Volleyball Ready to Host Nationally-Ranked OBU

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will be looking to play the role of spoiler when it welcomes No. 6 Oklahoma Baptist to Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium on March 19 for a 7 p.m. matchup.
 
Tuesday's home contest will NOT be open to the general public, and instead will be in accordance with the Great American Conference's policy regarding attendance which allows for a limited guest list for student-athletes and full time coaches. This policy allows a set number of four guests per athlete or coach and is limited to the home team only.
 
Guests on the pass list will be required to show an ID as well as wear a mask and practice social distancing while in attendance.
 
For fans who are not in a position to attend, the matches can be can be followed live on the Southeastern Sports Network online with Bob Sullins from Mix 96.1.
 
Video for Southeastern's home contests will also be available at the following link:
http://www.citylinktv.com/channel/durant-southeastern-sports
 
Stats can be tracked for all SE home matches at this link: https://gosoutheastern.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

The Savage Storm head into Friday's contest with an 0-4 record after a loss on Tuesday.
 
In that contest, Ruthie Forson's 10 kills led the Storm on the attack, while she continued to fuel the offense even when not on the attack with 31 assists.
 
Defensively Grace Shehadeh finished with a match-high 28 digs to pace the back row while Skylor Lewis and Aleksandra Rodic cracked double-figures with 16 and 13 digs, respectively.  Forson just missed double-digits with nine which would have given her a triple double.
 
For the season, Rodic leads the offensive attack with 3.07 kills per set, while Forson has lifted her assists per set average to 9.79.
 
Shehadeh improved her digs per set mark to 5.79, while Caroline Griffith's eight blocks in 11 sets is the team lead.
 
SE squared off with OBU to open the year, falling 3-0, with Rodic leading the way with 13 kills, while Forson handed out 30 assists, and Shehadeh chipped in 20 digs.
 
Malia Leatherland led the Bisons in that match with 15 kills, while Taneyah Brown added 13, and defensively Jenna West posted four blocks while Diana Carranza posted 21 digs.
 
OBU has put together a 12-0 record on the season with a 7-0 mark in Great American Conference play.
 
Leatherland is averaging 3.50 kills per set for the season, while Kaylee Buell is dishing out 9.57 assists per set.
 
Defensively, the Bison are led by Julia Brinton's 1.82 blocks per set while Carranza is adding 4.62 digs per set.