NDSU Volleyball Hosts South Dakota and Kansas City

THIS WEEK
The North Dakota State (11-6, 5-2 Summit) volleyball workforce hosts South Dakota (12-7, 4-3 Summit) on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. The Bison wrap up the week in opposition to Kansas City (3-17, 2-5 Summit) on Saturday. First serve is ready for 1:00 p.m., at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
 
MATCH COVERAGE
GoBison.com: Both contests will characteristic stay statistics and will probably be streamed on the Summit League Network for subscribers. The Tuesday evening match in opposition to South Dakota may also be accessible statewide on WDAY Xtra for subscribers. Links to stay stats, stay video and audio might be discovered at GoBison.com/protection.
 
Radio: The Tuesday evening match in opposition to South Dakota will broadcast on Bison 1660. Fans may take heed to the radio broadcast totally free on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics cellular app.
 
PROMOTIONS
The Tuesday match can have a Back to the Future theme and followers can take part in trivia and actually have a likelihood to win a hoverboard. The Saturday match will probably be our summer time camper reunion and can have a post-match clinic with the workforce. Registration for the clinic is offered right here. The full 2025 volleyball promotional schedule might be discovered right here.
 
TICKETS
General admission tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth ages 3-17, and reserved tickets are $15. Match day tickets are offered on the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse and are additionally accessible at GoBison.com/tickets. Doors open one (1) hour previous to the match. Free parking is offered in Visitors Lot E.
 
LAST TIME OUT
NDSU fell brief at St. Thomas, 3-0, on Saturday in St. Paul. Lauren Jansen paced the Bison with a match-high 12 kills to associate with 4 digs. Maddy Dombeck handed out 15 assists with six digs and Rya Borer contributed a match-best 14 digs on the defensive finish.
 
THE SERIES VS. SOUTH DAKOTA
This would be the eightieth all-time assembly between NDSU and South Dakota courting again to 1978 with the Bison main the sequence, 53-26. The Coyotes have gained every of the final two conferences, together with a 3-1 win in Fargo final season. Maddy Dombeck posted a team-best 20 assists with seven digs for the Bison.
 
THE SERIES VS. KANSAS CITY
This would be the thirty first all-time assembly between NDSU and Kansas City courting again to 1982 with the Bison main the all-time sequence, 23-7. NDSU has gained every of the final three conferences, together with a 3-2 win at Kansas City earlier this season. Lauren Jansen recorded a match-high 19 kills to associate with 12 digs and a .278 hitting share. Baily Randall crammed up her stat line with 14 kills, eight digs, 5 service aces, three blocks and two assists.
 
THE BBF ADVANTAGE
The Bison have began the season with a 8-0 mark at dwelling. It marks their greatest begin to a house schedule since profitable the primary eight matches through the 2020 spring season. NDSU has additionally gained every of its final 10 matches at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse courting again to final season, which is the longest streak within the Summit League and ranks tied for the ninth-longest in NCAA Division I.
 
BRING OUT THE BROOMS
The Bison began the season with back-to-back sweeps after topping Bowling Green, 3-0, and Temple, 3-0. It marked the primary time since 2011 that NDSU opened the season with back-to-back sweeps. NDSU has recorded 5 sweeps thus far this season.
 
LOCKED IN FROM THE SERVICE LINE
NDSU was probably the most efficient groups within the Summit League on the service line final season after main the league with 1.65 service aces per set. The Bison have carried that into this season and at the moment rank second within the Summit League with 1.79 aces per set, which ranks forty second within the nation. Baily Randall leads the Bison with 0.45 aces per set, which is slotted second within the Summit League.
 
MIDDLE PRODUCTION
Arianna Blohm leads NDSU with 66.0 whole blocks and is averaging 1.06 blocks per set, which ranks fifth within the Summit League. She’s additionally probably the most environment friendly offensive gamers within the lineup with a team-best .306 hitting share. Blohm has totaled 123 kills on 281 makes an attempt with solely 37 errors this season. Her 123 kills rank third on the workforce.
 
CONSISTENT START
Lauren Jansen has reached double digits in kills in 14 matches and leads the Bison with 209 kills, which ranks fifth within the Summit League. She can be positioned in fifth within the league with a team-best 3.37 kills per set.
 
