TAMPA, FLA. – Elizabeth Juhnke recorded two match-high kill performances as South Dakota (10-1) went 2-0 on day one of the Bulls Invitational with a four-set win over Stetson (25-12, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19) and a 3-0 sweep of Cornell (25-19, 25-12, 25-21). With the two wins, the Coyotes have extended their win streak to 10 games.
 
Game One (USD 3, Stetson 1)
Who Stood Out
Juhnke had a match-high 20 kills and 13 digs for her sixth double-double on the season while Brooklyn Schram had a match-high 47 assists. Lolo Weideman added a match-high 21 digs while middle blocker Madison Harms had 12 kills and eight blocks to compliment her .571 hitting percentage. Brynn Paumen added eight kills and five blocks, including three solo blocks, for the Coyotes.
 
Stetson received 16 kills from Anabelle Standish while Sophia Groom followed with eight kills. Lauren Vargo had a team-high 17 digs for the Hatters and Nyah Molina had 36 assists.
 
Match Summary
The Coyotes and Hatters traded points up until it was 6-6 early in set one. A kill from Paumen gave South Dakota the lead and spurred a 19-6 run to take set one. Set two started close with the Hatters taking the lead 7-6 after a kill from Alexis Thompson. Stetson held that lead until back-to-back kills from Juhnke tied the set at 13. The Coyotes took three straight points after that to take a 16-13 lead and force a Stetson timeout. From there, South Dakota went on a 12-7 run to take set two. Stetson started set three strong with a 4-0 run and led from there until an attack error from Sophia Groom gave South Dakota a 7-6 lead. The Coyotes expanded that lead to 11-9 before Stetson went on a 7-0 run to take a 16-11 lead. A well-timed South Dakota timeout came while the Hatters held a 23-18 lead, and the Coyotes were able to survive four Stetson set points to come within two at 24-22. A kill from Anabelle Standish sealed the deal for the Hatters and forced a fourth set. South Dakota started set four with a 7-1 run to set the tone. The fourth and final set saw just one tie at 1-1 and zero lead changes as it was all Coyotes from the beginning. At 22-14, the Hatters stretched a 4-0 run to come within four at 22-18 and force a South Dakota timeout. A kill from Evelyn Diederich gave the Coyotes the last boost of energy they needed to take set four and finish the match.

Notable

• South Dakota held Stetson to a .000 hitting percentage in set one while hitting .379.
• Juhnke's six blocks and Harms' eight blocks are season-highs for each.
• The Coyotes led set four the entire time.
• Juhnke's match-high 20 kills and 13 digs are her sixth double-double of the season. 

Game Two (USD 3, Cornell 0)
Who Stood Out
Juhnke put up a match-high 16 kills while Schram had a match-high 35 assists. Outside hitter Aimee Adams led the Coyotes with three blocks and a .545 hitting percentage to compliment her six kills. Weideman added a match-high 17 digs while Alaina Wolff followed with six digs.
 
Cornell received 13 kills and five digs from outside hitter Eliza Konvicka. Emma Worthington followed with 23 assists while Joanna Chang had 15 digs.
 
Match Summary
South Dakota set the tone of the match from the start, taking an early 14-6 lead to force a Cornell timeout. The Big Red received three kills from Eliza Konvicka to come within four at 16-12 before the Coyotes went on a 5-0 run to take a 21-12 lead. A Cornell service error and an ace from South Dakota's Laura Petterson gave the Coyotes set point at 24-17, before a kill from Adams sealed the first set win. Set two was South Dakota all the way as the Coyotes took an early 8-1 lead and never let off the gas from there. Emma Worthington put down a kill for Cornell to come within five at 16-11 before South Dakota went on a 9-1 run to take set two. Cornell fought back in set three and it started with an early 10-10 tie. A service error from Sammie Engel broke Cornell's 5-0 run to give the Coyotes a 11-10 lead. South Dakota took that and ran with it, going on a 5-0 run to take a 15-10 lead. Back-to-back kills from Adams and Paumen extended South Dakota's lead to 22-17 and forced a Cornell timeout. The Big Red came out of the timeout strong and put down two kills to come within four at 23-19, but back-to-back kills from Juhnke sealed the 3-0 sweep.
 
Notable

• Through the first two sets, there were no ties and no lead changes, but set three saw two ties and just one lead change.
• Adams's .545 hitting percentage is her season-high.
• As a team, South Dakota hit .359 percent.

Quotable
"Today was a good day for us as a team," said head coach Leanne Williamson. "I am proud of how this team found ways to win against two different teams. We continue to learn lessons about ourselves as a team, and that continues to make us better. I think different people stepped up throughout the two matches to push us through. Our serving was really good in our second match and really was the difference in the match. We are looking forward to one more challenge here tomorrow!"
 
Up Next
South Dakota will wrap up the Bulls Invitational with a noon matchup against South Florida Saturday.