NDSU Heads to Knoxville for Tennessee Classic on Sept. 20-21

Friday, September 20

Knoxville, Tenn.

3:30 p.m. ET

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NDSU Heads to Knoxville for Tennessee Classic on Sept. 20-21

9/17/2019 4:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

NDSU Volleyball Notes (9-17-19)

North Dakota State (5-4) opens against Georgia Southern (4-3) at 2:30 p.m. Central Time Friday, Sept. 20 at the Tennessee Classic in Knoxville ... The Bison play East Tennessee State (7-2) at 9 a.m. CT and host Tennessee (3-4) on SECNetwork+ at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 ... The tournament schedule:

Tennessee Classic
Thompson-Boling Arena / Knoxville, Tenn.
Friday, Sept. 20
BISON vs. Georgia Southern (4-3), 2:30 p.m. CT

Saturday, Sept. 21
BISON vs. East Tennessee State (7-2), 9 a.m. CT
BISON at Tennessee (3-4), 6 p.m. CT

UP NEXT: North Dakota State opens Summit League play on the road at South Dakota State at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and at Omaha at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.

THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: North Dakota State is 2-1 in the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse this season, averaging 742 spectators per match ... NDSU had a season-high 1,166 in attendance against California (9-13-19) ... NDSU has 59 matches over 1,000 overall ... The Bison are 385-91 at home for an .808 winning percentage since 1978.

THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting between North Dakota State and Georgia Southern, members of the Sun Belt Conference ... The Eagles lead the series 2-0 ... This will be the first meeting between NDSU and East Tennessee State, members of the Southern Conference ... This will be the first meeting between the Bison and host Tennessee, members of the SEC ... The Volunteers received votes toward the AVCA Coaches poll this week.

HEGERLE AND THE 'TRIPLE-DOUBLE': North Dakota State setter Kalli Hegerle is second in the NCAA with four 'triple-doubles' with three coming at the Central Michigan Chippewa Invitational on Sept. 6-7 ... Head coach Jennifer Lopez had 9 'triple-doubles' during her career for the Bison ... NDSU has had 16 'triple-doubles' since 1999.

LET'S GO FIVE: North Dakota State is 3-1 in five-set matches this season including two wins coming back from a 2-set deficit against Illinois-Chicago (9-6-19) and Buffalo (9-14-19) ... NDSU has rallied from a 2-set deficit 11 times since 1999.

BISON NOTEBOOK: North Dakota State setter Kalli Hegerle and middle hitter Emily Halverson were named to the NDSU Classic (Sept. 13-14) all-tournament team ... Halverson was named to the Central Michigan Chippewa Invitational (Sept. 6-7) all-tournament team, while Hegerle was all-tournament at the Toledo Blue & Gold Classic (Aug. 30-31) ... Ally Murphy had a career best 12 kills vs. Eastern Illinois (9-7-19) ... Alexis Bachmeier had a career-high 19 kills at Central Michigan (9-6-19) ... Freshman Syra Tanchin belted 17 kills vs. Buffalo (9-14-19) in her second collegiate match.

DOUBLE VISION: North Dakota State has recorded 12 'double-doubles' in 2019 ... Kalli Hegerle has claimed five 'double-doubles' and four 'triple-doubles', the latest with 21 assists, 10 kills and 11 digs in the 3-2 win over Eastern Illinois ... Kelley Johnson had 17 assists and 10 digs at Toledo (8-30-19) for her first collegiate 'double-double' ... Alexis Bachmeier has four 'double-doubles' including 12 kills and 15 digs in the 3-2 win over Buffalo (9-14-19).

