Southeast Volleyball

The Jackson High School football program is now on its third opening week opponent with the season less than a week from getting underway. Having said that, is there anyone willing to bet a large sum of money that the Indians absolutely, unequivocally, will not be making another schedule change before Friday?

Give the Ohio Valley Conference credit for this; no one will accuse the league of rushing into any decision to manage its sports competition this fall.

Earlier this week, Ohio Valley Commissioner Beth DeBauche wasn’t ready to make any significant adjustments as it related to the 2020 football season. However, she did state that the OVC Board of Presidents would be meeting on July 22 and 29 and may be doing just that.

When Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke was asked last month what it took to build a successful sport at his institution, he was very specific about the core of what was needed.

Coming off its most successful season in nearly two decades, the Southeast Missouri State volleyball program is not just attractive to recruits, but to coaches, as well.

A tremendous season by the Southeast Missouri State volleyball squad is now in the books, and though it ended with a 3-0 defeat at Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the Redhawks went down competitively.

There was not another team in the Southeastern Conference that hit to the percentage that the Kentucky volleyball squad did (29.5 percent) this season.

There was a range of emotions flowing throughout the Southeast Missouri State volleyball gathering Sunday as the Redhawks awaited their postseason fate.

Don’t let the numbers fool you. The fact that the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team swept Morehead State 3-0 Saturday in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship match doesn’t indicate just how challenging the title game was.

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team won a dramatic five-set match over the third-seeded Racers on Friday to advance to Saturday’s championship match of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in Jacksonville, Alabama.

Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach Julie Yankus has been in her position long enough (nine years) to understand how tournaments play out.

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball squad has demonstrated little respect for history this season, as it has racked up accomplishment after accomplishment.

Southeast volleyball The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team, which came into Friday atop the Ohio Valley Conference standings, fell in four sets to visiting Murray Sate. The Redhawks, who fell to 19-9 overall and 11-3 in OVC play, won the first set 25-21 but dropped the next three, 22-25, 19-25, 23-25...

Two hours into its Ohio Valley Conference volleyball match Thursday at Houck Field House with Austin Peay, the Southeast Missouri State volleyball squad was apparently on the ropes.

Southeast Missouri State will attempt to hold on to sole possession of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference as it hosts second-place Jacksonville State on Saturday at Houck Field House. The Redhawks, led by ninth-year coach Julie Yankus, rallied to win the final two sets against Tennessee Martin on the road Tuesday to claim the match in five sets, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-12, 15-13...