WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Southeastern Oklahoma State drops the first match of the Midwestern State Invitational, falling 3-0 to Midwestern State.
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True freshman
Gabby Jones led the Savage Storm attack with nine kills and added 14 digs, while
Alexis Williams paced the defense at the net with 5.0 total blocks and added six kills on a .353 hitting percentage.
Jasmin Dion pulled the strings for the attack, racking up 28 assists and adding 16 digs for a double-double in her first collegiate start.
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SE (0-1) will look to bounce back tomorrow, when they face Oklahoma Christian at 2 p.m. on the second day of the Midwestern State Invitational.
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SET ONE
Southeastern and Midwestern State were point-for-point through the early exchanges, as the two sides were locked at 7-all. MSU soon began to find separation, but four-straight points by the blue and gold kept the gap close, and the Storm would eventually tie the set 17-17 on a 4-0 run. Â SE continued to stay on the heels of the Mustangs, tying the set 18-all and later 21-all, though late momentum for the hosts secured a 25-22 set win for Midwestern State.
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SET TWO
The Mustangs opened the scoring and would race out to a 7-3 lead to start the frame. Midwestern State held its four-to-five-point edge through the next exchanges, but the Storm hurried back on a 5-0 burst to cut the lead to one, 14-13. The blue and gold continued to battle, tying the set 17-all with a Williams kill and 19-all after a kill from
Jaedyn Newman. However, similar to the opening frame, MSU used a run of scores to close out the set 25-20.
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SET THREE
A flurry of points from MSU gave the hosts a 7-3 lead, and later 13-8. Southeastern chained together a pair of bursts of points to get within two, 16-14, and back-to-back kills by Williams and
Noelia Rocha would keep it a two-point set, 20-18. MSU replied to the Storm and rattled off five of the final six points to claim the frame 25-19.
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