SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – We are officially at the halfway point of league play as six of the 10 league squads have completed nine of 18 league matches, while a quartet of teams have eight league games under their belts. The last seven matches for Omaha have been a good one, as they swept six of their last seven matches.

The Coyotes continue to lead the league in many offensive categories and are winners of five straight matches, most recently sweeping back-to-back matches against Oral Roberts and Kansas City.

Kansas City picked up a big-time win against South Dakota State last week and will look to climb up the standings when they face the Golden Eagles on Saturday.

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TEAM TRACKER
PIONEERS (12-8; 6-3 SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up:  vs. South Dakota (10/20; 6 p.m. MT); vs. South Dakota State (10/22; 1 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches:  vs. North Dakota State (L, 3-0); vs. North Dakota (W, 3-2)
After being swept by the Bison to open their week, the Pioneers captured a five-set comeback win against North Dakota ... Jordan Lockwood recorded her third double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs, while Gianna Bartalo chipped in with 25 digs ... DU had three other players in double figures in kills and had two other players in double figures in digs ... Denver leads the league in opponent hitting percentage (.165) and total blocks (212.5), which ranks fourth in the nation.
 
ROOS (6-16; 3-6 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up:  vs. Oral Roberts (10/22; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  at South Dakota State (W, 3-1); at South Dakota (L, 3-0)
Behind 80 total digs against SDSU, Kansas City defeated the Jackrabbits 3-1 for their third league win of the season ... Odyseey Warren registered a team-high 17 kills along with 10 digs, good enough for her sixth double-double of the season ... Along with Warren, four Roos finished with double-digit digs, led by Leah Green and Kennedy Schritenthal with 18 apiece ... Kansas City posted a .207 hitting percentage compared to the Jackrabbits' .151 hitting percentage ... The Roos return home to host a trio of matches beginning with Oral Roberts on Saturday.

FIGHTING HAWKS (8-11; 5-3 SL) | @UNDVolleyball
Next Up: vs. St. Thomas (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Western Illinois (10/22; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Omaha (L, 3-0); at Denver (L, 3-2)
After falling to Omaha in three sets, the Fighting Hawks went back-and forth with Denver in a five-set thriller, but the Pioneers prevailed ... After being down 15-8 in the first set, UND came back to earn the first set by a 31-29 final ... Ashlyn Olson paced the team with 15 kills, three blocks and one dig ... Elizabeth Norris led the team with 31 assists and finished with nine digs, six kills and two blocks.

BISON (13-7; 6-2 SL) | @NDSUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. Western Illinois (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); vs. St. Thomas (10/22; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Denver (W, 3-0); at Omaha (L, 3-1)
Ali Hinze powered the Bison to their first win over the Pioneers in Denver since 2013 with a match-high 17 kills and .429 hitting percentage ... Kelley Johnson handed out a team-best 35 assists, while Syra Tanchin poured in 16 kills ... After doubling up the Pioneers 16-8 in the first set, NDSU went on to close the frame, 25-11 ... NDSU snapped Omaha's six match scoreless streak by winning the third set, 25-23 ... Hinze leads the team with 291 total points on 245 kills, while Tanchin ranks third in the league with 282 kills.

MAVERICKS (12-7; 7-2 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up: vs. South Dakota State (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); vs. South Dakota (10/22; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. North Dakota (W, 3-0); vs. North Dakota State (W, 3-1)
Shayla McCormick led the Mavericks with 27 kills and 3.86 kills per set in wins against UND and NDSU ... McCormick had her fourth match of the season with at least 20 kills in the four-set win against the Bison ... Omaha's shutout streak of six straight matches came to an end against the Bison, however, they still managed to secure their seventh straight victory ... Jaiden Centeno led the team with 29 digs and 4.14 digs per set last week and helped limit NDSU to a .197 hitting percentage.
 
GOLDEN EAGLES (7-14; 4-5 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up: at Kansas City (10/22; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  at South Dakota (L, 3-0); at South Dakota State (W, 3-1)
Oral Roberts bounced back from a three-set loss to South Dakota by defeating South Dakota State, 3-1 ... In the match, Kaia Dunford logged her team-leading ninth double-double of the season in which she put down 16 kills and scooped up 18 digs, both of which led the Golden Eagles ... Setter Kalena Vaivai matched her season-high of 38 assists in the match, while Sakira LaCour put together a strong performance with 13 kills for a .407 attack percentage ... ORU recorded a season-high 16 blocks and five different Golden Eagles registered four or more blocks.
 
TOMMIES (3-18; 1-8 SL) | @TommieVBall
Next Up: at North Dakota (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); at North Dakota State (10/22; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Western Illinois (W, 3-0)
Tezra Rudzitis tallied her first career double-double with 15 kills and a career-high 12 digs in the Tommies' first win in league play this season ... She hit .344 overall against the Leathernecks and registered four kills during a 7-0 run to close out the win ... Emma Goerger led UST with four total blocks while Carrie Rutledge led with 17 digs ... St. Thomas will look to add to the win column with matches against UND and NDSU.
 
COYOTES (18-2; 7-1 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB                       
Next Up: at Denver (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); at Omaha (10/22; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Oral Roberts (W, 3-0); vs. Kansas City (W, 3-0)
Elizabeth Juhnke continued to shine as she broke a three-set program record with 24 kills in USD's sweep of Oral Roberts ... Lolo Weideman played in all six sets of both sweeps where she averaged 4.5 digs per set and 1.33 assists per set in which she had a match-high 16 digs against Kansas City ... Madison Harms totaled 11 kills and six blocks while hitting .611, her second-best hitting percentage on the season, against the Roos ... The Coyotes head back on the road to face Denver and Omaha this week.

JACKRABBITS (10-10; 4-4 SL) | @GoJacksVB                                 
Next Up: at Omaha (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); at Denver (10/22; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Kansas City (L, 3-1); vs. Oral Roberts (L, 3-1)
Crystal Burk hit .200 overall in the Jackrabbits two matches last week in which the outside hitter tallied 41 kills overall ... Burk moved into seventh place on SDSU's career kills chart, and currently has 1,409 kills in her Jackrabbit career ... Raegen Reilly registered 27 digs in both matches and has nine double-doubles this season ... SDSU went on a 12-2 run in the fourth and final set against the Golden Eagles.
 
LEATHERNECKS (4-17; 0-9 SL) | @WIUVolleyball
Next Up: at North Dakota State (10/20; 7 p.m. CT); at North Dakota (10/22; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. St. Thomas (L, 3-0)
In Western Illinois' lone match last week against St. Thomas, Brittany Wulf was the lone Leatherneck to register double-digit kills, having 13 total ... Karli Wenzel led the way with 13 digs and Aubrey Putman tallied 11 of her own ... Wulf leads the team with 221 kills and ranks ninth in the league averaging 3.20 kills per set ... WIU will head to NDSU and UND in a search of their first league victory.
 
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