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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State volleyball had three players reach double digit kills, and the Eagles hit .298 en route to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-15) sweep of Southeast Missouri in the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals in front of a raucous crowd Friday night at Wetherby Gym.
The top-seeded Eagles will now battle third-seeded UT Martin for the tournament title on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. It marks MSU’s third consecutive championship match appearance.
The Eagles improve to 25-6 on the year, tying the 2010 team for wins. SEMO saw its season end at 14-19.
Redshirt sophomore Aryn Bohannon hammered a team-high 14 kills and hit .273, while junior Ellie Roberson came off the bench for 13 winners via a .281 attack efficiency. Roberson is just six kills shy now of 1,000 for her career. Redshirt senior middle blocker Emma Keough smacked in 10 kills while hitting .500. She also had four of the Eagles’ 10 block assists.
Defensively, MSU got a match-high 19 digs from sophomore libero Leslie Schellhaas, who now needs only 16 more to set the Eagles’ single season record. MSU out-dug the Redhawks 56-41 and limited SEMO to a .094 attack effort.
Junior setter Caitlin Clark handed out a match-best 45 assists and had seven digs and three blocks.
Southeast Missouri middle blocker Emily Coon totaled 10 kills, but the OVC’s leading blocker was held without a rejection tonight. Berkley Idel tallied 13 digs.
The Eagles only trailed one time all night (5-4 in the second set) and led by as much as nine (20-11) during the third set when they hit .414 with 15 kills.
