Southeast Volleyball

A fast start wasn't enough to propel the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team to a win Saturday. SEMO won the opening set but fell in four sets (25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 13-25) to Morehead State on Saturday in Morehead, Kentucky. Annie Wehrheim and Laney Malloy each had 10 kills apiece, and Claire Ochs had her 10th consecutive double-double with 30 assists and 11 digs...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team rolled off to a three-set road sweep of Eastern Kentucky in Ohio Valley Conference play Friday in Richmond, Kentucky. The Redhawks prevailed 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 in improving to 13-7 overall and 5-2 in OVC play...

Annie Wehrheim had a career day, and the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team outlasted Tennessee Tech for a five-set victory Saturday. Wehrheim pounded a career-high 24 kills, including six in the decisive fifth set, as the junior helped lead SEMO past TTU 25-16, 25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 15-13 in Ohio Valley Conference action Saturday at Houck Field House...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team won a pair of two-point sets to open a match against the University of Tennessee Martin, then finished off the Ohio Valley Conference victory in four sets Tuesday at Houck Field House. The Redhawks won 25-23, 25-23, 14-25, 25-18 to improve to 11-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team opened its Ohio Valley Conference road slate with a victory Friday. SEMO improved to 10-6, 2-1 in the OVC with a five-set win (30-28, 27-25, 21-25, 21-25, 15-11) over Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Illinois...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team bounced back from an opening conference loss with a five-set win over visiting Murray State on Saturday. A day after falling in straight sets to reigning Ohio Valley Conference champion Austin Peay, SEMO defeated the Racers 28-26, 25-17, 21-25, 16-25, 15-9 at Houck Field House to grab its first conference win of the season. It was also the 100th career victory for coach Julie Yankus...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team opened Ohio Valley Conference play Friday with a three-set loss to Austin Peay at Houck Field House. The Governors emerged with a 25-20, 25-22, 26-24 victory. Laney Malloy and Haley Bilbruck each finished with 11 kills for Southeast, which fell to 8-6 overall...

For the second consecutive week a Southeast Missouri State volleyball player has been named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the week. This time it's Claire Ochs' turn to earn the award after the freshman recorded 105 assists this past week. "Claire has done a phenomenal job of running our offense as a freshman and she continues to improve every day," coach Julie Yankus said in a news release. ...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team picked up its second five-set victory in two nights in the state of Illinois, nipping Northern Illinois by two points in the deciding set in DeKalb. The Redhawks won 25-16, 25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 16-14 in its final non-conference match before the start of Ohio Valley Conference play...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball's Laney Malloy was named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league announced Monday. A sophomore outside hitter, Malloy tallied 63 kills, 39 digs and five blocks in four games this past week and produced a team-high 68.5 points. She's the first Redhawk to win an OVC weekly award since Jade Mortimer was Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 7, 2016...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball lost two matches Saturday, going winless at the Kangaroo Classic in Kansas City, Missouri. SEMO lost to Providence in five sets (21-25, 20-25, 27-25, 25-17, 12-15) and then fell in four sets to tournament host University of Missouri-Kansas City (25-18, 15-25, 22-25, 27-29) at the Swinney Recreation Center. Those two defeats followed a loss to Arkansas State on Friday in the Redhawks' opening game of the tournament...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team suffered a hard-luck loss to open up the Kangaroo Classic on Friday, falling in five sets (15-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 12-15) to Arkansas State at the Swinney Recreation Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Even double-doubles for Laney Malloy (17 kills, 16 digs) and Claire Ochs (52 assists, 15 digs) were not enough to allow the Redhawks (6-3) to prevail...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team posted its sixth sweep of the season, downing visiting Southern Illinois in three decisive sets at Tuesday, winning 25-13, 25-19 and 25-19 in front of an announced crowd of 705 at Houck Fieldhouse. The Redhawks improved to 6-2 on the season as it snapped a two-match losing streak after opening the season with five straight three-set victories...

First came the announcement Sunday that Zach Hall was the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the week. Then, on Monday, STATS honored the junior linebacker with the title of National Defensive Player of the week. Both honors come on the heels of a 22-tackle performance in SEMO's season-opening 48-21 road loss to Arkansas State...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team saw its impressive start to the season stopped, but not before extending its set victory streak to 15. After sweeping Louisiana Monroe in the afternoon, the Redhawks (5-1) finally tasted defeat in 2018, falling to Radford 25-23, 25-17 and 25-11...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team reeled off its fourth consecutive sweep at the start of its season with a road victory Tuesday at the University of Evansville. Just two days after defeating the host to win the Troy Invitational, the Redhawks posted a 25-19, 25-22 and 25-18 victory over the Purple Aces to start the season 4-0 for the first time since 1986...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team earned its third sweep to open the season, taking down Troy in straight sets Saturday to capture the Troy Invitational title at Trojan Arena in Troy, Alabama. The Redhawks (3-0) defeated the hosts 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team opened its season with a pair of wins Friday, as it took all six sets in sweeping Southeastern Louisiana and Southern in the Troy Invitational in Troy, Alabama. The Redhawks (2-0) defeated the Jaguars of Southern 25-16, 25-17 and 25-17 in the opening game before taking down the Lions of SELA 25-18, 25-20 and 25-21...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team was picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll released Tuesday. SEMO also had no representatives on the 14-player preseason All-OVC team. Murray State is the preseason favorite, receiving 10 first-place votes and 230 points. ...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team got on the floor for the first time this season and swept visiting Missouri Baptist 3-0 in an exhibition match Monday evening at Houck Field House. Southeast edged the Spartans 25-18, 25-20 and 26-24 in the Redhawks' second-ever exhibition clash...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team isn't messing around. Despite the loss of six seniors -- including two All-Ohio Valley Conference picks -- from an 11-20 squad which bowed out in the first match of the OVC Tournament a year ago, the Redhawks have reason to believe they can take a big leap forward in 2018...

