SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota is back at starting a long winning streak as the Coyotes are winners of seven straight matches. Earlier in the season, they produced a 13-match winning streak and will look to have a repeat campaign from the beginning of the season as they will face South Dakota State and North Dakota this coming week.
USD also snapped Omaha’s eight match winning streak, but the Mavericks are still near the top of the standings with an 8-3 ledger and sit third overall.
North Dakota captured two wins last week and sit fourth in the league standings. The Fighting Hawks will look to extend their winning streak with two road matches at Oral Roberts and Kansas City.
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TEAM TRACKER
PIONEERS (13-9; 7-4 SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up: at Western Illinois (10/27; 5 p.m. MT); at St. Thomas (10/29; 11 a.m. MT)
Previous Matches: vs. South Dakota (L, 3-2); vs. South Dakota State (W, 3-0)
Denver won the first two sets in their match against South Dakota, but fell in the final three sets as Hailey Green had a team-high 19 kills, while Gianna Bartalo’s 19 digs led the team ... The Pioneers bounced back the following match with a sweep over South Dakota State ... In that match, Memphis Glasgow paced the offense with 14 kills while accumulating a hitting percentage of .263 ... DU continues to rank near the top of in total blocks, as they are third in the nation with 233.5 blocks.
ROOS (7-16; 4-6 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up: vs. North Dakota State (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota (10/29; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Oral Roberts (W, 3-2)
In Kansas City’s lone match last week, they came back from down 2-1 to win the final two sets over Oral Roberts ... Raina Smith posted a career-high 21 kills and swung a .349 clip, besting her previous career mark by five kills ... Sydney Henry registered a career-high 18 digs and had a career-high 31 assists for her fifth double-double of the year ... The Roos posted a season-high 86 digs and will look to move up in the standings with a pair of home matches against NDSU and UND.
FIGHTING HAWKS (10-11; 7-3 SL) | @UNDVolleyball
Next Up: at Oral Roberts (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); at Kansas City (10/29; 1 p.m. CT); vs. South Dakota (11/1; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. St. Thomas (W, 3-1); vs. Western Illinois (W, 3-0)
Elizabeth Norris led North Dakota with another stellar weekend on the court, posting her third triple-double of the season in a sweep over Western Illinois as she had 11 kills, 14 assists and 10 digs ... Her performances led to UND’s sixth and seventh League victories on the season, which tied, and then set the record, for most league victories for UND since joining the league in 2018 ... Maddy Hornyak recorded 26 digs in the four-set win vs. St. Thomas and 19 digs in the three-set sweep of WIU ... The Fighting Hawks will look to extend their two-match winning streak with a pair of road wins at Oral Roberts and Kansas City.
BISON (15-7; 8-2 SL) | @NDSUVolleyball
Next Up: at Kansas City (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); at Oral Roberts (10/29; 1 p.m. CT); vs. South Dakota State (11/1; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Western Illinois (W, 3-0); vs. St. Thomas (W, 3-0)
Ali Hinze and Logan O’Brien led the Bison to a pair of sweeps last week, as O’Brien totaled a team-high 16 digs, averaging 2.67 digs per set ... She contributed 10 digs in the win over the Tommies and ranks ninth in the league with 251 digs ... Michelle Glover is tied for the league lead with a .403 hitting percentage, while Syra Tanchin and Hinze ranks third and fourth with 303 and 279 kills, respectively ... The Bison, who are ranked second in the league standings, while have three matches this week beginning with a road match against Kansas City.
MAVERICKS (13-8; 8-3 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up: at St. Thomas (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); at Western Illinois (10/29; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. South Dakota State (W, 3-1); vs. South Dakota (L, 3-1)
Omaha’s eight match winning streak was snapped in a loss to South Dakota ... For the second straight week, Shayla McCormick led the Mavericks with 34 kills and 4.25 kills per set in a pair of matches against SDSU and USD ... She picked up back-to-back double-doubles with 19 kills and 16 digs in a four-set win against the Jackrabbits and 15 kills and 11 digs against the Coyotes ... Mariah Murdie led the team with 12 total blocks, including one solo block, against SDSU and USD.
GOLDEN EAGLES (7-15; 4-6 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. North Dakota (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota State (10/29; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Kansas City (L, 3-2)
Kaia Dunford led the Golden Eagles in kills for the fourth straight match as the junior outside hitter put down 21 kills for a .373 attack percentage, which were both season highs against the Roos ... Sakira LaCour totaled a match-high nine blocks and ranks fourth in the league with 108 total blocks ... She also ranks sixth in attack percentage at .285, while Kalena Vaivai ranks sixth averaging 6.09 assists per match.
TOMMIES (3-20; 1-10 SL) | @TommieVBall
Next Up: vs. Omaha (10/27; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Denver (10/29; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at North Dakota (L, 3-1); at North Dakota State (L, 3-0)
The sophomore duo of Eva Fitzgerald and Lauren Galvin each notched double-doubles in a tight match to North Dakota ... Fitzgerald recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 digs and 11 assists and was one of three Tommies with double-digit assists, led by freshman Keya Luta Win Hunt with 14 ... Galvin tallied her fourth double-double of the season with a team-high 15 kills and 10 digs ... The Tommies will have two tough home matches as they will face Omaha and Denver and won a set in their previous match with the Pioneers.
COYOTES (20-2; 9-1 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB
Next Up: vs. South Dakota State (10/28; 7 p.m. CT); at North Dakota (11/1; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Denver (W, 3-2); at Omaha (W, 3-1)
Elizabeth Juhnke registered a match-high 24 kills and Madison Harms added a career-high 13 blocks in South Dakota’s reverse sweep of Denver ... The following match, the Coyotes snapped Omaha’s eight match winning streak and extended their own winning streak to seven matches, remaining at the top in the league standings ... Juhnke totaled 50 kills, 27 digs and nine blocks in the two matches ... She continues to lead the nation in kills with 472 ... Brooklyn Schram ranks second in the league averaging 10.16 assists per set.
JACKRABBITS (10-12; 4-6 SL) | @GoJacksVB
Next Up: at South Dakota (10/28; 7 p.m. CT); at North Dakota State (11/1; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Omaha (L, 3-1); at Denver (L, 3-0)
The Jackrabbits won the third set against Omaha, but fell at home behind Crystal Burk’s 20 kills and 13 digs, bringing her double-double streak to 11 ... Her double-double streak was snapped in a sweep against Denver, and she had less than 10 kills for the first time this season ... Jadyn Makovicka’s 17 digs paced the defense against the Pioneers and the defensive specialist ranks seventh in the league averaging 3.36 digs per set ... SDSU looks will look to snap their four-match losing streak with an in-state rivalry match against South Dakota to begin the week.
LEATHERNECKS (4-19; 0-11 SL) | @WIUVolleyball
Next Up: at North Dakota State (L, 3-0); at North Dakota (L, 3-0)
Previous Matches: vs. Denver (10/27; 6 p.m. CT); vs. Omaha (10/29; 12 p.m. CT)
The Leathernecks have been swept in eight straight matches and have a tough hill to climb in their next three matches, as they will see Denver, Omaha and South Dakota ... WIU had three players with double-digit kills against UND, with Karli Wenzel leading the way with 16 ... Brittany Wulf leads the squad with 268.5 points and 228 kills.
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