IMPACT FRESHMAN
Rya Borer has been within the beginning lineup every of the primary 17 matches in her freshman season. She has posted double digits in digs in 14 matches and has totaled a team-high 243 digs, which ranks second within the Summit League. She can be slotted second within the league averaging a team-high 3.92 digs per set.
 
UTILITY PLAYER
After solely showing in two matches primarily as a setter in opposition to Montana and Idaho, Emily Bruss has additionally checked in as an out of doors hitter. She has contributed 12 kills and notched her first profession double-double with 20 assists to associate with 11 digs within the win at Kansas City. Bruss appeared in 18 matches in her freshman season at setter and has totaled 278 profession assists, which ranks second on the workforce amongst energetic gamers on the roster.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYERS TO WATCH
Senior center blocker Ally Barth and junior outdoors hitter Lauren Jansen had been chosen to the Summit League Players to Watch checklist. Entering the 2025 season, Barth has posted 190 blocks over the past two seasons and has tallied 389 kills. Jansen has tallied 371 kills and is averaging 2.41 kills per set over two seasons. The Plainfield, Ill., native has additionally contributed 49 service aces, together with a career-best and team-high 34 final season.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
The Bison had been picked to complete sixth within the Summit League Preseason Coaches’ Poll and garnered 32 factors. South Dakota State earned the highest spot with 62 factors and 6 first place votes.
 
RUNNING THE OFFENSE
The Bison return 61.9 p.c of their help manufacturing from final season after Maddy Dombeck and Emily Bruss mixed for 692 assists of their freshman season. Dombeck handed out a team-best 464 assists over 26 matches final season, whereas Bruss added 228 over 18 matches.
 
EXPERIENCE IN THE LINEUP
NDSU returns seven starters from final season: Baily Randall, Arianna Blohm, Maddy Dombeck, Emma Tallman, Lauren Jansen, Emily Bruss and Ally Barth. Barth leads the workforce with 85 matches performed over 4 seasons, whereas Blohm has appeared in 72 matches over three seasons.
 
PORTAL ADDITIONS
The Bison added three gamers within the offseason by means of the switch portal. Cathy Porter joined the Bison after two seasons at Hillsborough Community College and totaled 550 assists over 43 matches. Abi Banitt joined the Bison after two seasons at SIUE. She posted a team-high 355 digs in her freshman season, which ranked ninth within the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Zoe John joined the Bison after one season at Pacific and appeared in 23 matches with 96 kills.
 
YOUNG BISON
The Bison have six newcomers on the roster this season, together with three true freshmen: Natasha Kidd, Abby Carpenter and Rya Borer. The roster is constructed of 56 p.c underclassman with three freshman, one redshirt freshman (Sadie Johnson) and 5 sophomores (Tanith Roush, Maddy Dombeck, Layla Haritatos, Emily Bruss and Zoe John).
 
LOOKING BACK AT THE 2024 SEASON
The Bison posted a 12-14 (8-8 Summit) general report final season. NDSU made its third straight look within the Summit League Championship earlier than falling brief in opposition to Denver within the first spherical. It marked the primary time in three seasons that the Bison did not advance to not less than the semifinal spherical.
 
BIG SHOES TO FILL
NDSU has been working to exchange two of essentially the most profitable gamers in program historical past every of the final two seasons. Kelley Johnson wrapped up her profession in 2023 and completed with essentially the most assists within the NDSU Division I period with 4,019, which ranked sixth all-time in Bison historical past. She was a two-time Summit League Setter of the Year and two-time All-Summit League First Team choice. Ali Hinze completed her profession final season and totaled essentially the most kills within the NDSU Division I period with 1,767, which ranked fifth in Bison historical past. Hinze earned All-Summit League honors all 5 seasons, together with being named to the primary workforce in 2022 and 2023.
 
THIS IS OUR HOUSE
The Bison have known as Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse dwelling since 1978 and have notched a 425-112 general report at dwelling throughout that span. NDSU picked up its four-hundredth win on the BBF after sweeping Kansas City, 3-0, on Oct. 1, 2022.
 
TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE CLASSROOM
NDSU earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the thirteenth straight 12 months in 2024-25. The award acknowledges collegiate and highschool applications throughout the nation that maintained a year-long grade-point common of three.3 on a 4.0 scale. The Bison registered a 3.63 cumulative GPA final season.
 
UP NEXT
NDSU will journey to Oral Roberts on Saturday, Nov. 1. First serve is ready for 12:00 p.m.