Friday, November 14
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.
North Dakota State
vs
Fort Wayne
Photo by: Bob Nelson
11/12/2014 7:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Complete NDSU Volleyball Notes (PDF)
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This Week: The North Dakota State volleyball team closes the regular season with two home matches this weekend, hosting Fort Wayne on Friday and Oral Roberts on Saturday. NDSU, IPFW and ORU are all tied for fourth place in The Summit League with a mark of 7-7 in league matches. All three have also clinched bids to the Summit League Tournament.
Nov. 14 Fort Wayne at NDSU 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 Oral Roberts at NDSU 5 p.m.
The Series
Fort Wayne: The Mastodons lead the all-time series with NDSU, 16-13. Friday's match will be the 30th meeting between the two schools, with Fort Wayne winning nine of the last 12 matches. IPFW won two of the three meetings in 2013 and posted a 3-1 victory at home on Oct. 18 this season.
Oral Roberts: The Bison lead the all-time series with Oral Roberts by an 11-6 margin. Oral Roberts recorded a 3-1 win in Tulsa on Oct. 12 this season, as senior outside hitter Sara Pope led ORU with 20 kills.
About Fort Wayne: IPFW is 13-17 overall and 7-7 in The Summit League going into the weekend, sharing a tie for fourth place with NDSU and Oral Roberts. Senior outside hitter Emily Spencer leads The Summit League with an average of 4.70 kills per set in league play, and junior middle hitter Anna Wrede is tops in the league with 1.53 blocks per set. Spencer is the NCAA Division I active career leader in kills.
As a team, Fort Wayne leads The Summit League in total blocks and blocks per set (2.46) this season, but the Mastodons are also the league leader in service errors.
About Oral Roberts: The Golden Eagles are 13-14 overall and 7-7 in Summit League matches, putting them in a three-way tie with NDSU and IPFW for fourth place entering the weekend. Freshman outside hitter Laura Milos leads ORU and ranks second in The Summit League with 4.34 kills per set. The Golden Eagles are tied with NDSU for the league lead in service aces but are last in the league in blocks per set.
Already In: NDSU has already clinched a spot in the six-team Summit League Tournament to be held Nov. 21-23 in Indianapolis.
Senior Day: Saturday's match will serve as Senior Day for three Bison seniors -- Lauren Cammack, Jackie Lee and Katie Anderson. Cammack came to NDSU as a freshman in 2010, while Lee and Anderson both joined the Bison prior to their junior seasons in 2013.
Six in a Row: NDSU's recent six-match winning streak was its longest since it won 10 in a row on a run to the Summit League title in October and November of 2011.
RPI Climb: The Bison are up to No. 162 in the latest official NCAA RPI, behind only South Dakota (78) and Denver (98) in The Summit League. Oral Roberts is currently 182nd, and Fort Wayne is 213th in the RPI.
So Far:
Increase in Blocks: The Bison averaged 11 blocks per match during their six-match winning streak, well above their season average of 7.5 per match. As a team, the Bison out-blocked their opponents 66-39 during the win streak.
Sophomores & Freshmen: To this point of the season, 167 of a possible 196 starting spots have been claimed by sophomores and freshmen for NDSU. Junior Jenni Fassbender (28 starts) and senior Jackie Lee (one start) are the only upperclassmen to start for the Bison.
Player of the Week: Emily Miron was named the Summit League Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for her performance in Bison victories over Denver on Oct. 28 and South Dakota on Nov. 2. For the week, Miron recorded 14 blocks, eight block assists and six solo, averaging 1.75 blocks per set. She also added 14 kills with a .244 hitting percentage.
The sophomore middle blocker from Wadena, Minn., was NDSU's first Summit League Player of the Week in volleyball since Megan Lambertson and Andrea Henning swept the offensive and defensive awards on Nov. 12, 2012.
Topping 20: With 20 kills in the 3-1 win at Western Illinois on Nov. 7, junior Jenni Fassbender now has five matches with 20 or more kills this season. Fassbender had a season-best .410 attack percentage in a 3-1 victory over South Dakota on Nov. 2.
High-Percentage Hitter: Bison sophomore Emily Miron is hitting .317 in Summit League matches this season, ranking her seventh in the league. She has marks of .519, .375, .438 and .323 and .417 in five of her last seven matches. Miron has hit .375 or better in 12 matches this season.
Steffen, Anderson Step Up: Sophomore outside hitter Hadley Steffen recorded double-digit kills in back-to-back matches on Oct. 28 and Nov. 2, with a career-high 15 kills in the victory over Denver on Oct. 28. Senior middle Katie Anderson came off the bench to record a career-high four blocks vs. Denver, and then posted a career-high five kills vs. South Dakota.
400 and Beyond: Sophomore libero Emily Milligan has already totaled 468 digs this season, making her No. 3 in The Summit League. She is averaging 4.29 digs per set in 2014, which would rank her ninth-best in NDSU history for a single season. Milligan had 286 digs as a freshman in 2013.
