St. Charles, Mo. – Austin Peay State University's volleyball team fell to Southern Illinois and Lindenwood, Saturday, at the Lindenwood Invitational. 

Payton Deidesheimer was named to the All-Tournament team for her 24 kills over two matches, with a career-high of 13 against Southern Illinois. 

Austin Peay (1-7) began the day with a 3-0 (22-25, 23-25, 20-25) loss to Southern Illinois. The Governors got off to a quick start in the first set, going on a 6-2 run and forcing a Saluki timeout. The Govs held on to their lead until back-to-back from the Salukis tied the game at 10. Southern Illinois got up by as many as four at 18-14 and the Govs responded with a 5-1 run to tie the set, 19-19. The Salukis ended the set on a 6-3 run, winning the first set, 25-22. 

The second set was back-and-forth, seeing 11 ties and four lead changes. A kill by Deidesheimer tied the set for the final time at 14. The Salukis began pulling away from the Govs after consecutive attack errors made the score 21-16. A block by Deidesheimer got the Govs back within one of their opponent at 24-23, but a Saluki kill ended the set as they took the 25-23 win. 

The Governors led the third set until a kill by SIU's Avery Parris tied the set at 6. The Salukis took the lead at 10-9 after a Governor attack error. The Salukis increased their lead to as many as nine at 20-11 by an Ema Stermenska service ace. A kill by Deidesheimer got the Govs back within three of their opponent at 23-20, but the Salukis ended the set on a 2-0 run to take the 25-20 set win and the 3-0 victory over the Governors. 

APSU took a 3-0 loss to host Lindenwood to end the tournament. The Lions began the first set on a 10-7 run, forcing a Governor timeout. Lindenwood extended their lead to as many as nine at 20-11. The Govs cut their deficit to four at 22-18 with a service ace by Kalliann Cook, but the Lions went on a 3-1 run to end the set, 25-19. 

The Lions went on a 14-6 run to begin the second set, forcing another Governor timeout. A kill by Sarah Carnathan cut the Gov's deficit down to three at 17-14, but this would be as close as they would get for the remainder of the set. The Lions ended the set on an 8-4 run, taking the second set 25-18. 

The two teams went back-and-forth to begin the third set, going 15-11 into the media timeout. Lindenwood began to pull away from the Governors after consecutive kills, and a Gov attack error made the score 19-12. The Lions ended the third set on a 6-2 run, taking the 25-14 win. 

Next, the Govs head to Bowling Green, Kentucky, for the WKU Invitational, where they will face Eastern Illinois, Arkansas State, and host Western Kentucky.