Jacks beat IUPUI to stay perfect at home

Saturday, September 26

Frost Arena

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

IUPUI

9/26/2009 10:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

By: SDSU Sports Info

The South Dakota State volleyball team ran away with the first two sets, struggled in a third set loss, but recovered nicely in the fourth set to defeat IUPUI on Saturday night at Frost Arena by the score of 3-1.

"It's great to come out with a strong start in the first and second sets," said SDSU head coach Nanabah Allison-Brewer. "We were able to get some great playing time for a lot of people at the beginning, which shows the depth that our team has."

The Jackrabbits, who won by the set scores of 25-15, 25-15, 14-25, 25-13, improve to 5-8 overall, 4-2 in The Summit League and a perfect 4-0 at home. The Jaguars fall to 10-4 overall and 3-2 in league play.

Fiona Jones led the Jacks with 16 kills and added 21 digs for her team-leading sixth double-double of the season. Ellyce Youngren finished with 15 kills and four block assists, while Kaitlin Klingemann added 12 kills and a match-high five block assists.

Lauren Thompson led IUPUI with eight kills, but did so with a .030 hitting percentage (8-7-33). The Jackrabbits held the entire Jaguar team to a .096 hitting percentage (34-21-135) and hit .220 (54-23-141) in the win.

The Jackrabbits return to the road next week with Summit League matches at UMKC on Thursday and at Southern Utah on Saturday. Both matches start at 7 p.m. local time.