NCAA Womens Volleyball

USI splits SEMO in the OVC opening weekend with a 3-1 victory

UT Martin

EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (6-8, 1-1 OVC) rallied to win three straight sets after dropping the opener against preseason conference favorite Southeast Missouri State University (4-9, 1-1 OVC). USI splits the two-game weekend series in their Ohio Valley Conference opener.
 
The difference from Friday’s loss was the Eagles cleaning up their own mistakes and creating less errors with a season best .291 hitting percentage. USI committed 37 errors on a .122 attacking percentage on Friday compared to their 21 errors and .291 percentage on Saturday. The Eagles also attacked from a variety of different directions with five different Eagles tallying double digit kills.
 
Set 1: SEMO 25, USI 23
The Redhawks came out of the gate strong taking the first five points. Junior Keira Moore helped the Eagles dig out of the hole with two straight aces giving her a team leading 17 on the season. Sophomore Ashby Willis and senior Paris Downing both tallied three kills to stay within four down 18-22. Three kills from graduate senior Jasmine Green and four impressive digs from Moore helped the Eagles mount a late five-point run. However, the early SEMO lead became too much to overcome. Both teams cleaned up their errors from Friday night with only nine combined in set one. The Redhawks hit a set high .342 hitting percentage.
 
Set 2: SEMO 18, USI 25
Senior Carly Sobieralski spread the wealth to five different Eagles as USI led 13-12. Sophomore Leah Coleman took her turn at the end of the set with three…

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