Storm Close 2019 With Senior Night Loss

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern got off to a strong start but was unable to maintain the momentum, but it was Caitlin Cosby's move up the Great American Conference career digs list that highlighted Senior Night for the Savage Storm in a 3-1 loss to Southern Nazarene.
 
Cosby and Sydney Meget each played their final games for the Savage Storm. Cosby is a biology and chemistry double major from Keller, Texas, while Meget is a zoology major from Oklahoma City, Okla.
 
Cosby came into the matchup needing just four digs to move into second on the conference career digs list and proceeded to finish her final match with 21 to bring her final digs number to 2,377.
 
Offensively on Thursday, Caroline Griffith turned in 15 kills to lead SE, while Aleksandra Rodic finished the match with 10.  Hannah Grant and Malaysia Burns each turned in seven.
 
Arabella Bouchard dished out 36 assists on the night and chipped in two service aces along with eight digs.
 
Cosby's 21 digs match the match-high while Grace Shehadeh added 15 and Rodic turned in 12.  Meget finished the match with seven.
 
Burns turned in a pair of blocks to lead the Storm at the net.
 
SNU opened with a 5-1 lead in the first set but the Storm slowly crept back before using a 5-0 spurt to take a 13-11 lead after a Griffith kill.
 
After a back-and-forth, the Storm would again use a run, this one 5-1, to push ahead to 19-15.
 
The Crimson Storm would close the gap to 19-18, but Southeastern would take six of the final nine points to win the first set 25-21.
 
SE struggled to put together back-to-back points in the second set and SNU used a 13-4 run to pull ahead 19-10 before taking the second set 25-16 to even the match at 1-1.
 
Another slow start left the Storm playing catch up, but a 6-0 run helped them do just that, tying the set at 12-12 on a Griffith kill.
 
Southeastern would hang close until SNU put together a 6-0 run in response to jump ahead 22-15 before swiping the set 25-20.
 
The fourth set was back-and-forth with the Storm opening up early leads at 8-6 and 12-9, but each time SNU would rally to even the score, doing so at 17-17 before reeling off a 5-0 run to leave the Storm trailing 22-17.
 
SE would keep up the fight, taking four of the next six points, but were unable to keel the rally rolling, dropping the set 25-21.