SE Stumbles in Five Sets at OBU

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Four Southeastern hitters finished with double-digit kills and the Savage Storm rallied to force a fifth-set, but at the end of the night found itself on the short end of a 3-2 loss at Ouachita Baptist on Friday night in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
Southeastern will be back in action Oct. 22 when it steps out of conference to take on Texas A&M-Commerce at 6 p.m. in Commerce, Texas.
 
Malaysia Burns led all attackers in the match with 15 kills, while Hannah Grant was right behind with 14.
 
Caroline Griffith checked in with 12 with Aleksandra Rodic posting 10.
 
Arabella Bouchard powered the offense with 40 assists while adding eight digs.
 
Caitlin Cosby paced all defenders in the match with 30 digs, followed by 11 from Sydney Meget and 10 from Grace Shehadeh.
 
Burns and Grant led the defense at the net with three blocks apiece.
 
In the opening set the Storm used a big 9-1 run to pull away near the midway point and take the set 25-18.
 
OBU responded and used big runs of their own in each of the second and third sets, winning set two 25-19 and set three 25-22.
 
SE bounced back in the fourth set, scoring eight of the final 12 points to erase a two-point deficit and pick up a 25-23 win to even the match at 2-2.
 
However, the Storm rally would run out of momentum in the fifth set as the Tigers would use a 7-0 run to mount a 10-2 lead that SE was unable to recover from in a 15-4 loss in the final set.