BROOKINGS, S.D. - The South Dakota State volleyball team swept Oral Roberts 25-18, 25-15, 25-22 Thursday night at First Bank & Trust Arena.
The Jackrabbits stretch their unbeaten Summit League streak to nine consecutive matches and are 15-3 overall this season. The Golden Eagles are still winless in the Summit League at 0-9 and are 2-19 on the year.
SDSU out-aced ORU 9-2 in the match and had a 7-3 edge in blocks. The Eagles had a 35-34 edge in kills, but the Jackrabbits committed just nine attacks errors compared to 22 by the Eagles. SDSU hit .275 as a team while ORU hit .125.
Sylvie Zgonc paced the Jackrabbits with 11 kills and 11 digs, both team highs, for her 10th double-double of the season. She hit .385 for the contest.
Sydni Schetnan hit .545 with six kills on 11 errorless swings and led the Jackrabbits with five block assists.
Annalee Ventling-Brown also contributed six kills with one error on 10 attacks for a .500 clip.
Brooke Larsen made her first collegiate start and gave out 26 assists to go with five digs, two kills and a block assist.
Ventling-Brown and Zgonc, along with
Hannah Klein and
Madison Burr, tallied two block assists apiece.
Joslyn Richardson and
Rachel Wieber had eight and seven digs, respectively. Burr and Wieber put down three ace serves each.
Oral Roberts was led by Cortnee Smith, who tallied 14 kills. LIbero Julia Carr notched 15 digs.
NOTES
- Zgonc has tallied double-digit kills in all but one match this season.
- SDSU leads the all-time series 20-14 and is on a seven-match win streak against ORU.
UP NEXT
South Dakota State wraps up the week by hosting Denver Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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