Southeast Volleyball

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...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team improved to 4-1 in Ohio Valley Conference Play with a sweep of visiting Eastern Illinois on Friday night at Houck Field House. The Redhawks prevailed 25-22, 25-16, 25-16, recording their second sweep in OVC play and sixth overall...

The Redhawks won the first two sets, 25-21 and 29-27, dropped the next two sets, 20-25 and 27-29, before prevailing in a fifth set that had nine ties and five lead changes, 15-13. The Redhawks set a program record with 21 blocks in the match, with Maggie Adams leading the way with a career-high 10. Krista Berns and Mikayla Kuhlmann had six blocks apiece...

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team belatedly opened Ohio Valley Conference play with a 2-1 victory over Belmont on Friday at Houck Field.

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team used a 6-1 run in the fifth set to seize control on its way to a road victory Tuesday over Saint Louis University. The Redhawks won 25-23, 18-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-12 in improving to 5-6 on the season. With the deciding rally match tied at 2-2, Laney Malloy, Annie Wehrheim and Tara Beilsmith put down kills to give Southeast a 5-2 lead. ...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team dropped a pair of three-set matches on the opening day of the Panther Invitational on Friday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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.