Schimmer leads tournament hosts to win over UND

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UND sweeps SDSU for home-opening win

North Dakota 3, So. Dakota St. 0
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015  •  Grand Forks, N.D.
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
Attendance: 1,275

  1st 2nd 3rd
South Dakota State
20 14 18
North Dakota 25 25 25
 Key Notes
• UND hit .a season-high 402 for the match.
• North Dakota has won 11 of its last 12 home matches.
Sydney Griffin etched her third double-double of the season.
• UND is 6-1 against SDSU in Division I era.
 Statistical Comparison
UND SDSU
 Kills 48 31
 Hitting Pct.  .402 .176
 Assists 47 28
 Service Aces 3 4
 Digs 57 44
 Total Blocks 3.0 3.0
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The University of North Dakota volleyball team hit a combined .402 in a convincing 3-0 sweep (25-20, 25-14, 25-18) of South Dakota State Tuesday in non-conference action at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.

UND (3-4) only trailed once in the entire match and it came early in the third set.

The home team finished with only seven attack errors in the match with the foursome of Faith Dooley (12 kills, 1 error), Chelsea Moser (10 kills, 0 errors), Julia Kaczorowska (8 kills, 0 errors) and Kristen Giesbrecht (6 kills, 0 errors) combining for 36 kills with just two errors and a .531 hitting percentage.

The numbers only got bigger as the match wore on with UND hitting .351 in the first set and then improving to .406 in set two. The final set saw UND jump out to a quick lead and finish with a .455 hit percentage, killing 16 balls on just 33 swings and only one error.

Dooley's kill total set the pace for UND, which needed just 1:22 to dispatch of the Jacks for its third straight sweep over SDSU. Since transitioning to NCAA Division I, North Dakota has defeated SDSU in six of the seven meetings.

Sophomore setter Sydney Griffin racked up 44 assists and 10 digs for her third double-double of the season. Senior libero McKenzie Hart again reached the 20-dig mark and she has now done so in all but one match this season.

North Dakota returns to action on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. as Green Bay comes to Grand Forks to open the Buffalo Wild Wings UND Classic.


 

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Players Mentioned

McKenzie Hart

#21 McKenzie Hart

OH/DS
5' 8"
Freshman
Chelsea Moser

#11 Chelsea Moser

OH/M
6' 1"
Freshman
Faith Dooley

#13 Faith Dooley

MH
6' 3"
Freshman
Kristen Giesbrecht

#16 Kristen Giesbrecht

OPP
5' 10"
Junior
Sydney Griffin

#4 Sydney Griffin

S
5' 11"
Freshman
Julia Kaczorowska

#3 Julia Kaczorowska

OH/M
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

McKenzie Hart

#21 McKenzie Hart

5' 8"
Freshman
OH/DS
Chelsea Moser

#11 Chelsea Moser

6' 1"
Freshman
OH/M
Faith Dooley

#13 Faith Dooley

6' 3"
Freshman
MH
Kristen Giesbrecht

#16 Kristen Giesbrecht

5' 10"
Junior
OPP
Sydney Griffin

#4 Sydney Griffin

5' 11"
Freshman
S
Julia Kaczorowska

#3 Julia Kaczorowska

6' 0"
Freshman
OH/M