Tuesday, October 14
Cape Girardeau, MO
6 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Southeast Missouri State
Emma Christian
Salukis head to SEMO for midweek contest
10/13/2025 | 1:03:00 | Women's Volleyball
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois Women's Volleyball will play archrival Southeast Missouri State in a midweek matchup Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
SERIES HISTORY:
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SERIES HISTORY:
- Southern Illinois holds the all-time series over the Redhawks, 28-13. The Salukis won the most recent match in 2024, a 3-2 victory in the Saluki Invitational on Sept. 21.
LAST TIME OUT:
- The Salukis dropped two matches over the weekend, being swept by UIC on Friday and suffering a 3-2 heartbreaker to Valparaiso on Saturday.
- Kelly Franklin set a career-high against Valparaiso on Saturday, tallying 23 kills.
QUICK HITS:
- The Southern Illinois Women's Volleyball team was picked ninth in the annual coaches' Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll. UNI led the poll once again with 120 points and 10 of the 11 first-place votes.
- Southern Illinois returns eight players from the 2024 season: five outside hitters, two middle blockers, and one defensive specialist.
- Eva Krakowski had a career-high 11 blocks against Murray State on Sept. 26, a mark that leads The Valley this season. She is tied for sixth in the MVC with 63 total blocks.
- In 2025's season-opening win over Sam Houston, Annabelle Sulish set her career high in kills with 23. She is tied for eighth in the MVC with 202 total kills. She also ranks ninth in total points (224.5). The Knoxville, Tenn., native became the 17th player in Saluki history to eclipse 1,000 kills on Oct. 4 against Belmont.
- Setter Emma Lade had 40 assists in the season-opening win over Sam Houston, the most by a Saluki setter since Anna Jaworski had 51 assists on Nov. 16, 2022. She ranks second in The Valley in total assists (452) and third in assists per set (6.55). She also has 24 aces, which is tied for fourth in The Valley.
- Freshman setters Addison Kerr and Meghan Anderson have both made big impacts early in the season. Anderson had a season-high 24 assists in an Oct. 4 win over Murray State. Kerr had the best game of her young freshman career in a loss to New Mexico State on Sept. 5, tallying 27 assists.
- As a team, Southern Illinois is second in The Valley with 113 service aces.
- Larissa Seger set a career-high with 15 kills against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 6, and currently ranks third in the MVC in hitting percentage (.364). Seger has also impressed from the service line with 25 aces, third in The Valley. She is fourth in The Valley with 70 total blocks and tied for fifth with one block per set.
- Jillian Shaneyfelt is third in the MVC with 299Â digs, and is seventh in digs per set with 3.99.
- Cecilia Bulmahn is ninth in the MVC with 217Â digs. She is also seventh in service aces with 21. In Southern's Oct. 3 loss to Indiana State, she became the sixth Saluki in history to reach 1,250 digs in her career.
- Kelly Franklin has been ultra-efficient from the outside this season, hitting .325, which is fifth in the MVC. She has 196 kills, which leads the team and also ranks fifth in The Valley, and is 10th with 3.33 kills per set. She has 10 matches hitting over .350.
- Southern had 10 aces in the four-set win over Oakland, tied for the most in The Valley thus far. They also lead The Valley with the most aces in five sets, putting down 13 against McNeese State. In the Sept. 26 win over Murray State, they had 63 assists, tied for the most in the MVC in a four-set match.
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Fans can follow the match with Live Stats or by streaming the action on ESPN+.
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