CHARLESTON, Ill. - Lindenwood women's volleyball (16-15, 11-7 OVC) fall in the Ohio Valley Conference semifinals to #2 Southeast Missouri State (22-9, 12-6 OVC) in five sets on Tuesday evening. The Lions had four Lions with over eight kills in their final match of the season.

Rebecca Janke powered down 17 kill vs. the Redhawks while hitting .372 in five sets. She also had four assists, two aces, six digs and four blocks. Nyah Wilson was active on both sides of the net with 16 kills and 20 digs for her 16th double-double of the season.

Lindenwood wasted no time on Tuesday winning the first set by a score of 25-16. The Lions jumped out to a 13-4 lead behind five service aces including two from Jessie Seidel and two from Lexi Menne. Lindenwood had six aces in the set. SEMO was held to a .125 hitting percentage while Lindenwood hit .346 wit h12 kills. Janke had three kills, three assists and an ace to lead LU.
 
The Redhawks took over control of the second set early tying the match at 1-1 with a 16-25 set score. Lindenwood's offense hit only .021 with eight kills and seven attack errors. SEMO was led by OVC Freshman of the Year Lucy Ardnt with five kills in the second. Wilson was active defensively in the second posting seven digs.
 
The Lions jumped back in front in the third set with a 25-21 set win. There was seven ties and four lead changes in a back and forth set. Lindenwood trailed 7-10 before climbing their way back to take the lead 15-14 after a kill by Wilson. In the set, Wilson had six kills and five digs to lead LU. Lindenwood hit .425 in the set with 19 kills including seven more from Janke.

The fourth set saw an opportunity for the Lions to close out the match, but a failed review stalled the Lions offense resulting in a 23-25 set loss. Addy McAleer and Ashley Geluck both had three kills in the fourth set to lead LU.

Lindenwood and SEMO had a battle for the ages in the fifth set, but the Lions fell 13-15 ending their tournament run. Allie Otten had 44 assists and three kills while picking up a double-double with 13 digs. Seidel also had 22 digs to lead the Lions.