Upcoming Event: Women's Volleyball versus Yellow & Blue Scrimmage on August 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Women's Volleyball
vs Yellow & Blue Scrimmage
South Dakota State University Athletics
Thursday, October 2
Denver, Colo.
6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT
South Dakota State University
at
Denver
Photo by: Riley Edds
JACKS TRAVEL TO DENVER, ORU THIS WEEK
10/1/2025 7:16:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
| Week 6: South Dakota State at Denver, Oral Roberts | |
| Game 11 at Denver | |
| When | Thursday, October 2 at 7 p.m. Central |
| Where | Denver, Colo. |
| Stream | Summit League Network |
| Live Stats | Sidearm Stats |
| Game 12 at Oral Roberts | |
| When | Saturday, October 4 at noon |
| Where | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Stream | Summit League Network |
| Live Stats | Sidearm Stats |
| Match Notes | South Dakota State | Summit League |
| Social Media | X: @GoJacksVB | Instagram: @GoJacksVB | Facebook: @GoJacksVB |
South Dakota State makes its first road trip of the Summit League season this week as the team travels to Denver Thursday and then Oral Roberts Saturday. The Jackrabbits opened Summit action with a five-set win over Omaha last weekend, a positive step toward defending their conference title from a season ago.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State enters the Summit League season with a 7-3 overall record and 1-0 conference mark. The Jackrabbits went the distance last week for a five-set win over Omaha Thursday night.
- SDSU is three wins shy of reaching 1,000 in program history. This is the 60th season of volleyball at South Dakota State.
- SDSU's defense ranks top-40 nationally in both blocks per set and digs per set. The Jacks notch 2.92 blocks per set (ninth) and 15.66 digs per set (39th).
- The SDSU block is led by Madison Burr and Sydni Schetnan, who rank 39th and 48th in the country in blocks per set.
- SDSU has five players averaging at least 2.3 digs per set, led by 3.32 digs per set from Joslyn Richardson.
- Sylvie Zgonc ranks ninth in the country in attacks per set (12.08), leading SDSU's 37.50 team attacks per set mark, which ranks 13th.
- Setter Rylee Martin enters the weekend four assists shy of reaching 1,500 for her career. She is second in the Summit League and 34th in the country in assists per set - 9.92.
- Martin stood out against Omaha last weekend, tallying 53 assists, 12 digs, seven kills and three blocks in the Jackrabbits' five-set win.
- Sylvie Zgonc leads the Jacks with 4.08 kills per set, which is 50th in the country. She surpassed 1,000 career kills at the end of the non-conference season and is one of seven active juniors in the country with 1,000+ kills.
- The Jackrabbits had three losses in the non-conference but avoided being swept. With the exception of the 2024 season, the last time SDSU was not swept prior to the start of conference play was 2012.
- SDSU was picked to win the Summit League in the preseason poll following a 15-1 conference record in 2025.
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