SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota State opened its own invitational with a win after sweeping Idaho State at the Jackrabbit Invitational at the Sanford Pentagon on Thursday night.

The Jacks — who won by scores of 25-19, 25-,19 and 25-18 — ran their record up to 9-0 and continued the best start for the program in the Division I era.

Idaho State jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first game but SDSU rallied to tie the set at 8-8. The Jacks held onto a 20-18 lead after a handling error by Camryn Honn, but Madison Burr registered two kills around a kill by Idaho State’s Jamie Streit and a bad set by Asiah Sopoaga gave SDSU a 23-19 lead.

Coming out of a Bengals timeout, Sylvie Zgonc setup game point with a kill and an attack error by Watts gave the Jackrabbits a 1-0 lead in the match.

The Tigers had another 4-1 start in the second game, but the Jacks rallied to tie the game at 13-13 on an ace by Rachel Wieber. The Jacks and Bengals alternated points until Katie Van Egdom’s kill gave SDSU a 17-16 lead and a kill by Sydni Schetnan forced an Idaho State timeout.

The stretch started a 9-3 run to close the game, which ended when an attack error by Streit gave SDSU a 25-19 win.

The Jacks had their best start of the night in the third game when a 6-1 run gave them a 10-5 lead on Honn’s ace. SDSU led 15-7 on Annalee Ventling-Brown’s kill and although the Tigers would close the lead to 19-16 on an attack error by Van Egdom, SDSU scored six of the final eight points and closed the match on a kill by Schetnan for a 25-18 victory.

SDSU’s offense was on point on Thursday night, posting a .267 hit percentage to Idaho State’s .169. The Jacks had four aces to Idaho State’s one and had a 72.4 percent side-out percentage to the Bengals’ 54.8 percent.

Zgonc led the Jacks with 11 kills on the night to go with an ace and 12 digs. Schetnan had 10 kills and an assist while Ventling Brown had seven kills and two blocks.

Burr had six kills and 1.5 blocks. Alyssa Gorves had six kills. Van Egdom had four kills and a pair of digs. Honn had two kills, 15 digs and a pair of service aces.

Rylee Martin had 18 assists and 10 digs. Joslyn Richardson had seven digs.

Sadie Bluth and Bell led Idaho State with nine kills each. Sopoaga led the Brngals with 14 digs and 25 assists. Sydney Hess had five aces.

The Jackrabbit Invitational will continue when SDSU hosts Toledo at the Sanford Pentagon on Friday night. Friday’s match will start at 7 p.m.