BISON KILL TRACKER
PLAYER (DF 2019/Career)   10+   15+   20+   25+
Kalli Hegerle (5/5)       5   --   --   --
Alexis Bachmeier (5/15)       5   1   --   --
Allie Mauch (5/21)       5   --   --   --
Emily Halverson (2/8)       2   --   --   --
Syra Tanchin (1/1)       1   1   --   --
Ally Murphy (1/1)       1   --   --   --
Bella Lien (--/3)       --   --   --   --

BISON DIG TRACKER
PLAYER (DF 2019/Career)   10+   15+   20+   25+   30+
Abbi Klos (6/47)       6   2   1 (7)   -- (3)   -- (2)
Kalli Hegerle (5/16)       5   --   --   --   --
Alexis Bachmeier (4/21)       4   4   -- (2)   --   --
Kaylee Hanger (4/20)       4   2   --   --   --
Kelley Johnson (3/3)       3   --   --   --   --
Syra Tanchin (1/1)       1   --   --   --   --
Maggie Steffen (--/1)       --   --   --   --   --

BISON TRIPLE-DOUBLE TRACKER
PLAYER (2019/Career)   Kills/Assists/Digs   Assists/Digs
Kalli Hegerle (4/4)   4 (4)   --

BISON DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER
PLAYER (2019/Career)   Kills/Digs   Assists/Digs   Kills/Assists
Kalli Hegerle (5/16)   4   5   5
Kelley Johnson (3/3)   --   3   --
Alexis Bachmeier (4/12)   4   --   --

BISON ON TELEVISION: Three North Dakota State women's volleyball matches will be televised this season, Sept. 14 vs. Green Bay and Oct. 27 vs. Omaha by the BEK Broadcasting Network @BEKSports, and the Nov. 12 match vs. North Dakota by Midco Sports Network @MidcoSN.

VOLLEYBALL ON BISON 1660 AM: Five North Dakota State women's volleyball matches will be broadcast on Bison 1660 AM/92.7 FM this season starting Oct. 6 with the Western Illinois match ... Keith Brake @The_Brakedown is in his third year handling the play-by-play ... Fans can hear updates from coach Jennifer Lopez weekly on "The BrakeDown" on Bison 1660 AM this season.

NDSU SEVENTH IN SUMMIT LEAGUE PRESEASON COACHES POLL: North Dakota State was seventh in the Summit League volleyball preseason coaches' poll released Aug. 21 ... Denver was No. 1, South Dakota No. 2 and Omaha was No. 3.

BACHMEIER, HALVERSON NAMED TO SUMMIT LEAGUE PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Outside hitter Alexis Bachmeier and middle hitter Emily Halverson were named to the Summit League's preseason "Players to Watch List" released Aug. 21 ... Bachmeier, a 5-foot-9 junior from Fargo, N.D., started in all 29 matches and 110 sets last season ... She tied for second on the team with 23 service aces, and averaged 2.89 digs, 2.76 points and 2.26 kills per set ... Halverson, a 6-3 junior from Iowa City, Iowa, started in all 29 matches and 111 sets last season ... She hit .228 overall including .266 in Summit League play ... Halverson finished No.8 in the league with 106 total blocks and No. 10 with 0.95 blocks per set ... She averaged 2.37 points and 1.73 kills per set.

KLOS NAMED TO 2018 SUMMIT LEAGUE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM, HEGERLE EARNS SPOT ON ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: Libero Abbi Klos was named to the 2018 Summit League All-Tournament team, while setter Kalli Hegerle landed a spot on the All-Freshman Team ... A two-time Defensive Player of the Week, Klos recorded 33 digs in a pair of matches averaged 4.15 digs per set ... Hegerle started in all 29 matches and 111 sets ... Averaged 9.02 assists, 2.30 digs and 1.24 points per set -- reaching 1,001 assists.

MAKING THE GRADE: The North Dakota State University volleyball team was honored with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2018-19 season ... The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team G.P.A. on a 4.0 scale ... NDSU received the award for the seventh consecutive year and 19th time overall.

THE COACH: Jennifer Lopez (North Dakota State, 2014) has a 33-33 record including 15-15 in the Summit League in her third season as head coach at North Dakota State ... Recipient of 2018 AVCA's "Top Thirty under 30" award ... After joining the Bison as an assistant coach in 2015, she was named interim head coach in May 2017 and officially named head coach Oct. 23, 2017 ... Lopez was the Summit League Setter of the Year, Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in 2011 as a senior for North Dakota State.