SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Three teams went undefeated in the second weekend of the #SummitVB season. Those teams are Denver, Omaha and South Dakota, with the Pioneers and Coyotes winning three straight, while the Mavericks won two straight matches.

After starting the season 0-3, DU swept the Denver Invitational with wins against Portland, Butler and Hofstra. The Coyotes also swept their tournament in the Borderland Invitational with a trio of victories against Portland State, New Mexico and UTEP, while Omaha captured wins against Wichita State and Northern Colorado.

Denver will head to Austin, Texas where they will face the top ranked team in the country in Texas. USD will compete in a pair of home matches before heading to Sioux Falls for a neutral site match against the Bears of Northern Colorado, while UNO will host its second straight tournament in the Omaha Invite presented by Sarpy Country Tourism.
 
TEAM TRACKER
PIONEERS (3-3; 0-0- SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up:  vs. Texas (9/8; 3 p.m. CT); at No. 1 Texas (9/9; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Portland (W, 3-0), vs. Butler (W, 3-1), vs. Hofstra (W, 3-1)
After losing their first three matches, the Pioneers captured three straight wins at the Denver Invitational, defeating Portland (3-0), Butler (3-1) and Hofstra (3-1) ... Memphis Glasgow notched a career-high 17 kills against the Bulldogs ... Denver has recorded double-digit blocks in all six matches this season ... DU ranks second in the nation in blocks (77.5) and third in blocks per set (3.23).
 
ROOS (3-3; 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up:  vs. No. 19 Kansas (9/7; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Northern Illinois (9/9; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Wichita State (9/10; 4 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Ohio (L, 3-0), at Tulane (W, 3-0), vs. Howard (W, 3-2)
The Roos won their final two matches against Tulane (3-0) and Howard (3-2) in the Tulane Classic ... Against the Green Wave, Sydney Henry recorded her third match with at least 20 assists and Kennedy Schritenthal led the Roos with 14 digs ... Kansas City held Howard to a minus .053 hitting percentage in the commanding second set victory, 25-10 ... Sydney Henry (27) and Peyton Van Nest (23) combined for 50 assists against the Bison.

FIGHTING HAWKS (2-4; 0-0 SL) | @UNDVolleyball
Next Up:  vs. Montana State (9/8; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Fordham (9/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Wright State (L, 3-0), vs. Indiana State (W, 3-0), at Western Michigan (L, 3-0)
Maddie Lipetzky led the Fighting Hawks in its first 3-0 sweep since September of 2019 with a win against Indiana State ... She hit .611 with 11 kills and was a defensive force, leading the team with five blocks ... Kortney Carney led the team with 42 digs at the Western Michigan Tournament, where she averaged 4.7 digs per set.

BISON (4-2; 0-0 SL) | @NDSUVolleyball
Next Up:  vs. Chicago State (9/9; 10 a.m. CT); vs. Central Michigan (9/9; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Northern Arizona (9/10; 10 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  at Louisiana (L, 3-1), vs. UTSA (W, 3-0), vs. UTRGV (L, 3-0)
Syra Tanchin was named to the Sawyer Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team after posting a team-high 35 total kills ... She notched four service aces, added 28 digs and posted a match-high 14 kills with a .619 hitting percentage in the win over UTSA ... Tanchin also tallied her third double-double of the campaign with a team-high 14 kills and 10 digs against Louisiana ... Ava Schmoll contributed a team-high 32 digs on the weekend and has reached double digit digs in five of the six matches this season.

MAVERICKS (4-1; 0-0 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up:  vs. Florida State (9/8; 6:30 p.m. CT); vs. No. 17 Creighton (9/10; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Wichita State (W, 3-1), vs. Northern Colorado (W, 3-2)
The Mavericks won both games of the MH Hospitality Omaha Challenge, as Marriah Buss led all players in the tournament with 41 kills and led UNO with a .296 attack percentage ... She recorded a career-high 24 kills in the 3-2 triumph over the Bears ... Shayla McCormick recorded her third straight double-double with a 21 kill, 17 block performance against Northern Colorado, while Sami Clarkson picked up a season-high 59 assists, besting her previous season-high of 56 against the Shockers.
 
