SE Welcomes Rangers to Open Home Stand

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DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern volleyball will settle into its final three home games of the season beginning Nov. 2 when it hosts Northwestern Oklahoma State at 11 a.m. in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
 
The Savage Storm enter the contest in the midst of a four-match losing streak and on the heels of a disappointing 3-0 loss to East Central in Ada on Thursday that dipped SE to 10-15 on the year and 4-6 in Great American Conference play.
 
SE is currently in eighth in the league standings, but would hold the No. 7 seed if the tournament were held today due to NWOSU and Southern Nazarene still holding provisional member status.
 
The Rangers come into the contest at 5-19 overall and 2-9 in league play and are tied for ninth in the standings.
 
The teams met in Alva, in the second GAC match of the season for the Storm who picked up the 3-1 win.
 
In that match Emily Gentle tallied 20 kills, while Courtney Miller added 13 while hitting .478 and Megan Kunkel chipped in 10.
 
Madelynne Cera dished out 38 assists and added seven kills and 11 digs in the effort, while Taylor Benner paced the defense with 14 digs and Kunkel and Caitlyn Mills each added three blocks.
 
On the year Gentle is posting a team-best 3.67 kills per set, while Cera is dishing out 8.20 assists per set to trigger the offensive attack.
 
On defense, Benner is picking up 3.58 digs per set while at the net Ariel Sanders has a total of 61 blocks on the year.
 
NWOSU has a trio of hitter with more than two kills per set, led by Asia Pipkin's 2.86, while Tiana Burnett leads the way in setting with 6.86 assists per set.
 
Defensively, Megan Hentschke leads the back row with 2.93 digs per set, while Elisa Bentson has a team-best 44 blocks on the year.