DURANT, Okla. – Rylee Jackson posted 17 kills and Patience Lewis logged 37 digs as Southeastern found itself on the short end of a hard-fought 3-1 loss to Arkansas tech on Thursday evening in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
 
The loas dips the Savage Storm to 9-12 overall and 4-6 in league play heading into a Friday afternoon contest with Harding at 4 p.m. back in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
 
Jackson led all attackers in the match with 17 kills for the night, while Gabby Jones was next in line with 14.
 
Sophee Dean, Nykeriah Allen, and Anger Ngeth each added six kills in the effort.
 
Jasmin Dion powered the offense with 40 assists across the four-set match, while chipping in three service aces and nine digs.
 
Lewis led all defenders with 37 digs in the match, followed by Merrick Hammel with 11.
 
Dion, Jones, and Kylee Turner each added nine digs.
 
Allen chipped in three blocks, while Jones and Ngeth each added two.
 
The Storm fell behind midway through the opening set as ATU reeled off an 8-0 run to take a 15-7 lead.
 
The Storm responded with a 10-4 run to close the gap to 19-17 and force a Golden Suns timeout.
 
The Storm would hang close and while trailing 22-18 reeled off three0straight Jackson kills to go on a 6-0 run and eventually take the set 25-23.
 
The second set saw a similar story with ATU pushing out to a six-point lead midway through the set at 17-11.
 
Again the Storm looked to rally, closing to 19-15, and within four points again at 22-18 before the Suns pulled away to take the set 25-20 and tie the match at 1-1.
 
Southeastern got five kills each from Jones and Jackson in the third set, but saw ATU out block SE five-to-zero and take the set 25-20.
 
The fourth set was back and forth for the entire set with the teams playing to ties well into the midway point, with the last coming at 16-16.
 
The Suns scored the next four points at that point and the Storm was unable to mount a rally as ATU took the final set 25-21 to make the final 3-1.