DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern had a trio of players with double-digit kills and lost two sets by a total of four points in a 3-1 loss on Friday afternoon loss to Harding in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 9-13 overall on the season and 4-7 in Great American Conference play.
 
Gabby Jones led SE with 13 kills, while Rylee Jackson was next in line with 11 and Anger Ngeth added 10.
 
Sophee Dean added weight kills and Nykeriah Allen logged five.
 
Jasmin Dion powered the offense to the tune of 40 assists while rounding out a double-double with 11 digs.
 
Patience Lewis led the defense with 19 digs, followed by Dion's 11 and Jones's 10.
 
At the net, SE finished with 13 blocks as a team with Allen logging eight blocks, followed by five from Jones.
 
The first set featured 10 ties and four lead changes and needed extra points to settle before the Storm snagged the 27-25 win.
 
Dean, Jones, and Jackson each recorded three kills in the set.
 
The teams played to a 20-20 tie and saw four ties and four lead changes over the final 12 points.
 
The second set was just as tight, featuring 13 ties and seven lead changes with Jackson logging six kills.
 
Th teams knotted the match at 22-22 in the second set and saw two ties and three lead changes over the final six points with the Bisons taking the set 26-24.
 
SE jumped put to an early lead in the third set, but HU evened the set at 15-15.
 
It was back and forth from there with the teams trading eight ties and five lead changes until Harding took the set 25-23.
 
The Bisons jumped in front by as many as 11-5 in the first half of the fourth set and the Storm were never truly able to recover as HU took the final set 25-17.