LUCKY 13! Coyote volleyball drops Denver to win 13th consecutive match

VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota prolonged the nation’s longest profitable streak to 13 video games following a 3-1 win over Summit League favourite Denver Saturday contained in the Sanford Coyote Sports activities Middle. After dropping set one 25-20, the Coyotes gained 25-18, 25-16 and 25-20.

Who Stood Out

It was one other high-kill tally for Coyote all-American Elizabeth Juhnke, who had a match-high 25 after setting a brand new profession excessive with 28 in a five-set win in opposition to Omaha Thursday. Juhnke entered play Friday the nationwide chief in kills and will stay close to the highest of the nationwide leaders when the brand new numbers are launched Monday.

But it surely wasn’t simply kills. Juhnke supplied a career-high seven blocks together with two solos and dug a season-best 17 balls. She was credited with 30.5 factors in the course of the match.

For Denver (7-6, 1-1 Summit), it was Jordan Lockwood, a graduate switch who competed on Pittsburgh’s Last 4 staff a 12 months in the past. Lockwood had 11 kills and 16 digs for her second double-double of the season. She additionally assisted on two of Denver’s 10 blocks. Center blocker Brianna Inexperienced is likely one of the nation’s leaders in that class and contributed 5 assisted blocks and one solo.

Turning Level

Denver used two lengthy runs close to the beginning of the match to earn its one-set benefit, however South Dakota (13-1, 2-0) turned the Pioneers away in units two and three. Denver totaled 17 kills and 16 errors in these two units. South Dakota had 12 of its season-high 19 blocks in these center units.

South Dakota by no means trailed in units two and 4, and confronted simply one-point deficits twice early in set three earlier than working away. Juhnke had seven kills in set two. She had 10 kills and no errors on 20 swings in set three. It was 5 kills, no errors and 14 swings in set 4.

Notable

South Dakota held serve in the course of the first week of convention play, defending house courtroom in opposition to fellow favorites Omaha and Denver to affix North Dakota State and North Dakota with 2-0 begins.

It was the protection that shined brightest for South Dakota, which held Denver to a .062 hitting proportion, its second-lowest of the season. Most notably, junior center blocker Madison Harms tied a program file by tallying 12 blocks in a four-set match, one thing that has been executed simply twice earlier than. And senior libero Lolo Weideman had a career-high 34 digs, which additionally tied this system file for a four-setter. The final time that quantity was reached was Lacey Ross again in 2002.

Quotable

“I believe there have been a few individuals who stepped up in some large moments in the direction of the tip and located methods to make performs even when it wasn’t at all times good,” mentioned USD head coach Leanne Williamson. “Lolo was phenomenal and hit a career-high with 34 digs and he or she had 22 after the primary two units so she was all over. We had 19 blocks and 101 digs – that’s unimaginable – so I believe our protection each on the again line and up on the web in all probability secured that one for us.”

Up Subsequent

South Dakota takes to the street to face North Dakota State Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Fargo, North Dakota.

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