North Dakota State
16-10, 12-4Summit
South Dakota State
14-13, 10-6Summit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 25 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 1 |
| South Dakota State | 20 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 3 |
11/7/2010 12:58:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Kelly Fiegen had 13 kills and five blocks to lead South Dakota State to a 20-25, 25-10, 25-20, 29-27 victory over North Dakota State in Summit League women's volleyball Saturday, Nov. 6, at Frost Arena.
Fiegen, a 6-foot-3 middle hitter, had a .312 hitting percentage and fellow middle hitter Kaitlin Klingemann hit .391 with 11 kills and three blocks for the Jackrabbits (14-13, 10-6).
North Dakota State (16-10, 12-4) countered with middle hitter Megan Lambertson, who had a match-high 18 kills and hit .485. Lambertson made three blocks and middle hitter Chrissy Knuth added 11 kills and four blocks.
The Bison got 17 kills and hit .371 as a team to win the first set. It was 11-11 before the Bison went ahead for good with four straight points on kills from Brynn Joki and Lauren McLaughlin, and two of Joki's five aces.
South Dakota State used an 8-0 run in the second set to go ahead 16-6. After a Lambertson kill and a Joki block, SDSU ripped off a 7-0 run to go ahead 23-8.
The third set was tied at 19 before the Jacks pulled away on two NDSU errors and back-to-back kills from Kelly Hermann.
North Dakota State trailed by three midway through the fourth before tying it 20-20 on a kill by Brooke VandenBergh and two straight kills from Lambertson.
SDSU survived three set points and won the match on a kill from setter Thyele Rechatiko and a double block from Klingemann and Youngren.
VandenBergh had eight kills and 18 digs for NDSU, McLaughlin finished with seven kills and 17 digs, and Joki had nine kills and 15 digs.
NDSU setter Jordan Kissman had 27 assists and Jennifer Lopez came off the bench to make 21 assists.
Lopez had missed 14 matches since the Sept. 18 home win over SDSU when she suffered an internal injury that was thought to be season-ending.
Shay Birath made a match-high 24 digs to lead four players in double figures for SDSU. Rechatiko had 40 assists and 13 digs while hitting .500 with seven kills, and Herrmann and Emily Palmer added 12 digs apiece.
NDSU had won the last six meetings between the teams dating back to SDSU's 3-2 win in Brookings on Sept. 16, 2007.
North Dakota State is scheduled to close out the regular season at home against Centenary on Friday, Nov. 12, and Oral Roberts next Saturday, Nov. 13.
