Career Highs for Hennen, Brucker

Friday, August 31

Brookings, S.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

0-5

Weber State

3-2

Weber State

South Dakota State

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

8/31/2018 10:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Two South Dakota State volleyball players set career highs, but it wasn't enough as the Jackrabbits lost 3-1 to Weber State Friday in the Comfort Suites University Jackrabbits Invitational in Frost Arena.

SDSU (0-5) lost 25-16, 25-20, 26-28 and 25-16. Weber State improves to 3-2.

"There were a lot of positives after not having a solid match last night. We turned it around at least.," fourth-year head coach Nicole Cirillo said. "We passed better, and we had three different players in double digits in kills. There is a lot to take away from this both good and bad."

Junior Makenzie Hennen recorded a career- and match-high 18 kills and registered 12 digs for her second double-double of the season and fifth of her career.

Also in double figures in kills were freshman Crystal Burk with 11 and senior Sierra Peterson with 10. Defensively, three Jacks were in double digits in digs, led by sophomore Kari Brucker's personal-best 24 digs. Besides Hennen, rookie Ellie Thein had 12 digs.

How it Happened: South Dakota State got off to a slow start in set one, falling behind 15-9. The Wildcats pushed their lead to 18-11 before consecutive kills from freshman Sydney Andrews, Peterson and senior Payton Richardson cut their lead to 18-14. The teams traded kills until 23-15 when Weber State finished with a pair of kills for the win.

Another late rally by the Jackrabbits had them down 23-15 until a block by Peterson and Andrews, a service ace by Hennen, a block by Burk and Andrews and kills from Peterson and Burk pulled SDSU to within three, 23-20. A Weber State kill and service ace ended the set.

The third set had 16 ties, the last at 26-26 before Hennen had two kills and the Wildcats committed an attack error, forcing a four set.

Weber State raced out to a 24-12 lead before SDSU used a 4-0 run, capped by a solo block by Richardson, to cut the lead to 24-16. A Wildcat kill ended the match.

Notables

The last Jackrabbit to have 20-or-more digs in a match was Ellie Benson Nov. 7, 2017, when she had 22 vs. South Dakota.
The Jackrabbits dropped to 5-11 in Jackrabbits Invitational matches. Their last win in an invitational was Sept. 7, 2012, beating Green Bay, 3-2.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to the court Saturday at 2 p.m. when it plays Green Bay at 2 p.m.

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