The Ohio Valley Conference volleyball tournament enters its second day with semifinal action this afternoon in Skyhawk Fieldhouse.

Action is set to begin at 4 p.m. with third-seeded Southeast Missouri (19-11, 13-3 in the OVC) playing second-seeded Morehead State (20-11, 13-3 in the OVC). Top-seeded UTM (22-5, 15-1 in the OVC) will play at 7 p.m. against fourth-seed Murray State (12-11, 10-6 in OVC).

Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students. College students with a valid I.D. can enter free of charge.

UTM and Morehead State received byes to the semifinals with Murray State playing Eastern Kentucky (12-18, 6-10 in OVC) and Southeast Missouri playing Austin Peay (10-20, 6-10 in the OVC) in the first round.

Murray State played a close game one with Eastern Kentucky and dropped the second game but came out strong, dominating the Colonels in games three and four to take the 3-1 win.

Murray State freshman standout Abbi Gui finished with 23 kills and 16 digs. She capped off the double-double with a .465 hitting percentage.

Paige Sun also posted a double-double with 11 kills and 16 digs. Eastern Kentucky hit .117 in the match and racked up 18 block assists.

Southeast Missouri came out with a convincing 3-0 sweep over Austin Peay in the day’s second match.

SEMO came out with a close 30-26 win in game one and followed with 30-20 wins in games two and three.

SEMO’s Emily Johnson and Bobbie Carlile earned double-doubles after in the match. Johnson had 15 kills and 17 digs, while Carlile had 19 kills and 14 digs. Jessica Houpt led the team with a .412 hitting percentage for that match.

Southeast Missouri had 10 service aces in the match.

Morehead State will begin today’s matches, playing Southeast Missouri. Morehead State swept SEMO 3-0 in their first meeting of the season in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A tougher Otahkian team played at Morehead State, extending the match to five games, but Morehead State still came out with the 3-2 win.

UTM went 2-0 against Murray State this season. The Skyhawks swept the Racers in Murray but a tougher team came and took UTM to five games in the skyhawks 3-2 win, Oct. 25.

The big change for Murray State this season has been Gui.

She joined the Racers midway through the season and has made a big impact on the team.

The winners of today’s matches will advance to the conference championship at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Fieldhouse.

The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.