NEW ALBANY, Ind. - IU Southeast volleyball wrapped up the 2026 regular season with a 3-1 home loss to IU Columbus Saturday afternoon at the IUS Activities Building. The Grenadiers finish the regular season with an overall record of 10-16 and a conference record of 7-6.
Nicole Stratford led the Grenadiers' attack with 14 kills, followed by Jordan Vaughan and Avynn Belding with ten kills each. Ella Davidson, who was honored before the game for recording 1,000 career digs, had a game-high 19 digs, and Carly Mason recorded 31 assists.
For the second consecutive season, IU Southeast will be the No. 4 seed in the River States Conference volleyball tournament and will host a first-round game. The Grenadiers will play No. 5 IU Columbus at 7:00 p.m. at the IUS Activities Building.
Set 1: IU Columbus 25, IU Southeast 16
After the Grenadiers scored three of the first four points, the Crimson Pride went on a 13-3 run to go up 16-6. Later, with IU Columbus leading 20-9, the Grenadiers went on a 5-2 run to cut the lead to 22-14, but that would be as close as they would get. IU Columbus took set one 25-16.
Set 2: IU Columbus 25, IU Southeast 16
After the teams split the first six points, the Crimson Pride went on a 13-4 run and led 16-7. IU Southeast got back in the set after a 6-2 run, but the early run by the Crimson proved to be too much to overcome. The Crimson Pride took set two and a 2-0 match lead.
Set 3: IU Southeast 25, IU Columbus 11
IU Southeast came out on fire in the third set, scoring nine of the first ten points, and 14 of the first 17. Just like the Crimson Pride had done in the previous two sets, IU Southeast used their early run to cruise to victory in the set.
Set 4: IU Columbus 25, IU Southeast 17
The Crimson Pride jumped out to a 10-3 lead, and just like the previous three sets, never looked back. Later, the Grenadiers went on a 5-1 lead to cut the lead to 23-17 but never got any closer. IU Columbus went on to win the set 25-17 and win the match 3-1.
