SDSU FALLS IN FOUR AT SOUTH DAKOTA

Friday, September 24

Vermillion, S.D.

7 p.m. CT

South Dakota State University

8-4,0-1Summit Leagu

South Dakota

4-6,1-0Summit Leagu

South Dakota St.

South Dakota

9/24/2021 10:14:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

South Dakota State women's volleyball fell in a 3-1 decision at South Dakota Friday evening in Vermillion. The Jackrabbits won the first set but dropped the next three for the loss.

Neither side led by more than two through the first part of set one before a 5-2 run lifted the Jackrabbits to a 13-9 lead. SDSU benefited from three Coyote errors in that time. Carly Wedel held serve for four points, pushing the Jacks' lead to 18-11.

At 21-16, the Jackrabbits put down a kill each from Crystal Burk, Ella Thompson and Chloe Stitt, putting SDSU at set point. Maddie Wiedenfeld notched back-to-back kills for the Coyotes but Thompson finished off the set with another kill for the 25-19 win.

SDSU struggled through set two, falling 25-12, but put up a fight in set three. Despite a 7-2 USD lead to start the set, the Jacks battled and trailed by just one at 16-15, forcing a USD timeout. The Coyotes went on a 5-0 run out of the timeout to go up 20-15. State battled again, coming back within just one at 23-22 before giving up the next two points.

Set four started out as a back-and-forth affair but the Coyotes managed a few scoring runs to grind out the 25-18 win.

Burk led the Jacks with 20 kills and nearly had a double-double, notching eight digs. Stitt and Jaydn Makovicka also had eight digs each. Tatum Pickar paced the back row with 12 digs.

Hailee Blau checked in for the Jacks in set three and recorded a 1.000 attack rate with four kills on four attempts. Ella Thompson and Chloe Stitt notched six kills each.

NOTES

The Jackrabbits one set win in Friday's match is the second set SDSU has taken from the Coyotes in the last 10 meetings
Crystal Burk has led the Jack attack with double-digit kills in all but one match this season

UP NEXT
SDSU will return to Brookings to host North Dakota at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at Frost Arena.

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