GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Multiple milestones dominated the day for North Dakota volleyball on Saturday afternoon inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center as a pair of seniors reached personal accolades in their final home match. The Fighting Hawks pushed (RV) South Dakota State in three sets forcing extra action in the opening frame, before falling late in sets two and three.
 
Seniors Elizabeth Norris, Maddy Hornyak, Jarolin de los Santos Lugo and Alexandria Harper competed for the final time inside the BESC. Norris finished with 19 assists as she became the tenth player in program history to cross over 2,000 career assists. Santos Lugo finished with three aces and three blocks to become the first player in the program's DI era to record 30 aces and 100 blocks in a single campaign. Her three aces give her 32 for the season which is currently the sixth most in any DI season for UND.
 
The match witnessed 28 tied scores and 15 lead changes. The Hawks erased a 9-4 deficit and grabbed set point on back-to-back kills from junior Paige Barber, but an error, solo block and a termination all went in favor of the Jackrabbits who won the opening frame 27-25.
 
Both sets two and three were tied at 12, and the Hawks battled to a 20-17 deficit in each, before the Jackrabbits, who clinched the Summit League regular season title with the victory, closed each frame on a 5-2 run.
 
The Hawks now turn their attention to their final match of the season on Tuesday, November 19. UND makes the short trip south to Fargo to battle longtime rival North Dakota State. First serve from inside Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse is set for 7 p.m. The two sides played a four-set match on October 22 in Grand Forks with NDSU coming out on top. The action can be seen on the Summit League Network and live stats will be available at FightingHawks.com.
 
Postgame Notes

• Norris' third assist of the second set gave her 2,000 for her career, making her the tenth player in program history to reach the milestone
• It was Norris 100^th career match with 10+ assists
• With three aces, Santos Lugo became the ninth DI Hawk to reach the 30-ace mark in a single season and her 32 total this season are the sixth most in a single campaign since 2008-09
• Her final denial of a three-block afternoon gives her 100 for the season and coupled with her total aces, the native of the Dominican Republic becomes the first rally-scoring era Hawk to record 100 blocks and 30 aces in a single campaign
• For the second-straight match, for the seventh time this season and for the ninth time in her career, sophomore Lauren Perugini registered a double-double as she finished with 11 kills and 11 digs
• True freshman Vanessa Imoh delivered the third double-figure kill effort of her young career as she produced ten kills at .300; Imoh hit a .381 against the Jackrabbits in Brookings
• Barber finished with nine kills at .300
• Junior Izzie McCormick added ten digs marking the 46^th time in her career with 10+ digs
• True freshman Vanessa Washington joined Santos Lugo with three blocks
• It marked the 11^th match this season that the Hawks reached 8.0 total blocks
• It marked the 17^th time this season that UND recorded five or more aces in a match
• The opening frame was the 11^th set to go extra for the Hawks this season and the 22^nd decided by just three points or less

How It Happened
 
Set 1: SDSU 27, UND 25
Set 2: SDSU 25, UND 19
Set 3: SDSU 25, UND 19
 
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