First Serve
South Dakota will host Oral Roberts on Thursday at 6 p.m. inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. On Saturday, the Yote will host North Dakota State at 4 p.m. Following the match, South Dakota will honor its senior class.
 
The Coyotes
South Dakota (15-9, 9-4 Summit) is coming off two-straight sweeps last week with wins over St. Thomas and North Dakota.  South Dakota is currently in a three-way tie for third place in the league standings.
 
As a squad, the Coyotes lead the league in overall team blocks behind Madison Harms' league-leading 1.29 blocks per set average. The Yotes also lead the league in total service aces with 165 so far this season. In their five-set reverse sweep of Omaha on Oct. 19, the Yotes tallied 15 service aces as a team, the most in a game since 2012 (19 vs Arkansas Pine Bluff). Kylen Sealock recorded a career-high five service aces in that match (ties for 11^th in USD history in a single game) and leads the league in total aces with 37 on the season.
 
Harms, the reigning Summit League Offensive Peak Performer of the week, leads the league with a .363 hitting percentage so far this season. The middle blocker totaled 26 kills on a .605 hitting clip through two sets last week to lead USD to a 2-0 week of league play. She recorded her 1,000^th career kill in the Coyotes' match against Omaha on Sept. 23, becoming the 12^th Coyote in program history to join the 1,000-kill club. Harms recorded her 600^th career block in USD's sweep of St. Thomas on Oct. 12 and tallied her 100^th career solo block in the sweep of ORU on Oct. 26. She is 15 blocks away from owning the league's all-time career blocks record.
 
On Nov. 4, the Coyotes swept North Dakota to pick up their 15^th win of the season so far. That's 10-straight seasons of 15 or more wins for South Dakota.
 
The Golden Eagles
Oral Roberts (3-22, 1-12 Summit) is looking to snap an eight-game losing streak. The Golden Eagles picked up their first and only league win of the season in a four-set win over St. Thomas on Oct. 7.
 
Outside hitter Trinity Freeman continues to lead the Golden Eagle on offense and has led the team in kills in 19 of the last 20 matches. On the year, Freeman ranks third in the league in kills per set (3.52) and ranks 18^th nationally in attacks per set (11.40). Last time ORU met USD, Freeman led the offense with eight kills.
 
Freshman Alaina Larson leads the league in service aces per set with 0.47 and ranks 29^th nationally. Libero Breanna Rivas lead ORU with 267 digs so far this season. She averaged 3.71 digs per set and has reached double-digit digs in four of the last five matches.
 
The Bison
North Dakota State (17-7, 9-4 Summit) is currently on a six-match win streak, the longest active win streak in the league right now. Head coach Jennifer Lopez earned her 100^th career win with NDSU's 3-1 win over Omaha on Nov. 4.
 
As a squad, the Bison lead the league is assists per set (12.77), hitting percentage (.259), and kills per set (13.76). Individually, setter Kelley Johnson leads the league and ranks 25^th in the NCAA in assists per set with 10.51. She also ranks second in the Summit and 34^th in the nation in total assists with 956. Outside hitter Ali Hinze leads the league in kills per set with 3.57. Hinze has 1,377 career kills and 1,130 career digs and is just the second Bison in the NDSU Division I era to record at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. 
 
Last time around, USD defeated NDSU in a five-set battle inside Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. The Bison had three hitters tally double-digit kills, including a match-high 20 kills from outside hitter Lauren Jansen. Hinze followed with 16 kills and 18 digs.
 
Up Next
South Dakota heads to Brookings to take on South Dakota State in the regular season finale on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. From there, the Coyotes return to Vermillion to host the Summit League Tournament Nov. 19-21.