Live Stats vs. Fort Wayne | Live Video vs. Fort Wayne
Live Stats vs. Oral Roberts | Live Video vs. Oral Roberts
This Week: The North Dakota State volleyball team closes the regular season with two home matches this weekend, hosting Fort Wayne on Friday and Oral Roberts on Saturday. NDSU, IPFW and ORU are all tied for fourth place in The Summit League with a mark of 7-7 in league matches. All three have also clinched bids to the Summit League Tournament.
Nov. 14 Fort Wayne at NDSU 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 Oral Roberts at NDSU 5 p.m.
The Series
Fort Wayne: The Mastodons lead the all-time series with NDSU, 16-13. Friday's match will be the 30th meeting between the two schools, with Fort Wayne winning nine of the last 12 matches. IPFW won two of the three meetings in 2013 and posted a 3-1 victory at home on Oct. 18 this season.
Oral Roberts: The Bison lead the all-time series with Oral Roberts by an 11-6 margin. Oral Roberts recorded a 3-1 win in Tulsa on Oct. 12 this season, as senior outside hitter Sara Pope led ORU with 20 kills.
About Fort Wayne: IPFW is 13-17 overall and 7-7 in The Summit League going into the weekend, sharing a tie for fourth place with NDSU and Oral Roberts. Senior outside hitter Emily Spencer leads The Summit League with an average of 4.70 kills per set in league play, and junior middle hitter Anna Wrede is tops in the league with 1.53 blocks per set. Spencer is the NCAA Division I active career leader in kills.
As a team, Fort Wayne leads The Summit League in total blocks and blocks per set (2.46) this season, but the Mastodons are also the league leader in service errors.
About Oral Roberts: The Golden Eagles are 13-14 overall and 7-7 in Summit League matches, putting them in a three-way tie with NDSU and IPFW for fourth place entering the weekend. Freshman outside hitter Laura Milos leads ORU and ranks second in The Summit League with 4.34 kills per set. The Golden Eagles are tied with NDSU for the league lead in service aces but are last in the league in blocks per set.
Already In: NDSU has already clinched a spot in the six-team Summit League Tournament to be held Nov. 21-23 in Indianapolis.
Senior Day: Saturday's match will serve as Senior Day for three Bison seniors -- Lauren Cammack, Jackie Lee and Katie Anderson. Cammack came to NDSU as a freshman in 2010, while Lee and Anderson both joined the Bison prior to their junior seasons in 2013.
Six in a Row: NDSU's recent six-match winning streak was its longest since it won 10 in a row on a run to the Summit League title in October and November of 2011.
RPI Climb: The Bison are up to No. 162 in the latest official NCAA RPI, behind only South Dakota (78) and Denver (98) in The Summit League. Oral Roberts is currently 182nd, and Fort Wayne is 213th in the RPI.
So Far:
- Emily Miron's 33 solo blocks are the 12th-most in a season in NDSU history.
- Emily Milligan's 468 digs are the 13th-most in a season in NDSU history.
- Jenni Fassbender's 1,159 attack attempts are the 18th-most in a season in NDSU history.
Increase in Blocks: The Bison averaged 11 blocks per match during their six-match winning streak, well above their season average of 7.5 per match. As a team, the Bison out-blocked their opponents 66-39 during the win streak.
Sophomores & Freshmen: To this point of the season, 167 of a possible 196 starting spots have been claimed by sophomores and freshmen for NDSU. Junior Jenni Fassbender (28 starts) and senior Jackie Lee (one start) are the only upperclassmen to start for the Bison.
Player of the Week: Emily Miron was named the Summit League Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for her performance in Bison victories over Denver on Oct. 28 and South Dakota on Nov. 2. For the week, Miron recorded 14 blocks, eight block assists and six solo, averaging 1.75 blocks per set. She also added 14 kills with a .244 hitting percentage.
The sophomore middle blocker from Wadena, Minn., was NDSU's first Summit League Player of the Week in volleyball since Megan Lambertson and Andrea Henning swept the offensive and defensive awards on Nov. 12, 2012.
Topping 20: With 20 kills in the 3-1 win at Western Illinois on Nov. 7, junior Jenni Fassbender now has five matches with 20 or more kills this season. Fassbender had a season-best .410 attack percentage in a 3-1 victory over South Dakota on Nov. 2.
High-Percentage Hitter: Bison sophomore Emily Miron is hitting .317 in Summit League matches this season, ranking her seventh in the league. She has marks of .519, .375, .438 and .323 and .417 in five of her last seven matches. Miron has hit .375 or better in 12 matches this season.
Steffen, Anderson Step Up: Sophomore outside hitter Hadley Steffen recorded double-digit kills in back-to-back matches on Oct. 28 and Nov. 2, with a career-high 15 kills in the victory over Denver on Oct. 28. Senior middle Katie Anderson came off the bench to record a career-high four blocks vs. Denver, and then posted a career-high five kills vs. South Dakota.
400 and Beyond: Sophomore libero Emily Milligan has already totaled 468 digs this season, making her No. 3 in The Summit League. She is averaging 4.29 digs per set in 2014, which would rank her ninth-best in NDSU history for a single season. Milligan had 286 digs as a freshman in 2013.
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