SDSU TAKES ON WIU, UST THIS WEEKEND

Thursday, October 6

Macomb, Ill.

6:00pm

South Dakota State University

Western Illinois

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

10/5/2022 2:41:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

WEEK 7: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT WESTERN ILLINOIS, ST. THOMAS

When	October 6 at 6 p.m. vs. Western Illinois October 8 at noon vs. St. Thomas
Where	Macomb, Illinois (Western Illinois) St. Paul, Minnesota (St. Thomas)
TV	vs. Western Illinois - GoLeathernecks.com vs. St Thomas - TommieSports.com
Live Stats	vs. Western Illinois - GoLeathernecks.com vs. St Thomas - TommieSports.com
Match Notes	South Dakota State \| Western Illinois \| St. Thomas \| The Summit League
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South Dakota State makes the trip to Western Illinois and St. Thomas this week for a pair of Summit League matches.

The Jackrabbits (8-8, 2-2 Summit) enter the weekend following a five-set loss to in-state rival South Dakota Saturday night. Western Illinois and St. Thomas are both 0-5 in Summit League play. The Leathernecks most recently fell 3-0 to Denver while the Tommies were swept by Omaha.

KEY STORYLINES

SDSU pushed South Dakota, the defending Summit League tournament champion, to five sets Saturday before falling 3-2 to the Coyotes.
Crystal Burk notched a pair of double-doubles last week with 16 kills and 17 digs at North Dakota, then 18 kills and 15 digs against South Dakota. She has tallied six straight double-doubles and 13 this year.
Crystal Burk ranks seventh in the nation in total kills (281), ninth in total points (311.0) and ninth in total attacks (748).
Raegen Reilly ranks 17th in the nation in total assists this season (643).
Crystal Burk averages 3.94 kills per set in Summit League action, which is third in the conference, and 3.28 digs per set, which ranks 11th.
Raegen Reilly's 9.06 assists per set in Summit matches is fifth in the League.
SDSU averages 2.06 blocks per set in conference games, ranking fifth on the Summit League charts.
Sydney Andrews and Ella Thompson both average .94 blocks per set in conference matches.
Masa Scheierman recently moved into the SDSU starting lineup and ranks second on the team in kills per set with 2.33.
The Jackrabbits lead the Summit League with 36 service aces over the last four matches. Elyse Winter has eight aces in conference play.
Crystal Burk ranks third on SDSU's career attacks chart with 4,104 and eighth on the kills chart with 1,350.
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.