DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern had a trio of players with double-digit kills and trailed just once across three sets in an impressive 3-0 revenge victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith on Monday evening in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 11-14 overall on the season heading back into Great American Conference play on Tuesday night versus Northwestern Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. back in Bloomer Sullivan Gym.
 
Gabby Jones led all attackers with 16 kills while hitting .300 for the match, with Sophee Dean and Nykeriah Allen adding 10 kills apiece.
 
As a team the Storm hit .306 and had just 14 errors spread across 121 attacks in three sets.
 
Jasmin Dion drove the offense to the tune of 38 assists and rounded out a double-double with 11 digs while chipping in four kills.
 
Defensively, Patience Lewis continued her dominant run across the back row with her third-straight 20-dig match, finishing with 24 on the contest.
 
Dion added 11 digs, while Merrick Hammel added seven.
 
At the net, Nykeriah Allen collected six blocks, while Dean and Jones added three apiece.
 
The Storm scored the first three points and jumped out to a 5-1 lead early and never looked back in the first set.
 
Dean tallied six of her kills in the first set to lead the offense, while Lewis picked up seven digs to help power SE to a 25-13 win in the opener.
 
The Storm scored first again and again would not trail despite set two being tighter.
 
SE would lead by as many as seven before UAFS rallied and closed the gap to 23-21 late in the set.
 
A Jones kill would set Southeastern up at set point and a Lion error would end the set at 25-21 and give the Storm a 2-0 lead.
 
UAFS scored first it he third set to take its lone lead of the night, but an Anger Ngeth kill would even the match and the Storm would push out to an 8-2 lead and never look back.
 
Rylee Jackson posted six kills in the set to lead the offense and Lewis picked up nine digs in the final frame as the Storm took the set 25-17 and the match 3-0.