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Volleyball Set to Host SEMO in Key OVC Series

10/15/2026 11:00:00 AM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky.-- The Morehead State volleyball team returns home after two straight weekends on the road to face off with the Southeast Missouri Redhawks this weekend in the Academic Athletic Center.  
  
SEMO comes into Morehead in a tie with Lindenwood at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference standings after splitting a pair of matches with the Lions last weekend in Cape Girardeau. The matches will also be taking place in the AAC's Auxillary Gym.
 
Morehead State comes into the fourth weekend of conference play tied with SIUE in third place at 3-3 in OVC play.
 
Friday's first serve is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET. Saturday's start is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET. Both matches are scheduled to be aired on ESPN+.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State                          7-9, 3-3 OVC/ L1
Southeast Missouri                   12-7, 5-1 OVC/ W1
              
SERIES HISTORY

Record vs. SEMO                        29-37
Streak                                           W3
Last Meeting                               W, 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 26-24) 10/25/25 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
First Meeting                               L, 3-1, (15-8, 14-16, 9-15, 12-15) 9/14/91 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Record in Morehead                  16-14
Record in Cape Girardeau         10-18                 
Neutral Sites                                3-6

NOTABLES
 
  • Morehead State ranks fifth in the OVC heading into the weekend with 688 kills (11.86 kills per set). The Eagles also rank fifth in the conference with a .183 hitting percentage, and allowing a .218 opponent hitting percentage.
  • Heading into the weekend, the Eagles are fourth in the OVC with 92 aces on the season, averaging 1.59 aces per set. Senior Amelia Nott leads the Eagles with 23 aces ranking third in the OVC. Freshman Ella Warrick ranks fourth in the OVC with 22 service aces.  
  • Morehead State ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 118.5 total team blocks, averaging 2.04 blocks per set. Freshman Haidyn Carter leads the Eagles and ranks fourth in the OVC with 49 total blocks averaging 0.91 blocks per set. Nott ranks ninth in the OVC with 47 total blocks, averaging 0.91 blocks per set.
  • Senior outside hitter Hollan Everett ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 216 kills heading into the weekend, averaging 3.93 kills per set. That ranks 48th nationally in NCAA Division I. Last season, Everett was a Second-Team All-OVC selection after smacking 335 kills while posting a .213 hitting percentage and adding 62 total blocks, including 21 block solos.
  • Senior setter Sydney Sennett was an All-OVC First Team selection last season after posting 1,089 assists in the 2025 campaign, which ranks as the eighth-highest season total in the modern era at MSU. Her 10.18 assists per set rate ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference.
  • Sennett has 2,341 career assists, which ranks fourth in program history for the modern, 25-point rally scoring era. Her 5.50 assists per set rate currently ranks sixth in the OVC.
  • Senior Amelia Nott has smacked 151 kills this season, averaging 2.60 kills per set, ranking third on the team. She has a .334 hitting percentage, which ranks third in the OVC. Her career .297 hitting percentage is the highest in the Morehead State record book for the modern era.
  • Amelia Nott has posted 301 career block assists, ranking seventh in the MSU record book for the modern era. Her 335 career total blocks tally also ranks seventh in the Eagle record book for the modern era.
  • Freshman Ella Warrick has slammed 166 kills to date, averaging 2.86 kills per set, which ranks second on the club and ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference. She has posted double figure kill totals in nine of MSU's 16 matches. She has been named the OVC's Rookie of the Week twice this season.
  • Warrick posted her sixth double/double of the season last Friday at Southern Indiana with 14 kills and a career high 24 digs.
  • Freshman Haidyn Carter has been a fixture in the middle for the Eagles. Last Saturday at Southern Indiana, she set a new career high with nine kills.
  • Senior Courtney Fitzgerald joined the 1,000-dig club in the opening weekend of the season against Fairfield. She became the 30th Eagle to amass over 1,000 digs. Heading into play this week, she ranks sixth MSU record book in the modern era with 1,166 digs.
 
 
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS
 
  • Southeast Missouri is led by Julie Yankus, who is in her 16th season at the helm of the SEMO program. Yankus has a record of 261-227 in Cape Girardeau; her teams have claimed OVC tournament championships twice (2019 and 2022) and have earned two OVC regular season titles (2021 and 2024).
  • Southeast Missouri has a potent attack, ranking second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 920 kills averaging 13.14 kills per set. The Redhawks top the OVC posting a .261 hitting percentage, which ranks 34th in the country in Division I.
  • Sophomore Reagan Nelson leads the Redhawk attack with 262 kills on the season, averaging 3.74 kills per set which ranks third in the OVC, and also leads SEMO with 20 service aces this season. She has notched double figure kill totals in 14 of the Redhawks' 19 matches this season, including tying her career high with 24 kills against Bradley on October 14th. She has notched eight kill/dig double/doubles this season. She ranks second on the team with 173 digs, averaging 2.47 digs per set. Nelson was named to the OVC All-Tournament Team last fall.
  • Senior Lucy Arndt is a three-time First Team All-OVC selection and was the OVC Freshman of the Year in 2023. She ranks seventh in the OVC with 228 kills averaging 3.26 kills per set.
  • Junior middle blocker Alaina Lester tops the Ohio Valley Conference with a .457 hitting percentage. That ranks fourth in the nation in NCAA Division I. She ranks third in the OVC with 61 total blocks, averaging 0.92 blocks per set.
 
EAGLE MILESTONE WATCH
 
  • Hollan Everett became the 23rd member of the 1,000-kill club at Morehead State last weekend at UT Martin. With 1,057 career kills, she ranks seventh in the MSU record book for the modern era (2008-present). She needs 42 kills to pass Kaitlin Craven (2008-10) for 6th in the Eagle record book for the modern era.
  • Everett needs seven total blocks to hit the 200 mark for her career. Her 44 career block solos rank 6th in the modern era in the MSU record book.
  • Courtney Fitzgerald has posted 1,194 career digs, just four shy of becoming the fifth Eagle to reach the 1,200-dig milestone in the modern era.
 
 
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