GREEN BAY, WIS. – South Dakota (6-5) swept Central Michigan to go undefeated at the Capital Credit Union Classic this weekend. Outside hitter Kylen Sealock tied her career-high with 18 kills on the match. Game scores went 25-14, 25-22, 25-23.
 
Who Stood Out
Sealock's 18 kills were a season-high, tied her career-high, and were a match-high for the Coyotes. She had just three errors on 35 attempts to hit a season-best .429 while adding nine digs and three blocks. Middle blocker Madison Harms had 11 kills on 22 attempts to hit .318 and was named the tournament MVP. She is just one kill shy of 1,000 career kills.
 
Central Michigan (6-6) received a match-high 13 digs from libero Aly Gurtiza. Krystina Kasson and Abby Olin each added a team-high seven kills for the Chippewa. Olin had just one error on 13 attempts to hit .462 on the afternoon.  
 
Turning Point
South Dakota took set one quickly behind eight of Sealock's kills (.636) to start the match, but Central Michigan reared back in set two. Devon Bright served four straight points to bring the Chippewa out to an early 4-0 lead over the Yotes. Sealock had back-to-back kills to bring USD back within two, but Central Michigan would not let up. A kill from Kasson would give CMU its biggest lead of the set at 10-5. The two sides traded points until back-to-back kills from Evelyn Diederich tied the set at 19-19. Laura Petterson subbed in to serve for the Yotes, and her first service ace would give them their first lead of set two. A block by Harms and Avery Van Hook gave USD its biggest lead of the set at 22-19 and forced a Central Michigan timeout. The Chippewa scored first out of the timeout, but it wasn't enough and Harms' sixth kill secured the second set victory. South Dakota took set three and ended the weekend with three straight wins.
 
Notable

• Freshman Avery Van Hook had 37 assists, six digs, three block assists, and two kills and was named to the all-tournament team. 
• Sophomore defensive specialist Kamryn Farris checked into the libero role for the Coyotes today and put up a team-high 12 digs.
• Senior outside hitter Evelyn Diederich had nine kills on the afternoon.
• Senior Mattie Johnson had a team-high two service aces and added six digs.  

 
Quotable
"I am really happy with how we finished the weekend with this match," said head coach Leanne Williamson. "We passed the ball really well and Avery did a great job of getting everyone involved again. I think we learned a lot about ourselves over the course of the weekend. This is a great spot to be with starting conference play next weekend."

Capital Credit Union Classic All-Tournament Team
Madison Harms (MVP) – South Dakota
Avery Van Hook – South Dakota
Hannah Reichensperger – Illinois State
Aida Shadewald – Illinois State
Krystina Kasson – Central Michigan
Ella Voegele – St. Thomas
Emma Best – Green Bay

Up Next
South Dakota begins Summit League play on the road as they travel to Omaha on Sept. 23 in a rematch of last year's league championship. First serve is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed on the Summit League Network.