Memphis, Tenn.— The University of Toledo women's volleyball team dropped both of its matches on Friday, falling to Southeast Missouri and Memphis.

Both matches went four sets, with the Rockets winning the second set in each contest. Junior Emma Swope was terrific in the Memphis match, tallying a career-high 20 kills and hitting .326 while recording 10 digs. Senior Zoe Birnbrich had 14 kills against SEMO and 12 against the Tigers, hitting .391 in the latter match. Junior Rhyen Neal added a match-high 17 digs against Southeast Missouri and followed that up with 14 against Memphis. Freshman Olivia Vance hit .462 in the first match and .375 in match two.

Toledo will face North Alabama on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ET to close out its weekend in Memphis.

Southeast Missouri 3, Toledo 1

Set 1 (SEMO, 25-22)
SEMO started the match with a 5-0 run and was able to grow its lead to 20-11. The Rockets did not go down without a fight, though, and launched a 10-2 run to pull within two, 24-22. Toledo faced four straight set points and was able to take the point to stay alive each time, but Southeast Missouri finally closed out the first set with a kill to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

Set 2 (Toledo, 25-17)
The Rockets hit .300 in the second set and won, 25-17, to tie the match at 1-1. Southeast Missouri once again took an early lead, jumping out to a 6-2 advantage early on. Toledo was able to fight its way back this time and, trailing 11-8, scored four in a row to turn a three-point deficit into a one-point lead. The Rockets did not trail again in the second set, ending the game on a 13-6 run to win by eight.

Set 3 (SEMO, 25-23)
Toledo trailed early to start the third set, but scored six in a row to take a 9-6 lead over the Redhawks. Southeast Missouri was able to come back and tie the score at 11-11, and from that point on the two teams were jockeying back and forth until the end of the set. Trailing, 19-17, the Rockets scored four straight to pull ahead by two, 21-19. SEMO went on a run of its own, scoring five straight points to take a 24-21 lead over Toledo. The Rockets pulled within one, 24-23, but ended up on the wrong end of a 25-23 decision.

Set 4 (SEMO, 25-20)
The Redhawks hit .400 in the fourth set, the best hitting percentage for either team during the match. With the score tied at 10-10, SEMO scored four in a row to take a four-point lead, and the Rockets were unable to grab a share of the lead for the remainder of the match. Trailing 23-16, Toledo did score four in a row to pull within three, 23-20, but Southeast Missouri tallied the final two points it needed to win the set and the match.

Memphis 3, Toledo 1

Set 1 (Memphis, 25-22)
The Tigers started the first set on a 5-2 run and didn't relinquish their lead the entire set. Toledo pulled within a point several times, but was unable to get over the hump. Trailing by one, 22-21, the Rockets surrendered three of the next four points to fall, 25-22. Swope led all comers with seven kills in the first set.

Set 2 (Toledo, 25-15)
The second set was all Toledo from the start. The Rockets led wire-to-wire and hit .435, while holding Memphis to a -.095 hitting percentage. Toledo jumped out to an 11-3 lead early on and continued to control the second set from there. The Tigers did go on a 6-1 run at one point, but it was too little too late as the Rockets went on to win, 25-15, and tie the match at 1-1. Vance, Beasley, and Swope scored the final three points of the set to seal the deal for Toledo.

Set 3 (Memphis, 25-19)
Set three was neck-and-neck in the beginning, but with the score tied at 7-7 Memphis started to pull away. The Tigers rattled off an 8-1 run to take a commanding 15-8 lead over the Rockets. The closest Toledo got from that point on was four, 20-16, and the final score ended up at 25-19, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the match.

Set 4 (Memphis, 25-21)
Toledo pushed Memphis for the entire fourth set. Trailing 10-8, the Rockets turned the two-point deficit into a two-point lead, 14-12, thanks to a 6-2 run. The Tigers returned the favor, scoring four in a row to once again take a two-point lead over the Rockets, 16-14. Toledo would grab the lead once more, at 19-18, but Memphis ended the night by scoring seven of the final nine points to win 25-21 and win the match in four sets.