South Dakota @ St Thomas | Thur, Oct 6 | 7:00 PM *free*

[kiyoat]

                       

USD

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UST

St Paul, MN

Thursday, October 6th

7:00pm CT

Watch (free): link

Stats: link

               

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#32* USD Coyotes		#295* UST Tommies
14-2 (3-1)		0-5 (2-15)
* RPI

South Dakota		St Thomas
Schedule		Schedule
Roster		Roster

Series History

All-time: USD leads the series 2-0

in 2021: USD won 3-0 in Sioux Falls and 3-1 in St Paul

     

Odds/ Predictions

Massey: USD wins 3-0 (100%)

[kiyoat]

Meet the Tommies (from their pre-game article):


#16 Emma Goerger, 6-4 MB

On Thursday, the Tommies took set three against the Pioneers to avoid a sweep (19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 14-25). St. Thomas and Denver battled back-and-forth in the third set as freshman Emma Goerger added eight of her team-high 13 kills in the game.
- Led the Tommies with 28 kills and 15 blocks, including a career-high 10 blocks at Omaha. Nine came as assisted blocks while she was one kill away from her first career double-double.
- Tallied a .273 hitting percentage with 2.80 kills per set.
- Ranks seventh in the league with 1.03 blocks per set


#9 Lauren Galvin, 5-10 OH

Sophomore Lauren Galvin reached the 500-kill mark of her career during the second set Saturday at Omaha. Needing six to reach the milestone, Galvin tied for the team-high with nine kills.  Galvin finished with 23 kills and 20 digs through the week...
- Ranks 11th in the league with 2.97 kills per set.


#22 Allie Kopp, 5-7 S

...while freshman Allie Kopp led the team with 32 assists. Kopp recorded her third double-double of the season with 16 assists and 12 digs against Omaha.
- Tied for ninth in the league with 0.30 service aces per set


#5 Carrie Rutledge, 5-9 DS

Graduate student Carrie Rutledge paced the squad with 41 digs and is now nine shy of 500 in her career.
- Tied for seventh in the Summit with 3.16 digs per set

[kiyoat]

Not a hugely compelling matchup, but I was making the match thread for the Yote site anyway... and I think there are a couple of Tommies fans on here, too.

Looks like the best players are mostly underclassmen, which makes sense in just the second year of being able to offer athletic scholarships! Goerger at MB looks like a solid addition from local MSP powerhouse Wayzata High School.

St Thomas did just take a set off of Denver, but Denver wasn't playing all their starters in that match. I feel like next year is when we will see the Tommies start to climb out of the standings basement, and maybe be a contender in 2 or 3 years? I could see an upset for them over KC or Oral Roberts this year, though.

[volleyaudience]

Very interested in St Thomas stepping up to D1. It seems recruiting will be extremely important. Do any of the coaches have D1 recruiting experience? I'm concerned. Thank you.

[kiyoat]

Oct 5, 2022 10:58:08 GMT -5 volleyaudience said:

Very interested in St Thomas stepping up to D1. It seems recruiting will be extremely important. Do any of the coaches have D1 recruiting experience? I'm concerned. Thank you.

Looks like their recruiting coordinator had spent a couple of years as a volunteer assistant at Minnesota.

link

Honestly, being one of only two Division-1 programs in Minnesota, and being located in the Minneapolis-St Paul metro.... I feel like having local recruiting contacts will be more important to them than nationwide or even regional ones.  And their 20-year veteran head coach has plenty of those, I would guess.  I think they'll be fine.

link

[kiyoat]

Meet the Yotes: (the pregame article finally came out...)


Elizabeth Juhnke, 6-0 OH

South Dakota (14-2, 3-1 Summit) returns junior all-American outside hitter Elizabeth Juhnke, who currently leads the NCAA with 346 kills. The five-time Summit League Performer of the Week recorded a league record 39 kills in South Dakota's five-set match against NDSU last week. The 39 kills set a USD program record and set the mark for most kills in a match in the NCAA this season.


Madison Harms, 6-3 MB

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, 5-7 DS/L

fifth-year defensive specialist Lolo Weideman hit a career-mark in the Denver match, totaling 34 digs and matching the four-set program record. Her 4.48 digs per set leads the league.


Brooklyn Schram, 5-11 S

Brooklyn Schram's 682 total assists lead the league and ranks sixth in the NCAA.

[ndodge]

You just might convince me to pay $5 to go see Juhnke in person.

[AmeriCanvbdad]

Oct 6, 2022 13:09:52 GMT -5 ndodge said:

You just might convince me to pay $5 to go see Juhnke in person.

It would be money well spent.

[rainbowbadger]

FREE! So I'll actually be able to watch. Set Harms. Thank you.

[Brutus Buckeye]

The Yotes will fend off the Tammies in 4.

[kiyoat]

Oct 6, 2022 13:27:40 GMT -5 AmeriCanvbdad said:

Oct 6, 2022 13:09:52 GMT -5 ndodge said:

You just might convince me to pay $5 to go see Juhnke in person.

It would be money well spent.

Agree.

Plus, Baxter Arena has luxurious padded faux-leather seating.  (I assume you are in Omaha with a name like NP Dodge)



Plus, there will be lots of great players besides Juhnke to give you your money's worth of entertainment (on both sides of the net).

Juhnke vs McCormick ------- both are 6-rotation studs
Clarkson vs Schram ---- both are Smart Setters from the Surrounding Metro (Omaha)
Harms vs Ruch --------- imposing middles with potent attacks
Weideman vs Centeno - experienced Liberos

BTW, you know what else you can get for $5.00?
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save the calories and go watch the Yotes/ Mavs. (later on this season)

Convinced yet?

[ndodge]

I'm in Twin Cities! I'll be there tonight.

[kiyoat]

Oct 6, 2022 15:28:11 GMT -5 ndodge said:

I'm in Twin Cities! I'll be there tonight.

Oh!  When I lived in Omaha there was a big Real Estate company called NP Dodge....  probably still is... and now I'm seeing you are called ndodge.....

[kiyoat]

Well, in that case:

Schoenecker Arena may be a little small for Division-1 basketball, but to me it looks like a perfect size for volleyball.  You will be pretty close to the action:

[ndodge]

I've been there a few times, definitely close to the action if you want.