Southeast Volleyball

Summers are supposed to be centered on beaches, baseball, and barbecue, but certainly NOT biology. However, when you are a student-athlete at Southeast Missouri State, summer may mean several things, but classwork IS a part of it.

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball program broke free from its four-year malaise last fall and ninth-year coach Julie Yankus is hoping she set a “challenging,” but a doable schedule for the 2019 season that will help her student-athletes continue that upward trajectory.

Ashley Ellis scored on a wild pitch in the second and Sarah Messex's home run in the third inning propelling the Southeast Missouri State softball team to a 3-1 road win Wednesday at Saint Louis University. The Redhawks improved to 39-15 and left the "Gateway City" tying their own record for the most wins in a season during the NCAA Division-1 era. They last achieved the feat back in 1996 in a 39-9 season...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team suffered a season-ending loss Thursday morning, falling to third-seeded Morehead State in straight sets in an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal in Clarksville, Tennessee. The third-seeded Redhawks lost 25-23, 25-10, 25-19, and ended the season with a 16-14 record...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team coughed up a fourth-quarter lead in a 85-79 loss to Bradley on Saturday in Peoria, Illinois. With the loss SEMO drops to 0-2. The Redhawks lead 63-58 with 9 minutes, 13 seconds remaining in the game, but the Braves (1-0) responded with a 10-0 run to take the lead for good...

Voters are beginning to take notice of the Southeast Missouri State football team. Two days after winning its fifth consecutive game, SEMO moved up five spots in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll to No. 19 on Monday. The Redhawks also jumped four spots in the STATS FCS Media Poll to No. 21...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team beat Division II program Southwest Baptist 85-78 on Saturday in exhibition action at the Show Me Center. Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference guard Ledarrius Brewer scored 25 points and was 10-of-11 from the free throw line...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team claimed the first set of a road match Friday against Murray State, but the rest of the evening belonged to the Racers. Murray State emerged with a four-set victory, winning 22-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-17. Southeast (14-10 overall, 6-5 OVC) trailed 19-15 in the first set but reeled off four straight points to pull even...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team fell to Tennessee State on Saturday. A day after sweeping Belmont, SEMO lost 18-25, 19-25, 14-25 to TSU on Saturday at Houck Field House. Claire Ochs did, however, post her 12th straight double-double with 21 assists and 12 digs...

The Southeast Missouri State women's volleyball team picked up its second Ohio Valley Conference sweep of the season, beating Belmont in straight sets Friday. Each set was tight, but SEMO won the crucial points that mattered to pick up a 25-21, 28-26, 25-23 win over the Bruins at Houck Field House on Pink Up Night...

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...