SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The field is set for the 2025 Summit League Volleyball Championship as the six-team, single-elimination tournament will feature two quarterfinal matches on Sunday, Nov. 23, and two semifinal contests on Monday, Nov. 24 with the championship game being played on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m. CT at the First Bank & Trust Arena in Brookings, S.D.

After not being eligible during the Division I transition, the Tommies will be making their first appearance in the tournament. South Dakota State, South Dakota, North Dakota State, Denver, and Omaha all return to join St. Thomas and battle it out in Brookings.

All five matches of the postseason tournament will be televised on Midco Sports and streamed on the Summit League Network. The matches will be broadcasted by Bret Bowen and Sydney Andrews.
 
Quarterfinals | Sunday, November 23
Q1: (3) St. Thomas vs. (6) Omaha | 3 p.m. CT
Q2: (4) North Dakota State vs. (5) Denver | 6 p.m. CT
 
Semifinals | Monday, November 24
S1: (1) South Dakota vs. Q1 Winner | 3 p.m. CT
S2: (2) South Dakota State vs. Q2 Winner | 6 p.m. CT
 
Championship | Tuesday, November 25
C: S1 Winner vs. S2 Winner – 6 p.m. CT

Championship History 
(Seed) Team | All-Time Tournament Record | Tournament Titles 
(1) South Dakota State | 4-5 | 1 (2007)
• No. 1 seed for just the third time in program history
• Won only title in 2007 when the Jacks were also the top seed
 
(2) South Dakota | 16-7 | 5 (2018, 20-22, 2024)
• Reigning tournament champions captured fifth title a season ago
• The Coyotes are 5-1 all-time in title matches

(3) St. Thomas | 0-0 | 0
• Making program’s first appearance in the tournament
• Won the MIAC tournament title seven times at the DIII level

(4) North Dakota State | 13-12 | 3 (2008, 10-11)
• Making fourth straight appearance and 16th overall
• Ranked as the four seed for the fourth time in the tournament history
 
(5) Denver | 15-6 | 5 (2014-17, 2019)
• Made the tournament in all 12 seasons as a league member
• Have won at least one match in 10 of 11 appearances
 
(6) Omaha | 9-9 | 1 (2023)
• First time appearing as the No. 6 seed in the tournament
• Making ninth straight appearance and 11th overall
 
Around The League
• South Dakota State secured the program’s third regular season title by going 16-0 in Summit play to win the trophy outright for the second straight year. 
• The Jackrabbits were the first team to go undefeated through conference play since South Dakota went 16-0 to win the 2019 title. Over the past two seasons, SDSU is 35-1 in Summit action.
• The No. 1 seed has won the tournament title just once since 2017 (South Dakota; 2022), but has hoisted the trophy 22 out of 33 times overall.
• South Dakota (2020, 2024) and Purdue Fort Wayne (2009) are the only No. 3 seeds to win the tournament - the other 30 champions were either the No. 1 (22x) or No. 2 (8x) seeds.
•The No. 2 seed has won four of the last seven tournaments, including two seasons ago when Omaha captured the program’s first Division I postseason trophy.
• Since the field expanded to six teams in 2013, Omaha and South Dakota are the only non-No. 1 or No. 2 seeds to advance to the title game. The Mavericks made the title game in 2015 as the No. 3 seed and 2019 as the No. 4 seed. The Coyotes won the title game as the No. 3 seed a season ago.  (No. 3 seed South Dakota won the title in 2020 when it was a four-team field due to Covid).
• The Jackrabbits secured perfection by beating the Fighting Hawks at home in Brookings. Sylvie Zgonc led the Jackrabbits with 11 kills, while Joslyn Richardson led the way with seven digs. Zgonc led all Summit League hitters with 271 kills in conference play (4.4/set).
• South Dakota will be the No. 2 seed and finished off the regular season with a sweep of North Dakota State. Junior setter Avery Van Hook is one of three players in the NCAA with 1,000-plus assists, 100-plus kills, and 300-plus digs.
• St. Thomas outside hitter Tezra Rudzitis surpassed Lauren Galvin for most career kills in the program’s Division I era. Rudzitis helped the Tommies equal their record for most DI wins by securing No. 18 in a sweep of Oral Roberts -- she was the only player with  200-plus kills and a better than .300 hitting percentage in Summit action.
• The Tommies enter their first Summit League Tournament having won back-to-back matches after finishing the regular season with a program-best 11-5 mark in Summit play. UST won seven combined games in its first three years before going 10-6 in 2024.
• NDSU was the only Summit team to complete a reverse sweep during conference play this season. The Bison came back down from 0-2 against Omaha on Nov. 15 and will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament. 
• Denver finished off the regular season this past Saturday with a 3-0 sweep of Kansas City to finish fifth in the League standings. The Pioneers led the Summit League in opponent digs with 11.23 digs per set. 
• Omaha also finished the regular season with a win over Kansas City Tuesday to finish sixth. The Mavericks got 12 kills from senior Kali Jurgensmeier and 10 from freshman Faith Venable. 
• North Dakota senior Paige Barber ends her career with 1,007 kills, which is good for seventh all-time in the Fighting Hawks’ DI era.
• Kansas City’s Ledisi Kpea shined for the Roos during her redshirt-sophomore season. The Texas native notched 106 total blocks, which ranked fifth in the Summit League. 
• Oral Roberts senior Julia Carr finished fourth in the league with 3.66 digs per set and fifth in the league with 348 total digs this season.
                                    
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