 Bills Dominate SEMO 3-0
Oct. 15, 2008
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Saint Louis used a balanced effort to easily defeat Southeast Missouri State 25-19, 25-16, 25-19 on Wednesday evening in nonconference volleyball action in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Billikens improved to 16-4 with the win while the Redhawks dropped to 7-8. Bridget Fonke posted a double-double of 13 kills and 13 digs while Whitney Roth narrowly missed the feat with 33 assists and nine digs. Whitney Behrens contributed 12 digs and Sammi McCloud added 10 for the Bills. The Redhawks' Claire Keaton recorded 10 kills, while Sarah Barth added 25 assists and Molly Davis registered 15 digs. The Redhawks rattled off three points to start the opening set before SLU got on the board on a SEMO service error. The Bills gradually chipped away at the lead, tying the score at points six through nine before using a 10-3 to go up 19-12. Fonke, Casey Chernin and Megan Boken each added two kills during the rally. SEMO did not go quietly as it cut the margin to four at 23-19 before Fonke closed the set with two kills. Fonke led all players with seven kills and seven digs in the first set as SLU out-hit SEMO .378 to .212. A Sally Warning kill, two Redhawk hitting errors and a Warning-McCloud block allowed SLU to go ahead 4-0 in the early stages of the second set. SEMO tried to trim the margin but the Billikens used a 5-0 run mid-set to push the lead out to nine at 15-6. Fonke contributed two kills while Roth added a kill and a service ace. SEMO mounted a 7-3 run to cut SLU's lead to five at 18-13 but that was as close as it would get the rest of the way. Boken recorded a set-high five kills as the Bills hit at a .268 clip to the Redhawks' .000.
The Redhawks led early in the third set but it was not long before Saint Louis utilized a 4-0 run to go up for good at 8-6. SEMO scored back-to-back points just one time after that as the Billikens cruised to victory. Fonke, Warning and Lauren Christman tied for set-high honors with three kills apiece. Tomorrow, the Billikens take on Duquesne at Chaifetz Pavilion at 7 p.m. (CT). |
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