Freshman Kat Gries and Junior Bailey Rexford celebrating after a point inside Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium against Missouri Western on Sept. 23, 2016. Southern lost their conference opener against Mo. West 3-0. Southern played three straight games at home last weekend, two against conference opponenets, they were swept each match. Gries, from Germantown, Tenn., has played in all 15 games for Southern this season. Gries tallied 17 total digs in last weekend’s three-game homestand. Rexford has started nine of 15 games for the Lions this season.