Jackson volleyball takes north division's top seed into SEMO Conference bracket play

Jackson's Mia Trankler, right, and the Indians went undefeated in Monday's SEMO Conference Tournament pool play at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex.

J.C. Reeves ~ jcreeves@semoball.com

The Jackson Indians went undefeated on Monday in the pool-play portion of the SEMO Conference Tournament, earning the No. 1 seed in the north division entering bracket play today.

Jackson rolled past Poplar Bluff (25-12, 25-14) and Sikeston (25-16, 25-11), but faced some stiff competition from Cape Central (25-21, 25-13) and in the first set against Notre Dame (25-20, 25-14).

Notre Dame took the No. 2 seed in the north division, beating Cape Central, Sikeston and Poplar Bluff in straight sets, but falling to Jackson twice.

Cape Central went 3-5 on the day, good for the No. 3 seed in the north division. The Tigers swept Sikeston — which went 0-8 on Monday — and split with Poplar Bluff, losing the first set 26-28 and winning the second 25-19. The Mules also went 3-5.