SDSU DROPS FIVE-SETTER AT ORAL ROBERTS

Saturday, October 2

Tulsa, OK

1 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

9-6,1-3Summit League

Oral Roberts

10-3,4-0Summit League

South Dakota St.

Oral Roberts

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

10/2/2021 5:53:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. - Jackrabbit volleyball dropped a five-set match to Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon at Cooper Aerobics Center (18-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-25, 15-11). SDSU moves to 9-6 on the season and 1-3 in the Summit League.

After losing the first set of the match the Jacks won the next two. Oral Roberts took the fourth to force a fifth set and ultimately took the match.

SDSU had a 6-4 advantage in the final game behind two kills and a service ace from Crystal Burk. Oral Roberts came back to go up 7-6 with three-straight points but committed a service error to make it a 7-7 contest.

ORU took the lead for good with an SDSU serving error on the next play and held off the Jacks from there.

The Jackrabbits committed 15 service errors in the match and four in the final set alone.

Oral Roberts opened the contest with a 5-1 lead but the Jacks battled back to tie things up at 7-7 with a Crystal Burk service ace. The set stayed tight until the Golden Eagles went on a 7-1 run to take a 21-15 lead and finish off the Jacks.

The second set was also a back-and-forth game before the Jacks scored six unanswered to put themselves ahead 20-15. Oral Roberts committed back-to-back attack errors to give the Jacks the set. The Jackrabbits dominated set three, outhitting the Golden Eagles .353 to .097 in the game. SDSU began the set with an 8-2 lead and was in control from there for the 12-point win.

SDSU trailed from the start of set four and could never get back into it. Two early timeouts could not get SDSU on track as the Golden Eagles forced the deciding fifth set.

Burk totaled 18 kills and 10 digs for yet another double-double this season. Chloe Stitt added 15 kills and Sydney Andrews added 13 on .458 hitting to round out the double-digit scorers. Andrews led the Jacks with four blocks.

Carly Wedel had 38 assists while Jasmine Weidemann and Tatum Pickar chipped in seven apiece. Pickar matched Burk with 12 digs. Faith Saewert and Burk had two service aces each.

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