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USD

@

NDSU

Fargo, SD

Tuesday, September 27th

7:00pm CT

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#38* USD Coyotes		#167* NDSU Bison
13-1 (2-0)		9-5 (2-0)
* from:MasseyRatings.com

South Dakota		NDSU
Schedule		Schedule
Roster		Roster

Series History

All-time: NDSU leads the series 25-20

Division I: USD leads the series 18-7

Recent Trend: USD has won the last 10 matches

in 2021: USD won 3-0 in Vermillion and 3-2 in Fargo

     

Odds/ Predictions

Massey: USD wins 3-1 (86%)

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Meet the Bison (from the pre-game write-up; with pictures added)

North Dakota State


#7 Ali Hinze - 6'-0" OH

North Dakota State (9-5, 2-0) returns 10 letter winners and eight starters to their 2022 squad, including 2020 Summit League Freshman of the Year Ali Hinze. Hinze, now a junior, led the Bison last season with 3.43 kills per set, which ranked fifth in the league.


#4 Michelle Glover - 5'-10" MB

Middle blocker Michelle Glover returns for the Bison with a .410 hitting percentage that leads the league and ranks 17th nationally.


#14 Kelley Johnson - 5'-10" S

Senior setter Kelley Johnson averages 10.25 assists per set, which sits at third in the league, while her 533 total assists rank fourth.


#3 Syra Tanchin - 6'-1" OH

Outside hitter Syra Tanchin leads the Bison with 3.46 kills per set which ranks fourth in the league. NDSU started league play 2-0 with wins over St. Thomas and Western Illinois.

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Yikes!

Bison up 2-1 in sets

19-25 🐺
25-22 🦬
25-23 🦬

… maybe it’s good we can’t watch this one

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Well crap.

[captaincoyote]

I see that Juhnke had the game of her life and we still lost. A quick look at the stats doesn't tell me much other than we let too many balls hit the court, but I'm not an expert. Does anyone have additional insight?

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Sept 28, 2022 13:06:46 GMT -6 captaincoyote said:

I see that Juhnke had the game of her life and we still lost. A quick look at the stats doesn't tell me much other than we let too many balls hit the court, but I'm not an expert. Does anyone have additional insight?

Also not an expert, but when you compare our major stats averages with that match...  we let too many balls hit the court.

Basically, you got it right.

Both USD and NDSU are tops in the conference in hitting % (think of it like shooting efficiency in BB), but even with that, both teams hit well above their own averages, and blocked and dug well below their averages.  This was a "defense optional" type of game.

USD entered the game as a very good blocking team (2.52 blocks/set #2 in conference) and a below-average digging team (14.64 digs/set #6 in conference) and we ended up with 1.2 blocks per set, and 11.8 digs per set.  So that contributed in a big way to NDSU hitting well... too many balls hitting the court.

So let's look at individuals in those areas:

player	blocks/set	season
Juhnke	0.60	0.82
Paumen	0.40	1.05
Harms	0.40	1.13
Schram	0.40	0.43
Adams	0	0.62
Diederich	0	0.22

Looks to me like our bigs (middles and Right-side hitter Adams) had a bad game blocking.  Juhnke and Schram were the show, both offensively and at least blocking average.  Diederich is a great little hitter, and fun to watch... but she is probably somewhat of a liability in the blocking game at 5-8.

player	digs/set	season
Farris	3.6	1.83
Wiedeman	2.2	4.31
Schram	1.6	2.28
Juhnke	1.4	2.59
Wolff	1.0	2.05
Pauman	0.6	0.21
Diederich	0.6	0.47
Petterson	0.40	0.20
Adams	0.20	0.54
Harms	0.20	0.15

Farris had a lot more digs than normal, but Lolo, Schram and Juhnke had a lot less.  Weideman in particular wasn't great this game.

Also, Farris had a bad serve-and-receive game, as she led the team in both service errors (4) and receiving errors (4).  That's 8 points gifted to the Bison, and in a close Match that's huge.  Farris has done very well for a freshman, but inexperience is bound to rear its head now and again.  I have to imagine the Bison were singling her out on serves and spikes, too? 

Bad timing for that, when four of your starters are not doing what their position is specialized to (middle blockers and Right-side not blocking, Libero not digging).  Also, Harms and Pauman were hitting well-below their normal.  Diederich actually supported Juhnke offensively very well, but we are used to more offensive production from our Middles in our system.