Ohio Valley Conference

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri Volleyball (10-10, 7-1 OVC) swept Eastern Illinois (6-14, 2-8 OVC) in three sets on Thursday night by final scores of 25-20, 25-23, and 25-19 to win their third match in a row. 
 
For SEMO, the win over Eastern Illinois pushes their Ohio Valley Conference win streak to five games. 
 
The Redhawks were led offensively by sophomore Lucy Arndt who finished with a .200 hitting-percentage with 11 kills on 35 total attempts (four errors). Marin Johnson, Abby Johnson and Ramiri Gardner chipped in eight kills each as SEMO recorded 41 total kills on the night. 
 
For Arndt, her 11 kills and 13 digs totaled another double double for the sophomore bringing her total to eight on the season. 
 
EIU and SEMO played to a 15-14 Redhawks advantage at the game's first media timeout. After EIU's Ireland Hieb recorded a kill out of the timeout, the Redhawks went on a quick 3-0 run with a kill from Arndt, an EIU error, and an Arndt ace. 
 
The run forced EIU into a timeout as the Redhawks led 18-15. A final attack error on set point from EIU gave SEMO the 25-20 first set win. 
 
A tightly contested second set, SEMO and EIU battled point for point before the Redhawks had their biggest lead of the set with a 13-10 lead. An EIU kill, followed by an Abby Johnson kill gave SEMO another three-point advantage (14-11). 
 
Trailing 19-18 off an EIU ace, SEMO burned a timeout before scoring two-straight points to regain the lead via an Avery Torrey kill and a bad set from Heib. 
 
Megan Holder dialed up an ace to spark a big run from the Redhawks as they closed the second set, 25-23. 
 
The Redhawks dominated the third set, outhitting the Panthers by a .286 to .105 advantage in the final set to take it, 25-19. 
 
OVC Co-Defensive Player of the Week Nina Schuberth finished with 24 digs as she controlled the backline all night for the Redhawks.

LINDENWOOD 3, TENNESSEE STATE 0
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood women's volleyball (15-7, 9-1 OVC) defeated Tennessee State (5-17, 1-8 OVC) at home on Thursday in a 3-0 sweep. The Lions improve to 9-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play and have won six straight matches.

Allie Otten made history on Thursday evening becoming the third ever Lindenwood Lion to reach 3,000 career assists (NCAA era). She ended the match with a team-high 34 assists while helping the Lions hit .276 for the match. She also notched 15 digs for her 15th double-double.

Nyah Wilson had a team-high 14 kills on 29 attacks while hitting .448. She also grabbed 15 digs for a double-double. Autumn Bax added nine kills and two blocks while Addy McAleer chipped in 15. Faith Atkins in just her second start had six kills and two blocks while hitting .545.

Jessie Seidel was the third Lion on Thursday to have double-digit digs with 14. She also added two service aces and four assists. Lindenwood's defense shut down the Tigers' offense after they hit .039 with 24 attack errors.

TSU jumped out the gate in the first set grabbing a 8-1 lead before a Condon timeout. Lindenwood battled back in the set eventually taking the leading and winning the set 25-21. Wilson had seven kills on 10 swings while Bax added another five. LU had 18 kills in the first set and hit .304.

Lindenwood found themselves trailing early in the set two as well, but fought back winning the set 25-18. McAleer had five of her kills in the second set and Otten added 13 assists. She had 29 total assists in the first two sets. Wilson and Seidel each had five digs defensively.

The third set was all Lindenwood as LU closed out the match winning 25-14 for their sixth sweep in OVC play. Lindenwood took advantage of TSU's errors after the Tigers posted 12 in the final set.