The South Dakota State Jackrabbits completed their non-conference schedule with a perfect 11-0 record, defeating Toledo and Belmont to win the Jackrabbit Invitational at the Sanford Pentagon over the weekend.
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SIOUX FALLS — The South Dakota State Jackrabbits completed their non-conference schedule with a perfect 11-0 record, defeating Toledo and Belmont to win the Jackrabbit Invitational at the Sanford Pentagon over the weekend.
SDSU will open its Summit League schedule when they travel to Omaha on Thursday for a match beginning at 7 p.m.
The South Dakota State volleyball team is 10-0 for the first time since 2000 following a five-set victory over Toledo Friday night at the Sanford Pentagon.
The Jacks won the first two sets, then Toledo took sets three and four, setting up a five-set thriller on day two of the Jackrabbit Invitational. Down 8-5 at the set-five side change, SDSU rallied to win 15-13.
Set scores went 25-22, 25-17, 19-25, 29-31, 15-13.
SDSU set a new program record with 19 blocks in the match, led by 10 from Madison Burr (matching her own program record) and nine from Sydni Schetnan. Alyssa Groves contributed six digs, matching her career high, and Annalee Ventling-Brown took part in five blocks.
Schetnan and Burr were also big contributors on the offensive end. Schetnan had 12 kills at a .435 clip and Burr added 10 kills while hitting .409. posted
Sylvie Zgonc paced the Jacks with 17 kills on the night to go with eight digs. Alia Schlimgen had a team-high 13 digs and fellow libero Joslyn Richardson had 12. Rachel Wieber added 11.
Rylee Martin dished 26 assists, followed by Camryn Honn’s 14 assists to go with 11 digs and three aces.
Taylor Alt put down a match-high 21 kills and contributed 18 digs for Toledo.
Consecutive Toledo errors in the opening set made it 9-5 for the Jackrabbits, forcing a timeout by the Rockets. Out of the break, Toledo went on a 6-2 stretch to set the set at 11-all, this time causing an SDSU timeout. Tied again at 16, Wieber served up an ace and Ventling-Brown got in on two blocks during a 4-0 run. Zgonc and Venting-Brown notched a kill apiece to lead 21-17. Toledo worked back within one at 23-22, then a Rocket serving error and a Burr kill won set one for SDSU.
The Jacks jumped out to an 8-1 lead behind three kills and a block assist from Zgonc. Toledo started to chip away at the deficit and was back within four at 12-9. A kill and an ace by Burr pushed the Jacks back up by five, 14-9. Toledo made another push to tie the set at 16-all before SDSU ended the set on a 9-1 run.
The third featured 11 ties up to the halfway point at 12-12, then Toledo put together a 5-1 run. The Jacks got two points back on Schetnan and Burr kills that made it 17-15. Two Toledo errors kept the Jacks within two at 19-17, then Toledo ended with six of the final eight points.
It seemed Toledo would run away with the fourth set after opening up an 18-9 lead on the Jacks, but SDSU battled all the way back. Schetnan and Groves had kills that got two points back at 18-11. Down 20-12, five Toledo errors and an ace from Honn forced a Rocket timeout at 21-17. Burr took part in four blocks during a 4-1 run that had the Jackrabbits within one, 21-20. The sides traded points, then a pair of Schetnan kills gave the Jackrabbits the 23-22 lead. Neither team could pull away for the win until the eventual 31-29 Toledo victory to force the deciding set five.
Groves opened set five with a kill, then Toledo scored the next three. The teams went back-and-forth and Toledo led 8-5 at the side change. After the media timeout at the break, Zgonc tallied two kills and Toledo had two errors that pushed the Jacks ahead, 9-8. With the set tied at 12, Schetnan and Ventling-Brown teamed up on a block and Zgonc put down an ace to lead 14-12. Ventling-Brown and Schetnan again teamed up on a block for the final point of the night.
The South Dakota State volleyball team swept Belmont on Saturday afternoon in the final contest of the Jackrabbit Invitational at the Sanford Pentagon. With the win, SDSU wraps the non-conference season without a loss and is 11-0 for the first time since 2000.
The Jackrabbit defense again led the way, registering 13 blocks as a team and holding the Bruins to just .032 hitting for the match. Belmont hit in the negative in sets one and two.
Freshman Madison Burr tallied seven block assists to pace the Jackrabbits, followed by three block assists and two solo blocks from Sydni Schetnan. Rightsides Alyssa Groves and Annalee Ventling-Brown got in on five and four blocks, respectively.
Sylvie Zgonc notched 11 digs for the defense to go with a match-high 17 kills. She recorded the seventh double-double of her sophomore season.
Schetnan had eight kills and tallied a .500 hitting percentage. Katie Van Egdom matched her season high with seven kills.
Setters Camryn Honn and Rylee Martin added eight digs each while dishing 15 and 14 assists, respectively.
Brooke Gilleland had 12 kills to lead Belmont.