A two-minute stretch cost the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team in its preseason opener Monday. SEMO gave up two goals in two minutes during the first period and fell 2-0 to Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The Redhawks' sole exhibition game was split into three 30-minute periods, instead of the traditional 45-minute halves...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team announced Wednesday the transfer signing of Laney Malloy for the 2018 season. Malloy is a 6-foot outside hitter who spent her freshman season at Illinois-Chicago, where she appeared in three matches. In high school, she was a starter for three state championship squads at St. Francis, where she was her team's MVP as a senior and earned numerous all-area accolades. She was also named an AAU All-American for her play with club team Sports Performance...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team has added a pair of freshmen to the fold, as coach Julie Yankus announced Friday the signings of Kendall Washington and Caroline Draver. The duo joins Elissa Moylan, Colby Green and Claire Ochs, who signed during the early signing period in November, in a five-player signing class...

Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Alexis Brawner finished 30th out of 42 competitors in the floor exercise Saturday at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Brawner's 9.750 mark in the event matched her best Regional performance in her third appearance at that level of the postseason...

A return to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament was a nice accomplishment for the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team, and it will have to settle for that. The eighth-seeded Redhawks fell in straight sets to No. 1 Austin Peay -- 24-18, 25-19, 25-13 -- in the opening round of the postseason Thursday in Clarksville, Tennessee...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball seniors Krissa Gearring and Nzingha Clarke earned first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors, the league announced Wednesday at the OVC banquet in Clarksville, Tennessee. It was Gearring's second consecutive first-team conference selection, and Clarke's fourth career end-of-year conference accolade...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach Julie Yankus announced on Monday the addition of three signees during the early signing period. Middle blocker Elissa Moylan, rightside hitter Colby Greene and setter Claire Ochs will join the Redhawks next season...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team understood what was at stake and, when push came to shove, it played like it. Facing a must-win regular-season finale in order to keep postseason hopes alive, the Redhawks battled through a five-set match, coming alive in the clutch to dispatch Eastern Illinois 25-17, 20-25, 25-22, 21-25 and 15-7 on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon at Houck Field House...

Not for the first time this season, a five-set match ended in disappointment for the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team on Friday night. In the penultimate contest of the regular season, the Redhawks battled with SIU Edwardsville but were ultimately outlasted 25-18, 17-25, 11-25, 25-19 and 15-9 in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup at Houck Field House...

Ray Kowalski and Ledarrius Brewer each finished with 15 points to lead a group of five double-digit scorers for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team in an 85-77 exhibition win over Missouri Southern on Saturday at the Show Me Center. The Redhawks held a 40-24 lead after Mark Laros knocked down a jumper with 5 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in the first half, but Missouri Southern went on a 15-0 run to pull within a point...

Adrianna Murphy stuffed the stat sheet and the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team pulled away late to pick up a win in its final exhibition game. A junior, Murphy scored 23 points, had seven assists, seven rebounds and added eight steals as SEMO out-scored Indiana University Southeast by 18 points in the fourth quarter to secure a 76-53 win at the Show Me Center on Friday. Murphy scored 20-plus points in both exhibition contests...

The Southeast Missouri state volleyball team won its second consecutive match Friday, sweeping Tennessee Tech. Southeast (10-16 overall, 5-7 Ohio Valley Conference) beat the host Golden Eagles (3-21, 1-11) 25-21, 25-13, 28-26, in Cookeville, Tennessee...

Krissa Gearring had a double-double with 18 kills and 19 digs, as the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team rallied to defeat UT Martin 3-2 (24-26, 22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-10) in Ohio Valley Conference action Tuesday at Houck Field House. Southeast (9-16, 4-7 OVC) had a .611 hitting percentage in the decisive fifth set, during which it committed no errors and jumped out to an 11-8 lead. ...

A day after a straight-set win, the Southeast Missouri volleyball team was on the other end of a three-set match. Southeast (8-16 overall, 3-7 Ohio Valley Conference) fell to Eastern Kentucky 25-21, 25-23, 25-22 in an OVC contest Saturday at Houck Field House. Friday, SEMO swept Morehead State...

Thanks to a season-high hitting percentage, the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team eased past visiting Morehead State on Pink Up Night. Southeast (8-15 overall, 3-6 Ohio Valley Conference) beat the Eagles (11-11, 2-7) in three sets (27-25, 25-13, 25-23) at Houck Field House on Friday, as the Redhawks compiled a .371 hitting percentage...