(NDSU Athletics) The North Dakota State (12-5, 5-0 Summit) volleyball team wraps up its homestand hosting North Dakota (7-9, 4-1 Summit) on Saturday night. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m. at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
MATCH COVERAGE
The match will be streamed and feature live statistics on GoBison.com.
TICKETS
General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth ages 3-17, and reserved tickets are $10-12. Match day tickets are sold at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse and are also available at GoBison.com/tickets. Doors open one (1) hour prior to the match. Free parking is available in Visitors Lot E.
LAST TIME OUT
NDSU extended its win streak to five matches after sweeping Kansas City, 3-0. Ali Hinze paced the Bison with a match-high 13 kills to go along with four digs and three service aces. Kelley Johnson notched a double-double with a match-best 40 assists and 10 digs, while Syra Tanchin added 12 kills and seven digs.
PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Syra Tanchin was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Co-Offensive Peak Performer of the Week for the first time in her career. Elizabeth Juhnke from South Dakota was also tabbed Co-Offensive Peak Performer of the Week. Tanchin connected on a team-high 49 kills and averaged a team-best 4.45 kills per set last week. She reached double digits in kills in all three matches, including a career-high 26 kills in the upset win over South Dakota. Tanchin also added a .368 hitting percentage, 22 digs, five blocks and five service aces to her stat line.
FEELS LIKE 2010
The Bison sit on top of the Summit League standings and have notched a 5-0 record to start conference play for the first time since 2010. NDSU has also put together a season-long five-match win streak, which is its longest streak since the Bison won eight straight in 2017.
HEAT CHECK
The Bison lead the Summit League and rank 14th in the nation in kills with 882. NDSU also leads the conference and ranks 15th in country in kills per set with 14.00. The Bison have connected on 60 or more kills in six matches, including a season-high 70 against Chicago State, Central Michigan and Austin Peay.
THE DYNAMIC DUO
Syra Tanchin and Ali Hinze have both surpassed the 200-kill mark this season. Tanchin is slotted third in the Summit League with a team-high 229 kills, while Hinze is positioned fifth with 201. NDSU is the only team in the conference with two players slotted in the top five.
BALL MOVEMENT
The Bison lead the Summit League in total assists and rank 18th in the nation with 806. Kelley Johnson paces NDSU with a team-high 658 assists, which ranks second in the conference and 10th in the nation. She’s distributed 50 or more assists in four matches this season, including a career-high 58 against Chicago State and Central Michigan.
JOHNSON HITS 2K ASSISTS
Kelley Johnson handed out a match-high 34 assists in the win over St. Thomas to reach the 2,000 career assists plateau. She has now amassed 2,172 assists over four seasons and ranks 12th on the all-time assists list. Johnson is one of five players to reach the mark in the NDSU Division I era.
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