SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – During the opening weekend of volleyball competition, #SummitVB teams combined to capture nine wins with Kansas City and North Dakota State remaining undefeated entering the second week of play. Oral Roberts, South Dakota and South Dakota State all collected a win, while Denver, North Dakota, Omaha and St. Thomas are still searching for their first win of the season.
 
The Tommie Invitational Volleyball Tournament will be the lone tournament to be streamed on the Summit League Network.

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DENVER PIONEERS (0-3; 0-0 SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up: vs. Navy (9/8; 11 a.m. MT); vs. San Diego State (9/8; 5 p.m. MT); at UC San Diego (9/9; 5 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: vs. North Florida (L, 3-1); at UC Santa Barbara (L, 3-0); vs. New Mexico State (L, 3-0)
Denver opened its season against North Florida, falling by a 3-1 final as Cassie Davis finished with a career-high 11 kills and a career-high four digs ... Davis tallied 10 or more kills in all three matches at the UCSB Tournament ... Against UC Santa Barbara, Denver attackers were helped by a match-high 27 assists from Briley Decker ... Gianna Bartalo averaged 3.4 digs per set, while Cadi Boyer averaged 1.2 blocks per set ... The Pioneers will take a week off before competing in the UCSD Tournament.
 
KANSAS CITY ROOS (3-0; 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up: at Missouri State (8/31; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Arkansas - Pine Bluff (9/1; 3 p.m. CT); vs. UT Martin (9/2; 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. FDU (W, 3-1); at Florida Atlantic (W, 3-1); vs. Holy Cross (W, 3-0)
The Roos won its first three matches of the year for the first time in program history with victories over FDU, Florida Atlantic and Holy Cross ... Carly Gillen, who was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Defensive Peak Performer of the Week, was named the FAU Invitational Tournament MVP after finishing with 22 blocks, including 17 block assists along with 41 points ... Gillen and the Roos held Florida Atlantic to a .115 hitting percentage where she was involved in 13 total blocks, including three solo blocks and a career-high 10 block assists ... Sydney Henry was named to the FAU Invitational All-Tournament team after posting 99 assists and recorded nine kills ... In the tournament finale against Holy Cross, the Roos were able to rack up 13 services aces.
 
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (0-3; 0-0 SL) | @UNDvolleyball
Next Up: vs. Grambling State (9/1; 1 p.m. CT); at Abilene Christian (9/1; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Providence (9/2; 10 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Kennesaw State (L, 3-0); at Montana State (L, 3-1); vs. Oregon State (L, 3-0)
Elizabeth Norris passed 1,000 career assists over the weekend against Montana State and finished the weekend with 47 assists ... Norris tallied 24.5 points, 19 kills and three services aces ... On defense, Norris led the team in both digs (23) and blocks (5) ... The Fighting Hawks were able to tally a point against the Bobcats after taking set one, 26-24 ... In that match, Paige Barber led the team with 11 kills, while Teagan Timperley had 12 assists, reaching double digit assists in her second consecutive match.
 
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (3-0; 0-0 SL) | @NDSUvolleyball
Next Up: vs. Butler (9/1; 10 a.m. CT); at Dayton (9/1; 6 p.m. CT); vs. Ohio (9/2; 10 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. UC Riverside (W, 3-1); vs. Seattle (W, 3-1); at Idaho (W, 3-1)
Ali Hinze had a dominant opening weekend, as the senior outside hitter helped the Bison win the Vandall Volleyball Invitational where she totaled a team-high 40 kills with 37 digs ... She wrapped up the invitational by producing back-to-back double-double performances after notching 12 kills and 15 digs against both Seattle and Idaho ... Logan O'Brien contributed a team-high 51 digs and averaged a team-best 4.25 digs per set ... Against Seattle, NDSU piled up a season-high 84 digs with five different players reaching double figures, including a team-best 18 digs from O'Brien ... This is the second straight year that NDSU has started the season 3-0.
 
