , 1, to, 3

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Completed Event: Volleyball versus SIU Edwardsville on October 2, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0

Completed Event: Volleyball at Western Illinois on September 26, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0

Completed Event: Volleyball at Western Illinois on September 25, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0