TULSA, Okla. – Elizabeth Juhnke registered a match-high 22 kills as she became South Dakota's all-time career kill leader in the Coyotes' 3-1 win over Oral Roberts. Game scores went 23-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-19.
 
South Dakota has clinched the regular season conference title and will be the number one seed in the Summit League tournament. The Coyotes extended their win streak to 13 games and moved to 26-2 overall with a 15-1 mark in Summit League play. 
 
Who Stood Out
For the first time this season, South Dakota had four players with double-digit kills. Aimee Adams, Evelyn Diederich, and Madison Harms each recorded 11 kills apiece in the four-set victory. Harms also tallied four blocks as she reached 500 career blocks. 
 
Oral Roberts (7-21, 4-12 Summit) also had four players put up double-digit kill numbers with Kaia Dunford recording a team-high 15 kills. Sakira LaCour followed with 13 while Trinity Freeman had 11 and Jeslyn Spencer had 10 kills. 
 
Turning Point
Oral Roberts came out swinging to take set one, hitting .350 as a squad behind seven of Dunford's kills. Set two saw the momentum shift in favor of South Dakota as the Coyotes doubled their hitting percentage from set one to hit .343 as a team in the second set. Adams and Juhnke each recorded five of their kills during set two. Set two was another tight battle up until a 17-17 tie. A kill from Adams spurred the Coyotes to an 8-0 run to take set two and boost South Dakota's energy. Sets three and four saw the Yotes hitting incredibly well, registering 20 kills with just three errors through the last two sets. 
 
Notable 
•  Juhnke's match-high kill tally boosted her career total to 1,927, making her USD's all-time career kills leader. 
•  Juhnke's season total sits at 600 kills, making her the fourth player to reach that mark in Summit League history. 
•  Freshman Madi Woodin registered a career-high 46 assists while adding 11 digs to record her sixth double-double on the season.
•  Adams hit .450 on the match, recording just two errors while adding three blocks. Her 11 kills were also a season high. 
•  Lolo Weideman recorded a match-high 14 digs for the Coyotes.
 
Quotable
"I am so proud of this team! Oral Roberts is a really hard place to play and I felt like we really made the switch on our side of the net after the first set," said head coach Leanne Williamson. "Offensively, we did a really good job of finding ways to score, and every hitter was involved in that. Our block made some huge changes in the second half of the match, and we handled them playing at a high level really well! We also had some people step up from the service line which made a huge difference in the match.
 
"Harms recorded her 500th block in the match and Juhnke became the all-time kill leader in program history. I am happy for both of them as they have been a huge part of our success over their time here. We are excited to come home and finish our season at home next weekend!"
 
Up Next
The Coyotes return to Vermillion to host the North Dakota duo in the last regular season weekend of the year. South Dakota hosts North Dakota State on Thursday at 7 p.m. before taking on North Dakota on Saturday at 4:45 p.m.