NDSU Hosts South Dakota State on Tuesday; Travels to Omaha & Western Illinois

Tuesday, October 20

Fargo, N.D.

7 p.m.

North Dakota State

South Dakota State

Photo by: Kim Hill

NDSU Hosts South Dakota State on Tuesday; Travels to Omaha & Western Illinois

10/19/2015 3:52:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Tuesday, October 20, 7 p.m. vs. South Dakota State | Live Stats | Live Video (Pay Per View)
Friday, October 23, 4 p.m. at Omaha | Live Stats | Live Video (Pay Per View)
Sunday, October 25, 1 p.m. at Western Illinois | ESPN3/WatchESPN | Live Stats | Live Video (Pay Per View)
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THIS WEEK: North Dakota State (13-9, 4-4 Summit League) entertains South Dakota State (3-20, 2-5 SL) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 ... NDSU is 5-3 at home this season ... South Dakota State is 0-8 in away matches and 1-8 at neutral sites ... The Bison are currently in fifth place in the league standings ... Free Bison Pride Magnets to first 150 fans and Free Pizza to the first 200 fans through the doors Tuesday ... North Dakota State then travels to face Omaha (9-11, 4-3 SL) at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 and Western Illinois (3-19, 1-6 SL) at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 ... Sunday's match will be available on ESPN3/WatchESPN ... NDSU is 2-6 in away matches, but 6-0 at neutral sites ... Omaha is 2-5 at home ... Western Illinois is 0-7 at home.

THE SERIES: North Dakota State leads the series with SDSU 70-18 ... The Bison won both meetings against the Jackrabbits in 2015 ... North Dakota State leads the series with Western Illinois 14-4 ... The Bison won 3-0 on Sept. 26 in Fargo ... North Dakota State trails in the series with Omaha 40-38 ... The Mavericks won 3-2 on Oct. 3 in Fargo.

COMING ATTRACTIONS: North Dakota State closes out October on the road, traveling to South Dakota on Saturday, Oct. 31 ... NDSU then returns to the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse with matches against Fort Wayne at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and IUPUI at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8.

TICKETS & PARKING: Tickets for NDSU home volleyball matches are available in advance at the Fargodome ticket office, online at GoBison.com/tickets, or by telephone toll free at (888) 231-NDSU ... General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth ages 3-17, and reserved tickets are $10 ... Match day tickets are sold at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse ... Doors open 1 hour prior to the match ... Free parking after 4:30 p.m. is available weekdays in the CF and SF lots adjacent to the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, and Visitors Lot E.

ON THE WEB: Live video of all NDSU home volleyball matches is available by subscription to NDSU All Access on GoBison.com. Prices are $6.95 for Single-Match, $10.95 monthly and $89.95 annually ... KNDS-Radio sports director Andy Rieckhoff will describe the action ... This webcasts are produced by the Bison Information Network ... Matches will re-air on SU TV channel 84 and will be available to NDSU All Access subscribers on-demand ... Live stats for all NDSU home matches are available on BisonStats.com.

INSIDE THE BENTSON BUNKER FIELDHOUSE: North Dakota State is 5-3 within the Friendly Confines of the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse this season and 12-5 over the past two years ... NDSU has compiled a 360-77 record, good for a .824 winning percentage since 1978 ... The Bison are averaging 712 fans over eight home matches including a season-high 854 vs. Towson University (9-4-15).

BISON IN THE RPI: North Dakota State University was 100th in the third RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) released by the NCAA on Oct. 19 ... The Bison were the second-ranked team in the Summit League behind Denver (90) ... Following NDSU were IUPUI (107), Oral Roberts (152), South Dakota (198), Omaha (211), IPFW (255), SDSU (268) and Western Illinois (301).

BISON IN THE NCAA STATISTICS: In the NCAA statistics released Oct. 19, North Dakota State collectively ranks 31st in kills (1,112), 34th in attacks (3,046), 37th in assists (1,030) and 44th in digs (1,302) ... Individually, 5-foot-11 outside hitter Jenni Fassbender ranks 38th in attacks (856), and 58th in points (334.5) and kills (298).

PURNELL EARNS SUMMIT LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR: North Dakota State outside hitter Mikaela Purnell earned her first career Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honor Oct. 12 ... The 5-foot-9 sophomore from Excelsior, Minn., averaged 5.86 digs per set for the week ... Posted 23 digs in win over IPFW and tallied 18 digs vs. IUPUI.

FASSBENDER REACHES 1,000 KILLS: North Dakota State's Jenni Fassbender, a 5-foot-11 senior from Kaukauna, Wis., became the 22nd NDSU player to reach 1,000 kills in a career midway in set two of the match against Towson (9-4-15) ... Fassbender has 1,228 kills to rank 17th all-time ... Fassbender ranks 28th among NCAA active kill leaders ... Former Olympian Janet Cobbs (1985-88) is NDSU's all-time kill leader with 2,091.

MILLIGAN REACHES 1,000 DIGS: North Dakota State's Emily Milligan, a 5-foot-5 junior from La Grange, Ill., became the 22nd NDSU player to reach 1,000 digs in a career in set two of the match at Denver (9-29-15) ... Milligan has 1,077 digs to rank 17th all-time ... She has 61 matches with double-figure digs in her career, 15 this season ... Milligan is also third all-time in digs per set (3.59) ... Kari Fagnan (2004-07) is NDSU's all-time leader with 2,083 digs.

CLIMBING THE CAREER LADDER: North Dakota State's Jenni Fassbender, Emily Milligan, Monica Claxton, Emily Miron, Emily Minnick and Brianna Rasmusson are climbing the NDSU career statistical ladder ... In addition to 1,000-plus kills, Fassbender is also 9th in kills per set (3.07 avg) and attack attempts (3,779), 15th in points per set (3.51 avg), 17th in solo blocks (58) and 18th in points (1,403) ... Fassbender has 63 matches with double-figure kills in her career, 19 this season ... Additionally, Claxton is 9th in assists per set (7.14) and 10th in assists (2,048) ... Miron is 10th with 68 solo blocks ... Minnick is 14th in attack percentage (.296, 716-225-1650) and 20th in solo blocks (50) ... Rasmusson is 12th in assists (1,001).

DOUBLE VISION: North Dakota State has recorded 20 'double-doubles' this season ... Sophomore Brianna Rasmusson leads the way with seven highlighted by 44 assist, 14 dig performance vs. Omaha (10-3-15) ... Senior Jenni Fassbender and junior Monica Claxton each have six, and sophomore Mikaela Purnell has notched one.