SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The final week of non-conference play is here and through the first month of play, Kansas City leads the standings with an 8-1 ledger. North Dakota State, who won both matches of the NDSU Tournament, is 6-2 and sits second in the standings.
 
South Dakota (3-6) jumped up to third in the standings winning two of its three matches at the Coyote Classic, while North Dakota (3-6) and St. Thomas (3-6) are tied are the fourth spot.
 
Kansas City will host the KC Roos Classic that will be streamed on the Summit League Network.

TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (0-6; 0-0 SL) | @DU_Volleyball
Next Up: vs. Idaho State (9/14; 2 p.m. MT); at Colorado (9/17; 2 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: vs. Navy (L, 3-0); vs. San Diego State (L, 3-0); at UC San Diego (L, 3-0)
Denver will look for its first win of the season when they host Idaho State followed by a trip to Boulder where they will face Colorado ... In a loss to UC San Diego last week, they were paced by Cassie Davis’ 13 kills and MacKenzie Fidelak’s 11 kills ... The Pioneers got nine digs from Gianna Bartalo to lead them defensively ... Through six matches, Davis leads the Pioneers with 63 kills and a .254 hitting percentage ... On the defensive side of the ball, veteran Gianna Bartalo leads DU with 53 digs and is averaging 2.79 digs per set.
 
KANSAS CITY ROOS (8-1; 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosVB
Next Up: vs. Southeast Missouri State (9/15; 1 p.m. CT); vs. Austin Peay (9/15; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Saint Louis (9/16; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Chicago State (L, 3-1); at Oakland (W, 3-1); vs. Eastern Michigan (W, 3-0)
Kansas City’s program-record seven match winning streak to start the season came to an end with a four-set loss to Chicago State ... The Roos bounced back and defeated Oakland, 3-1, and Eastern Michigan, 3-0, at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational ... Sydney Henry matched her personal best in aces and surpassed her highest point total with 11 while also recording seven kills against Oakland ... Henry posted her fifth double-double of the season against the Grizzlies, going for 38 assists and 12 digs ... Carly Gillen hit .391 overall and notched 10 kills against Oakland and hit .727 with eight kills against the Eagles.
 
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (3-6; 0-0 SL) | @UNDvolleyball
Next Up: at Northern Iowa (9/14; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Northern Illinois (9/15; 5 p.m. CT); vs. Dayton (9/16; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. New Mexico (L, 3-1); vs. Green Bay (W, 3-0); vs. Montana (W, 3-2)
Paige Barber recorded 35 kills at the UND Classic as the Fighting Hawks won two out of its three matches ... Barber averaged 2.92 kills per set and hit .237 overall ... Barber notched 12 kills on 17 attempts with a blistering .706 hitting percentage in a sweep of Green Bay ... Marissa Stockman averaged 1.58 blocks per set with 19 total blocks, leading the team ... She contributed 22 kills (1.82 per set) and surpassed the 300 career block mark against the Phoenix ... Stockman ranks third in the league averaging 1.25 blocks per set and fourth overall with 30 total blocks.
 
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (6-2; 0-0 SL) | @NDSUvolleyball
Next Up: vs. Robert Morris (9/14; 11:30 a.m. CT); at West Virginia (9/14; 6 p.m. CT); vs. Old Dominion (9/15; 11 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Portland State (W, 3-0); vs. Toledo (W, 3-0)
Morgan Middleton and the Bison went 2-0 at the NDSU Tournament where they swept Portland State and Toledo ... Middleton, who was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Offensive Peak Performer of the Week, posted a team-high 24 kills and averaged a team-best 4.00 kills per set ... Taylor Quan totaled a team-high 26 digs (4.33 digs per set) and posted a match-high 13 digs over the Rockets ... Against the Rockets, Kelley Johnson distributed a match-high 31 assists with eight digs and Quan contributed a team-best 13 digs on the defensive side ... Through the first four weeks of play, NDSU’s Ally Barth ranks second in the league with a .347 hitting percentage, while Ali Hinze’s 102 kills ranks third in the league.
 