OMAHA MAVERICKS (0-2; 0-0 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up: at No. 4 Nebraska (8/30; 7 p.m. CT); at Kansas State (9/1; 6:30 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Texas A&M (L, 3-1); vs. Kansas (L, 3-0)
Shayla McCormick led the Mavericks with 20 kills (2.86 kills per set) in two home matches against Texas A&M and Kansas State ... Against the Aggies, McKenna Ruch recorded five blocks, giving her 15 career matches with at least five blocks ... Kali Jurgensmeier and McCormick led Omaha in total kills with eight and seven, respectively, against the Jayhawks ... The Mavericks will play in front of more than 90,000 fans tonight when they head to Lincoln to take on Nebraska at Memorial Stadium.
 
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (1-2; 0-0 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. Eastern Illinois (9/1; 9:30 a.m. CT); at IUPUI (9/1; 5 p.m. CT); vs. UC Riverside (9/2; 10 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (L, 3-1); at Sam Houston (L, 3-1); vs. Nicholls (W, 3-0)
Thaynara de Jesus was named to the Bearkat Invitational All-Tournament team after registering a team-high in kills (31) and digs (42) ... In the season opener against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, de Jesus registered a double-double after finishing with a match-high 17 kills and 18 digs ... ORU swept Nicholls as Kalena Vaivai (30 assists, 10 digs) and Trinity Freeman (12 kills, 10 digs) both collected double-doubles with Freeman leading all players with 12 kills ... On the backrow, libero Breanna Rivas scooped up a match-best 17 digs ... The Golden Eagles will look to extend their winning streak when they head to the Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by IUPUI.
 
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (0-3; 0-0 SL) | @Tommievball
Next Up: vs. Montana State (8/31; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Cal Baptist (9/1; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Milwaukee (9/2; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at UIC (L, 3-2); vs. Lindenwood (L, 3-1); vs. Oakland (L, 3-1)
Morgan Kealy led the league with 114 total assists over the opening weekend and recorded three straight double-doubles to begin collegiate career ... She totaled the second (43) and third-most (41) single-match assists for the program since joining Division I ... Kealy tallied 43 assists with 11 digs, two blocks and one kill during her first career match ... Ella Voegele recorded a league-best 52 total digs, including 22 during her first match with the Tommies in a five-set loss to UIC ... St. Thomas will host the Tommie Invitational Volleyball Tournament where they will welcome Cal Baptist, Milwaukee and Montana State.
 
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (1-1; 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB
Next Up: vs. No. 3 Louisville (9/1; 1 p.m. CT); at Missouri (9/2; 2:30 p.m. CT); vs. Northern Kentucky (9/3; 11 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Iowa State (L, 3-0); vs. DePaul (W, 3-0)
After being swept in the season opener against Iowa State, the Coyotes stormed back with a sweep of DePaul ... USD's Kylen Sealock posted a match-high 11 kills and put up 10 digs ... All-League First Team honoree Madison Harms followed with 10 kills and five blocks, while Alaina Wolff registered a match-high 17 digs ... Against the Blue Demons, freshman setter Avery Van Hook put up a career-high 39 assists in her second career start ... Harms and Wolff were both named to the Cardinal and Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (1-2; 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksVB
Next Up: vs. Kent State (9/1; 3 p.m. CT); vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/2; 3 p.m. CT); at Iowa (9/3; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Green Bay (L, 3-0); vs. Winthrop (W, 3-1); at Wyoming (L, 3-1)
Katie Van Egdom averaged 3.73 kills per set and four total points per set during SDSU's opening weekend at the Rumble in the Rockies tournament ... She posted a .315 hitting percentage and recorded nearly two digs per set ... On the defensive side, Brogan Beck recorded 16 blocks and matched SDSU's program record in the rally scoring era for total blocks in a four-set match with 10 against Winthrop ... The Jackrabbits' 15 total blocks against the Eagles as a team was one shy of the program best for total blocks in a four-set match.
 
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