EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Volleyball tallied the sweep over Western Illinois University on Senior Day.
 
USI honored its seniors, Aspen Jankowski, Maeve Moonan, Jillian Moonan, Leah Coleman, and student manager Connell Moonan following the match. The Screaming Eagles move to 4-4 in Ohio Valley Conference play, and 9-11 overall for the season.
 
The Screaming Eagles kicked off Senior Day with a kill from J. Moonan on the right side. Both USI middles, freshman Vita Sensenbrenner and sophomore Mackenzie Nettles, added two kills each, hitting error-free. Right side Carley Wright led the team with three kills. Sophomore Aysa Thomas split setting duties with senior Jankowski as they combined for 10 assists.
 
Moonan tallied the opening point in the second set as well, as the Screaming Eagles managed to come back from a seven-point deficit to take a two-set advantage. Senior Coleman led USI with five kills, hitting error-free for a .500 efficiency. Libero Audrey Small added two aces and three digs.
 
The Screaming Eagles maintained control of the final set's score through the end. Senior Ashby Willis led the court with four kills on no errors, hitting .500. Thomas and Jankowski each dished out four assists. Jankowski also led the defensive effort, tallying five digs, followed by Small and Kerigan Fehr with four each.
 
For the match, the team tallied nine aces, as they continue to lead the conference in the category this season. Jankowski had her best game as a Screaming Eagle, with 12 assists and nine digs. Small and Fehr each added 10 digs to lead the team. Coleman added nine kills, followed by Willis with eight, and Wright with seven.
 

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MOREHEAD STATE 3, TENNESSEE STATE 0
NASHVILLE - Morehead State got a balanced attack and got its second straight sweep (25-20, 25-21, 25-14) over Tennessee State Saturday afternoon in Kean Hall in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
Morehead State (9-11, 5-5 OVC) was led by Hollan Everett and Ella Warrick with nine kills apiece. Everett posted a .333 hitting percentage while Warrick posted a .273 efficiency. Amelia Nott added eight terminations, posting a .462 hitting percentage. Kylie Sharp tied her career high with seven kills and hit .455.
 
In the opening set, Morehead State led through the middle stages of the frame. A 3-0 run capped by a Josie Certa service ace pushed the MSU lead to 18-14. Tennessee State (0-18, 0-8 OVC) rallied with a five-point run to take the lead 20-19. The Eagles responded with a 6-0 run to close out the set powered by two aces and a kill by Nott. Everett led the MSU attack with five kills.
 
The Eagles and the Tigers battled through a tight second set that featured five ties and two lead changes. An early 4-0 TSU run put the Tigers ahead 9-4. MSU rallied to draw even at 10-10. A 7-1 run put the Eagles ahead 17-12. A Tiger 4-0 run shaved the Eagle advantage to 17-16. MSU got some separation with a 3-0 run and closed out the set outscoring the Tigers 3-1.
 
The Eagles posted a .364 hitting percentage in the second frame while holding TSU to a .194 efficiency. Nott led the Eagle attack with five kills in six swings. Warrick added four kills of her own.
 
Morehead State roared into the final set with a nine-point run to take a 9-1 lead, capped by Nott's third service ace of the match. The Eagles were never threatened and cruised to the 25-14 set win to close out the match. MSU hit .333 in the final frame; TSU hit .100.
 
Tennessee State was led by Melae Lacy with eight kills.
 

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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 3, UT MARTIN 0
MARTIN, Tenn. - Southeast Missouri defeated UT Martin 3-0 on Saturday, taking the sets 25-20, 25-22, 25-16. SEMO finished with a .336 hitting percentage and 49 kills, compared with .177 and 38 kills for UT Martin.

The Redhawks (16-7, 9-1 OVC) turned the first set after trailing 8-7, getting kills from Reagan Nelson and Lucy Arndt and a block from Katy St. John and Alaina Lester during a push to a 12-9 lead. Southeast Missouri kept UT Martin (9-12, 4-6 OVC) from pulling even the rest of the set and finished it at 25-20 on a Marin Johnson kill from Harper Highfill.

SEMO broke a 4-4 tie with four straight points on Harper Highfill's serve, getting back-to-back block points from Lester and Johnson before kills by Nelson and Lester made it 8-4. After UT Martin tied the set at 22, Lester put the Redhawks back in front, Arndt followed with a kill, and a UT Martin attack error closed out a 25-22 set win.

Southeast Missouri broke open the third set by winning seven of eight rallies from an 8-8 tie, getting kills from Nelson, Johnson and Arndt during the push to 15-9. Earlier, Harper Highfill's service ace helped SEMO move in front 8-7 after trailing 7-6. Johnson finished the set with a kill as the Redhawks took the set 25-16.