GOLDEN EAGLES (2-4; 0-0 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up:  vs. Abilene Christian (9/9; 10 a.m. CT), vs. Tulsa (9/9; 7 p.m. CT), vs. UTEP (9/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  at Illinois State (L, 3-1), vs. SEMO (L, 3-2), vs. Green Bay (L, 3-0)
Outside hitter Trinity Freeman continues to lead the Golden Eagles this season, as the sophomore led ORU in kills (34) in three matches ... She tied a career-high with 19 kills in Friday’s contest against SEMO ... Sakira LaCour remains tied for the league lead in total blocks after upping her total to 37.0 at the Redbird Classic ... The senior tallied 15 blocks to lead the Golden Eagles, including three solo blocks and is currently tied for fifth in the nation with her block total.
 
TOMMIES (2-4; 0-0 SL) | @TommieVBall
Next Up: at Loyola Chicago (9/9, 12:30 p.m. CT), vs. Rutgers (9/9; 4 p.m. CT), vs. Kansas State (9/10, 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Central Michigan (L, 3-1), at Saint Louis (W, 3-2), vs. Youngstown State (L, 3-0)
Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Galvin was selected to the Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team after leading the Tommies with 37 kills and a .246 hitting percentage ... In the victory against the Chippewa’s, Galvin averaged 4.00 kills per set with two service aces ... Galvin also led UST with 15 kills and a .289 hitting percentage in the win against the Billikens, while Libby Mattila notched her first double-double of the season after tying a career-high 13 digs and added 12 kills.
 
COYOTES (5-1; 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB                          
Next Up vs. CSU Bakersfield (9/9; 11:30 a.m. CT), vs. West Virginia (9/9; 7 p.m. CT), vs. Northern Colorado (9/10; 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Portland State (W, 3-1), vs. New Mexico (W, 3-2), at UTEP (W, 3-2)
Lolo Weideman averaged 3.86 digs per set in USD’s 3-0 weekend at the Borderland Invitational in El Paso, Texas ... She registered a season-high 24 digs in the Coyotes’ 3-2 win over New Mexico and totaled 18 assists averaging 1.29 assists per set ... Elizabeth Juhnke continues to lead the league in kills with 124 (4.96 kps), which is ninth in the nation ... Juhnke pushed her career double-double total to 52 after her 22 kill, 15 dig performance against the Lobos ... USD is tied for 45th in the nation in team kills with 314, which tops the league charts.

JACKRABBITS (4-2; 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksVB                                      
Next Up:  vs. Samford (9/9; 1:30 p.m. CT); at Jacksonville State (9/9; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Nicholls State (9/10; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Eastern Washington (L, 3-2), vs. Eastern Washington (W, 3-2), vs. Chicago State (W, 3-2)
Crystal Burk averaged 4.6 kills per set in a split of Eastern Washington ... In the first game, she led the charge with 22 kills and posted another 24 kills against the Eagles in game two ... Burk recorded her 1,000th career dig in game two and ended the match with 1,017 in her career ... The fifth-year senior matched a career-high 27 kills and contributed 19 digs, three blocks and a service ace in a five-set thriller against Chicago State.
 
LEATHERNECKS (2-5; 0-0 SL) | @WIUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. Texas Southern (9/9; 11 a.m. CT); vs. Southern (9/9; 6:30 p.m. CT), at New Orleans (9/10; 11 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches:  vs. Arkansas State (L, 3-2), at UT Martin (L, 3-0), vs. Alabama A&M (W, 3-0), at Eastern Illinois (W, 3-0)
In three matches at the Skyhawk Invitational, Brittany Wulf, who was named to the All-Tournament team, led with 37 kills and dominated from the service line tallying 11 services aces on the weekend ... In the sweep of Alabama A&M, Elizabeth Ziegler led the Leathernecks with eight kills and 20 total attacks ... Against Eastern Illinois, Maggie Craker and Jessie Connell both had double-doubles, with Craker registering 15 assists to go along with 13 digs and Connell tallying 12 assists with 10 digs.
 
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