ITTA BENA, Miss. – Southeastern Louisiana swept past Mississippi Valley State in straight sets Wednesday, 25-17, 25-18, 25-17, winning a nonconference match at the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex.
 
Caroline Golden, a junior from Mandeville, Louisiana, and Jodi Edo, a senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, led the Southeastern (4-7) offensive attack. Golden picked up six of her match-high 12 kills in the opening set. Edo contributed 11 kills while hitting a team-best .529 in the match.
 
"We're holding ourselves to a higher standard," head coach Jeremy White said. "They're learning how to play together as a team bit by bit. We've got a couple putting the ball away pretty aggressively and that helps out a lot."
 
The initial set went back and forth early before Southeastern strung together five-straight points, jumping out in front 11-7. From that point forward, the Lady Lions continued to tack on to their lead with a potent offense. Led by Golden's six kills, Southeastern hit .400 (15 kills, 3 errors, 30 attempts) in the opening set.
 
Action continued back and forth in the second set. A Ryan Maddera block put the Lady Lions up, 8-7, but Valley (2-12) rallied back for a 12-11 lead. After a Southeastern timeout, the Lady Lions tied up the score before the Devilettes built a 15-13 advantage. A pair of kills by Maddera got Southeastern headed back in the right direction, up 17-15.
 
The Lady Lions doubled up on Valley quickly in the third set, 8-4. Slowly inching closer, the Devilettes pulled within one, 16-15, before White called a timeout. Southeastern responded with seven-straight points and nine of the final 11 to finish off the sweep.
 
Baylee Laskoskie dished out a match-high 37 assists and Lizzy Low picked up 12 digs, reaching double figures for the third time this season.
 
UP NEXT
Southeastern continues its road trip this coming weekend, facing Marshall (6-3), Coppin State (3-6) and host Morehead State (6-3) at the Comfort Inn-vitational in Morehead, Kentucky. The Lady Lions face Marshall at 3:30 p.m. Friday before wrapping up the tournament Saturday with a pair of matches, going up against Coppin State at 11 a.m. and host Morehead State at 2 p.m.
 
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