COMING UP: The Bulldogs will host Carroll College on Oct. 17 in the Straugh Gymnasium at 7 p.m. They will then travel to Havre, Mont. to play MSU-Northern on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
COMPLETE MEDIA GAME NOTES
LIVE STREAMING: The home match will be available to stream online on the
Bulldogs Sports Network. The match against MSU-Northern will be available to view on the MSU-Northern Athletics
YouTube page.
LIVE STATS: Live stats for both matches can be found on
Dakstats
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENTS - CARROLL COLLEGE: The Fighting Saints are 11-9 on the season, are 2-4 in conference play and are currently on a four match winning streak. The Saints are second in the nation in blocks per game (2.77) Hannah Dean is spearheading the defense with 1.44 blocks a set which is good for third in the nation. Offensively the Saints have six players with 100 kills or more with Lexi Mikkelsen leading the way with 205 kills and a .213 hitting percentage. Ali Williams leads the team with 645 assists (8.27 a game). Ayla Carpenter leads the Carroll floor defense with 400 digs (5.13 a game).
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENTS - MSU-NORTHERN: The Skylights are 6-12 on the season and 0-5 in Frontier play. The Skylights have lost nine of their last 10 matches. They are led by Rylee Burmester's 154 kills and .280 hitting percentage. Hailey Warren leads the team with 301 assists. Five Skylights have recorded 100 digs or more with Kaitlin Murdock leading the way with 237 (3.95 per game).