SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – How about the run Omaha has been able to compile as they have swept five straight league matches. The Mavericks have moved into a tied for the fourth spot with Denver, while South Dakota, North Dakota State and North Dakota are tied for the top spot.
The Fighting Hawks will be riding their three-match winning streak this week, while the Jackrabbits will look to move up in the standings as their leader, Crystal Burk, has been a key weapon.
There will be a quartet of matches tomorrow and one to keep an eye out for will be the Omaha hosting the Fighting Hawks at 7 p.m. CT.
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TEAM TRACKER
PIONEERS (11-7; 5-2 SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up: vs. North Dakota State (10/13; 6 p.m. MT); vs. North Dakota (10/15; 1 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: at Kansas City (W, 3-0); at Oral Roberts (W, 3-1)
Memphis Glasgow had quite the week for the Pioneers, as the outside hitter registered a career-high 19 kills and 18 digs in a four-set victory over Oral Roberts ... Glasgow also tallied 15 kills in a sweep over Kansas City and accumulated a hitting percentage of .500 ... On the defensive end, Ryen Wilkens chipped in 23 digs to go with seven blocks from Brianna Green ... Green continues to lead the league with 1.57 blocks per set.
ROOS (5-15; 2-5 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up: at South Dakota State (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); at South Dakota (10/15; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Denver (L, 3-0); vs. Omaha (L, 3-0); vs. St. Thomas (W, 3-0)
After being swept by Denver and Omaha last week, the Roos picked up a home sweep over St. Thomas in which Carly Gillen and Odyssey Warren led the offensive attack, hammering home 11 and 13 kills, respectively ... Sydney Henry added 23 assists to bring her team-leading season total to 370, which ranks sixth in the league ... Odyssey Warren continues to lead Kansas City with 227 kills (3.24 per set), while Kennedy Schritenthal’s 4.26 digs per set tops the team ... The Roos will head north this weekend and face South Dakota State and South Dakota.
FIGHTING HAWKS (8-9; 5-1 SL) | @UNDVolleyball
Next Up: at Omaha (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); at Denver (10/15; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at North Dakota State (W, 3-2)
In UND’s lone match last week, they made a trip to NDSU and moved into a tie for the top spot in the league standings with a 3-2 victory, snapping an eight-match losing streak to the Bison ... Elizabeth Norris ended the match with her second triple-double of the season with career-high 15 kills, 19 assists and 12 digs ... Kortney Corney tacked on 15 digs and 40 receptions with no reception errors ... The last time the Fighting Hawks had five or more league wins was in 2018 when they earned six wins.
BISON (12-6; 5-1 SL) | @NDSUVolleyball
Next Up: at Denver (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); at Omaha (10/15; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. North Dakota (L, 3-2)
Syra Tanchin connected on a match-high 23 kills in the five-set loss to in-state rival to North Dakota ... Tanchin reached the 1,000 career kills mark and has totaled 1,014 over four seasons ... She added 10 digs and one service aces to her stat line and logged her seventh double-double of the season ... Logan O’Brien tallied a match-high 17 digs (3.4 digs per set) and ranks 15th in the league averaging 2.84 digs per set ... NDSU will look to get back on the win column with road matches against Denver and Omaha.
MAVERICKS (10-7; 5-2 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up: vs. North Dakota (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota State (10/15; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Oral Roberts (W, 3-0); at Kansas City (W, 3-0)
Omaha is starting to make some noise in the league standings after an 0-2 start ... The Mavericks captured back-to-back sweeps against Oral Roberts and Kansas City last week and have now swept five opponents in a row for the first time in the program’s Division I history ... McKenna Ruch was a force on the defensive side of the ball as she totaled 15 blocks in those two victories and now ranks fifth nationally in blocks per set (1.54) ... Ruch became the first league player to reach the century mark in total blocks and her 100 blocks are tied for the fifth most nationally ... Shayla McCormick registered two double-doubles last week to push her season total to 10.
GOLDEN EAGLES (6-13; 3-4 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up: at South Dakota (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); at South Dakota State (10/15; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Omaha (L, 3-0); vs. Denver (L, 3-1); vs. Western Illinois (W, 3-0)
Trinity Freeman registered a career-high 20 kills in a four-set loss to Denver while recording a .327 attack percentage ... Behind Kaia Dunford’s team-leading eighth double-double of the year, ORU snapped their four-match losing streak with a sweep of Western Illinois ... Dunford picked up 12 kills and 18 digs, both of which were match-highs en route to her 19th career double-double and the 18 digs were a career-high for a three-set match ... With the win, ORU is now 45-6 all-time against WIU and has won six straight meetings.
TOMMIES (2-18; 0-8 SL) | @TommieVBall
Next Up: at Western Illinois (10/15; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. South Dakota (L, 3-1); vs. South Dakota State (L, 3-1); at Kansas City (L, 3-0)
Despite falling to USD and SDSU last week, the Tommies were able to earn set points in both matches, including an opening first set point against the Coyotes ... Against USD, Carrie Rutledge helped St. Thomas take an early set on her way to her 500th career dig ... Lauren Galvin led the team with 18 kills and a .224 hitting percentage as she added nine digs, two assists and a service ace ... Allie Kopp totaled 28 assists against the Jackrabbits and was one dig shy of a double-double.
COYOTES (16-2; 5-1 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB
Next Up vs. Oral Roberts (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Kansas City (10/15; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at St. Thomas (W, 3-1); at Western Illinois (W, 3-0)
The duo of Elizabeth Juhnke and Lolo Weideman sparked the Coyotes in two wins against St. Thomas and Western Illinois ... Juhnke tallied match-high kill numbers in both of USD’s victories, including 19 kills against UST and 17 kills against WIU ... Juhnke currently ranks first in the nation in points (428.5), total attacks (955) and total kills (382) ... Weideman tacked a match-high 29 digs against the Tommies and 20 more against the Leathernecks ... Madi Woodin recorded her first start for the Coyotes and tallied a career-high 35 assists against Western Illinois.
JACKRABBITS (10-8; 4-2 SL) | @GoJacksVB
Next Up: vs. Kansas City (10/13; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Oral Roberts (10/15; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Western Illinois (W, 3-0); at St. Thomas (W, 3-1)
Crystal Burk has quite the weekend for SDSU, as the senior outside hitter averaged 4.43 kills per set in a pair of wins over WIU and UST ... Burk has 15 double-doubles this season and has notched eight straight ... Against the Leathernecks, she tallied 11 kills and 26 errorless attacks for a .423 clip and 20 kills against UST for the sixth time this season ... On the defensive end, Burk led the Jackrabbits with 4.57 digs per set and received at a .966 rate with only one error ... SDSU has a league-best 115 service aces and 47 in league matches.
LEATHERNECKS (4-16; 0-8 SL) | @WIUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. St. Thomas (10/15; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. South Dakota State (L, 3-0); vs. South Dakota (L, 3-0); at Oral Roberts (L, 3-0)
Elizabeth Ziegler had 10 kills with a .600 hitting percentage in a three-set loss to SDSU ... Karli Wenzel continues to impress on the defensive end as she tallied 32 total digs last week, including 18 against USD ... Brittany Wulf and Gabby DePersio put up double-double performances in a loss to Oral Roberts as Wulf put up 12 kills on 10 digs, while DePersio posted 15 assists on 12 digs ... The Leathernecks will look to get on the win column in league action when they host St. Thomas on Saturday.
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