OMAHA MAVERICKS (0-7; 0-0 SL) | @OmahaVB
Next Up: at Northern Colorado (9/14; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Wichita State (9/15; 4 p.m. CT); vs. Bradley (9/16; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Long Beach State (L, 3-0); vs. No. 16 Creighton (L, 3-0); vs. Iowa State (L, 3-1)
McKenna Ruch led the Mavericks with 30 kills, 39 points, four service ace and nine total blocks in three matches last week ... Shayla McCormick led Omaha with 31 digs, posted six total blocks and 16 kills ... Amanda Hardt reached double-digit kills for the first time in her career with 10 against Iowa State, marking the first time this year the Mavericks had two players reach at least 10 kills as Ruch recorded 11 in the four-set loss ... McCormick nearly came up with her first double-double of the season with a team-high 15 digs and eight kills ... Omaha will look for its first win of the season when they head to the Northern Colorado Classic.
 
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (2-8; 0-0 SL) | @ORUVolleyball
Next Up: vs. UTSA (9/15; 2 p.m. CT); at Incarnate Word (9/15; 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Tulsa (L, 3-0); vs. Central Arkansas (L, 3-0); vs. UT Arlington (L, 3-0); at Kansas (L, 3-0)
Trinity Freeman was named to another non-conference tournament team as the junior outside hitter was named to the Tulsa Invitational All-Tournament team after compiling 34 kills (3.78 per set) and 35 digs ... Freeman set a career-high with 18 digs against Tulsa and through three weekends of play, she leads the team with 102 kills, ranking third in the league ... Freeman ranks first in kills per set (3.52), fifth in points (109.5) and 10th in digs per set (3.00) ... Kalena Vaivai sits fourth in the league in total assists with 239 ... Thaynara de Jesus scooped up a season-best 23 digs against UT Arlington and has 96 digs thus far.
 
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (3-6; 0-0 SL) | @Tommievball
Next Up: vs. Central Michigan (9/14; 5 p.m. CT); vs. Illinois State (9/15; 11 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Evansville (W, 3-0); at DePaul (L, 3-0); vs. Northern Illinois (W, 3-2)
Megan Wetter was named to the DePaul Invite All-Tournament team and helped the Tommies to a pair of wins ... She led the team with 35 kills (3.18 per set), a .310 attack percentage, six service aces and 12 blocks ... The sophomore middle blocker tied a program Division I record with five service aces and added a career-high 16 kills in a win over Northern Illinois ... Freshman Morgan Kealy collected her fifth double-double of her season with 35 assists and 11 digs against Evansville and added another 23 assists against DePaul ... In a five-set triumph over Northern Illinois, Ellie Gustafson led the Tommies with a career-high 18 kills, while Kaitlynn Peterson scored 18 points with 17 kills.
 
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (3-5; 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesVB
Next Up: at Green Bay (9/14; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Illinois State (9/15; 3 p.m. CT); vs. Central Michigan (9/16; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Drake (L, 3-2); vs. IUPUI (W, 3-0); vs. South Florida (W, 3-2)
Madison Harms was named to the South Dakota Classic All-Tournament team after helping the Coyotes notch a pair of wins ... She started and played all 13 sets through three matches where she combined for 33 kills (2.54 per set), hit .348 overall, totaled 23 blocks (1.77 per set), registered three solo blocks and collected three digs ... Harms, who was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Defensive Peak Performer of the Week, had 14 kills and five blocks in USD’s five-set comeback victory over South Florida ... Against Drake, Harms earned her first career double-double where she put up 14 kills and a season and match-high 12 blocks ... Against the Jaguars, the Coyotes out blocked the Jaguars 10-1 while holding them to a .115 hitting clip through three sets.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (2-7; 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksVB
Next Up: vs. Montana (9/14; 5 p.m. CT); at Boise State (9/15; 8 p.m. CT); vs. Loyola Marymount (9/16; 11 a.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Alcorn State (W, 3-0); at Ole Miss (L, 3-0); vs. Tennessee Tech (L, 3-1)
The Jackrabbits went 1-2 at the Ole Miss Invite and opened the invitational with a sweep over Alcorn State ... Against the Lady Braves, Sylvie Zgonc and Sydni Schetnan notched .765 and .667 hitting percentages, respectively ... Zgonc finished with 13 kills and no errors on 17 swings, while Schetnan tallied nine kills and only one error on 12 attacks ... Overall in the three matches, Katie Van Egdom averaged 3.30 kills per set and earned 40 total points, while Stella Winterfeld averaged 3.30 digs per set, totaling 33 digs ... Van Egdom tops the league charts averaging 3.50 kills per set along with 112 kills.
 
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