FIRST SERVE
The South Dakota Coyotes (8-7, 5-1) host North Dakota (1-18, 0-7) in Monday's 7 p.m. match inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

THE COYOTES
The Coyotes are paced by junior outside hitter Elizabeth Juhnke at 3.50 kills per set and 3.05 digs per set. The returning first-team All-Summit League performer is up to 3.82 kills per set and 3.27 digs per set in league play. Juhnke has reached double figures in kills in all 15 matches and has registered eight double-doubles on the season.
Sami Slaughter, a fifth-year senior, is averaging 2.63 kills per set while junior Madison Harms is right behind at 2.53. Aimee Adams, a junior, and Maddie Wiedenfeld, a senior, chip in 1.87 and 1.68 kills per set, respectively for the South Dakota offense.
The offense is directed by senior setter Madison Jurgens, who ranks third overall in Summit League at 10.13 assists per set. She ranks second in league play at 11.50 assists per set. 
The Coyotes boast a .328 team hitting percentage in the six Summit League matches, tops in conference play, while its 14.05 kills per set average in league play ranks third. 
Defensively, senior libero Lolo Weideman ranks fourth in the Summit League at 4.45 digs per set. 
Harms averages 1.27 blocks per set, tops in the league, and Wiedenfeld 0.82 for a team that leads the Summit League at 2.43 per set. 

LAST TIME OUT
Five Coyote attackers had at least six kills in a sweep over Western Illinois.
Juhnke recorded 10 kills and seven digs while Maddie Wiedefeld had an impressive line of nine kills, no errors in 10 attempts for a .900 hitting percentage.
Sami Slaughter and Madison Harms each tallied nine kills while Aimee Adams chipped in with six.
Madison Jurgens contributed 32 assists, three digs and two service aces while Lolo Weideman had 12 digs and three service aces. Brooklyn Bollweg added three aces as part of nine for the South Dakota team in the win.
Wiedenfeld and Harms rank 1-2 in Summit League play in hitting percentage at .468 and .464, respsectively. 

CAREER MARKS
Madison Jurgens moved past Becky Olson into sixth on the all-time career service aces chart with 121. Lolo Weideman, with her nine aces in the last two matches, is up to 11th all-time with 110.
Weideman reached the 1,100 career dig mark in the last match and sits 14th on the all-time list. 

NORTH DAKOTA
Lexi Ahrens, a 6-2 senior, leads the North Dakota offensive attack at 2.52 kills per set. Ahrens is also the team leader in blocks per set at 1.16 and service aces per set at 0.20. 
Taylor Pribyl provides 1.61 kills per set, McCallister Gayle 1.36 and Kelly Wahl 1.33. 
The Fighting Hawks 6-2 offense is directed by Elizabeth Norris (3.96 assists per set) and Kortney Carney (3.31 assists per set).
Madi Hart is the team's defensive leader at 4.15 digs per set while Maddy Hornyak adds 3.38 digs per set.  

LAST TIME OUT
Ahrens had eight kills while Wahl and Gayle pitched in six apiece in the four-set loss to Denver. Norris had 14 assists and Carney 12 while Maddy Hornyak posted 22 digs .

THE SERIES
North Dakota leads the Division I era series 12-11, though the Coyotes have won the last seven in a row, including six straight sweeps. The all-time series, going back to 1983, shows North Dakota with a 49-25 edge. 

UP NEXT
The Coyotes hit the road to finish off the first rotation through Summit League play with Thursday's match at Omaha (7 p.m.) and Saturday's match in Denver (2 p.m. CST).