Southeast volleyball falls to UT-Martin in OVC road match

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team saw its magic in five-set matches run out Tuesday night in Martin, Tenn.

Host Tennessee-Martin overcame a sizeable fifth-set deficit to squeeze out a 25-21, 25-27, 26-24, 22-25, 15-13 victory.

Southeast fell to 8-9 overall and 1-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play with its second straight OVC loss.

UTM improved to 8-11 and 2-1.

The Redhawks, who had been 5-0 in five-set contests this season, held fifth-set leads of 11-6, 12-9 and 13-12 before the Skyhawks scored the final three points to close out the match.

Sophomore Taylor Masterson led Southeast with a career-high 16 kills while adding seven blocks.

Also reaching double figures in kills were seniors Colleen Yarber and Emily Coon with 12 and 11, respectively.

Senior Berkley Idel paced the Redhawks in digs with 25. Junior Andrea Baylin tied her season high with 18 digs.

Senior setter Julie Shives recorded 45 assists and 12 digs.

Also posting double-figure dig totals were Yarber and freshman Jade Mortimer with 10 apiece.

Madison Wessling led UTM with 17 kills.

Southeast returns to action Saturday, hosting Jacksonville State in a 2 p.m. OVC match.

Soccer

Southeast freshman defender Christina Rohde has been named the OVC defensive player of the week.

Rohde led all field players with 200 minutes as the Redhawks went 1-0-1 on the opening week of conference play, with both matches on the road.

Rohde did a little bit of everything in Friday's OVC opener, assisting on the game's only goal while also helping hold Murray State to only 10 shots in a 1-0 victory.

Southeast was challenged even more Sunday as Austin Peay scored on a penalty kick late in the first half. Rohde and the Redhawks' defense didn't yield another tally and ended up tying the Lady Govs 1-1.

Rohde, a St. Louis native who graduated from leads all Southeast field players with 759 minutes played and has recorded two assists.

The Redhawks are back in action Friday, hosting Lindenwood in a 6:30 p.m. nonconference matchup that will mark just Southeast's second home contest of the season.

Southeast then returns to OVC action Sunday when Jacksonville State visits Houck Stadium for a 1 p.m. match.

-- From staff reports