Drake outlasts Jacks in five set thriller

Tuesday, October 19

Frost Arena

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Drake

Jacks grind out five set win at Southern Utah

10/19/2010 10:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score vs. Drake

By: SDSU Sports Info

Four Jackrabbits broke or tied career-highs on Tuesday night against Drake, but South Dakota State let a 2-0 lead slip away, as the Bulldogs rallied to win the final three sets and sneak out of Frost Arena with a 3-2 win.

A loss in their seventh five set match of the season, and third in as many matches, drops the Jacks to 9-12 on the season heading into a Summit League weekend with matches against IUPUI and Western Illinois on the slate.

The Bulldogs, coached by former Jackrabbit assistant Phil McDaniel, improve to 19-5 on the season by the set scores of 23-25, 24-26, 25-19, 25-18 and 15-11.

Ellyce Youngren led the Jackrabbits with 19 kills Kaitlin Klingemann added a career-high 15 kills and Kelly Herrmann 11 kills in the loss. Hermann also added a career-high 22 digs for her second double-double of the season and career.

Thyele Rechatiko set a career-high with 55 set assists in the loss and recorded her team-high 11th double-double of the season with 15 digs, while Shay Birath tied a career-high in leading the Jacks with 26 digs.

Jackrabbit blocks leader Kelli Fiegen sat out the match for precautionary reasons after suffering an injury before the match.

Alisa DeBerg Roth led Drake with 14 kills, Michelle Reidy finished with 12, Angela Bys added 11 and Whitney Westrum 10 kills in the win.

The Jacks grinded out wins in the first and second sets to take the early 2-0 advantage, but Drake rallied with a 7-0 run late in the fourth set and closed out the fifth set on an 8-1 run to secure the non-conference win and keep them undefeated in four tries against Summit League foes this season.

SDSU returns to action on Friday, when the Jacks host IUPUI in Frost Arena at 7 p.m.