WEEK 10: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA |
South Dakota State volleyball makes the short road trip to Vermillion Friday night to take on in-state rival South Dakota. The Jacks most recently fell 3-2 to the Coyotes October 1 at Frost Arena.
The Jackrabbits are 10-12 on the season and 4-6 in the Summit League. They enter the match having lost four consecutive contests. The Coyotes are 20-2 overall and 9-1 in Summit League action. They have won seven straight matches.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State enters the weekend at 10-12 overall and 6-8 in the Summit League following a pair of road losses to Omaha and Denver last week.
- Crystal Burk plays all six rotations for the Jacks and averages 4.24 kills and 3.26 digs per set this year, which rank first and second on the team, respectively.
- Crystal Burk notches 4.30 kills per set in conference games, which ranks second in the Summit behind USD's Elizabeth Juhnke (5.78 kills per set).
- Crystal Burk ranks seventh in the nation in total kills (382), seventh in total points (425) and 10th in total attacks (1,041).
- Raegen Reilly dishes 10.13 assists per set in Summit games, ranking third in the league. Her 885 total assists this season ranks 15th in the nation.
- Libero Jadyn Makovicka notches 3.36 digs per set overall and 3.93 in Summit games.
- Crystal Burk continues to climb a number of SDSU's career charts (page 4). With seven attacks against the Coyotes Friday she will become the Jackrabbits' all-time career attacks leader.
- Raegen Reilly's 885 total assists is fourth in a single season in the program's 25-point rally scoring era. Six assists against USD will bring Reilly's total to 891, which would rank third.
- Elyse Winter (22), Raegen Reilly (22) and Crystal Burk (21) lead the Jackrabbits in total service aces. SDSU has 133 aces as a team this season.
- Sydney Andrews averages a team-best 1.01 blocks per set.
- Ella Thompson is second on the team in kills per set with 2.23 kills per set.
- Crystal Burk is one of only six Jackrabbits in program history to record more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.
-GoJacks.com-