Oral Roberts @ South Dakota | Thursday Oct 13 | 7:00 PM

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ORU

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USD

Vermillion, SD

Thursday, October 13th

7:00pm CT

Watch (free): link

Stats: link

               

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#262* ORU Golden Eagles		#45* USD Coyotes
5-13 (3-4)		16-2 (5-1)
*RPI

Oral Roberts		South Dakota
Schedule		Schedule
Roster		Roster

Series History

All-time: USD leads the series 14-5

Recent Trend: The Golden Eagles have not won in Vermillion since 2011.

in 2021: USD and ORU split last season's series.

     

Odds/ Predictions

Massey: USD wins 3-0 (96%)

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Meet the Golden Eagles:

• ORU snapped their four-match losing streak with a sweep over Western Illinois inside the Cooper Aerobics Center Tuesday night. In the win, the Golden Eagles recorded a season-high .305 attack percentage.


#6 Kaia Dunford

• Kaia Dunford led the charge for the Golden Eagles as the junior logged her team-leading eighth double-double of the season, finishing with 12 kills and 18 digs.



#4 Sakira LaCour

• Middle blocker Sakira LaCour contributed with 11 kills on 21 swings for a .476 attack percentage.  At the net, LaCour continues to be one of the top blockers in the country as the senior enters the weekend ranked third in the Summit League and 17th nationally in total blocks with 90.


#12 Trinity Freeman

• Outside hitter Trinity Freeman continues to pace the offensive attack for ORU as the sophomore has downed 227 kills, which ranks fifth in the Summit League.

• As a team, the Golden Eagles lead the Summit League in attacks (2,705), attacks per set (37.57), digs (1,166) and digs per set (16.19). Nationally, ORU sits 10th in attacks per set, 13th in attacks, 21st in digs and 25th in digs per set.

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Meet the Yotes:


Elizabeth Juhnke

South Dakota (16-2, 5-1 Summit) returns junior all-American outside hitter Elizabeth Juhnke, who currently leads the NCAA with 382 kills. The five-time Summit League Performer of the Week was just named the league's athlete of the month for September after averaging a league-high 5.52 kills per set.  Juhnke recorded a league record 39 kills in South Dakota's five-set match against NDSU on Sept. 27. The 39 kills set a USD program record and set the mark for most kills in a match in the NCAA this season.

In last weeks win over St. Thomas Juhnke led the Coyotes with a match-high 19 kills.  In the 3-0 sweep over WIU, Juhnke tallied her 11th double-double of the season with 17 kills and 10 digs.


Madison Harms

Middle blocker Madison Harms recorded a career-high 12 blocks in USD's 3-1 win over Denver on Sept. 24, which tied the four-set program record.


Lolo Weideman

Fifth-year defensive specialist Lolo Weideman also returns to the rotation for the Coyotes. Weidman's 4.73 digs per set leads the league.  Weideman also hit a career-mark in the Denver match, totaling 34 digs and matching the four-set program record.



Brynn Paumen

In last week's win over St. Thomas, Brynn Paumen recorded a career-high 15 kills with no errors to hit .750


Madi Woodin

In the 3-0 sweep over WIU,  Freshman setter Madi Woodin recorded her first collegiate start for the Coyotes and tallied a career-high 35 assists.

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Anyone know if Schram is out this weekend with the foot injury? I think Woodin did fine at Western, but she is still a freshman... I'm hoping we get "B" back at some point...

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Huge lead in the first set!

17-5

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25-15 Yotes
23-18 Yotes up!

Sloppy set. Lots of errors and Out-of-System play.

Juhnke is so damn good, even hitting wild sets.

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Yotes win set 2 on a Harms thundering spike of an over-passed ball! Up 2-0

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Yotes sweep. Juhnke destroys. Next.

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Post-match press conference:

link

Some quotes:

Question: We saw 5 players with double-digits in digs (in a three-set match), what does that mean for the team?
Juhnke: I think that just shows what we've done in practice this week.  That was a big focus, and we just carried that over into the game tonight.

Question: Elizabeth, what jumped out to you in the stat sheet? (Other than tying the school record for kills in a three-set match):
Juhnke: Um... I think that's kinda cool, but... B just gave me the ball well, and... I think the middles also pulled the block well, and gave me seams.  And I was just able to find good areas of the court tonight.

My comment: Yeah, that WAS "kinda cool".  I'm sure what she was saying was true to a point, but I saw a ton of un-hittable balls that somehow turned into kills.  At least that's what I saw with my uneducated eyes.  Seriously, what a humble response.  Great teammate.