Volleyball Heads on Final Road Trip of Regular Season - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Match #26

Southeast Missouri (18-7, 11-1 OVC) at Southern Indiana (12-12, 7-5 OVC)

Date: Thursday, November 12th
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Series: SEMO leads 53-10
Head Coaches: Julie Yankus (SEMO | 16th Season); Jeffrey Aucoin (USI | Fourth Season)

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Match #27

Southeast Missouri (18-7, 11-1 OVC) at Southern Indiana (12-12, 7-5 OVC)

Date: Friday, November 13th
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Evansville, Ind.

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Redhawks Back after Bye Week at Southern Indiana
Southeast Missouri volleyball (16-7, 9-1 OVC) looks to remain atop the OVC standings as it goes on its final road trip of the regular season at Southern Indiana with games Thursday at 6 PM and Friday at 5 PM.

Series History
The Redhawks and Screaming Eagles have met 12 times in the past and SEMO has dominated the head-to-head series 9-3. Last season the Redhawks hosted USI and split the season series each winning in five sets. SEMO lost the opening game of the series in 1985 but proceeded to go on an eight-match winning streak that was snapped in 2024.

OVC Standings
Lindenwood and SEMO are still tied for first in the OVC at 11-1. The Redhawks final two opponents are next tied for third with USI and Eastern Illinois. SIUE follows at 6-6 and Morehead State is in sixth at 6-8. UT Martin (5-9), Western Illinois (3-9) and Tennessee State (0-12) wrap up the standings.

Top of the OVC
As a team, SEMO sits atop of the OVC in two statistical categories. The Rehawks are 20th in the country in hitting percentage at .272. They also lead the OVC and are 178th in total blocks with 160.

SEMO is top 100 in the country in six other categories. The Redhawks are 52nd in team kills and kills per set. The Redhawks average 13.46 kills per set and sit second in the OVC. They also have racked up 1, 104 team kills, just 10 behind the OVC leading Lindenwood. The squad is 76th in the country in team assists with 995. The final two categories SEMO sits 92nd in service aces with 131 and 93rd in assists per set with 12.13.

The Pin
Reagan Nelson sits second the OVC in three categories which includes kills pr set with 3.92 and she sits 56th in the nation in that category. She also sits 59th in the nation in points per set with 4.41, 82nd in the country in total kills with 345 and 9th in total points with 388.5. Since OVC play has started she leads the conference with 170 kills and is sixth in hitting percentage at .339.

She also leads SEMO and is fourth in the OVC in service aces with 31. Nelson is averaging .35 aces per set and had a season high five against Missouri State.

The Middle
Alaina Lester leads the OVC and is up to second nationally in hitting percentage at .488. Since OVC play has started she has 79 kills (2.07 per set) on a .602 hitting percentage.

On the defensive side she sits second in the OVC in total blocks with 78 and third in blocks per set with 0.93.

Nearing History
Senior L/DS Nina Schuberth is one service aces away from eclipsing the school record. She tied the record in the last home match with a service ace against Tennessee St. Schuberth stands at 154 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.

Droppin Dimes
Megan Holder and Ellie Burns are the setters in the 5-2 system, and the tandem leads SEMO which is 76th in assists in the country and sits second in the OVC. On the season Holder has 499 assists and Burns has 344. The two have a combined 843 assists and every Redhawk that has played this season has recorded an assist.

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Players Mentioned

Ellie Burns

Megan Holder

Alaina Lester

Reagan Nelson

Nina Schuberth

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