{"id":276435,"date":"2023-10-09T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=276435"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:23:06","slug":"vcsu-volleyball-sweep-dakota-state-with-3-0-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=276435","title":{"rendered":"VCSU Volleyball Sweep Dakota State With 3-0 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MADISON, S.D. \u2013 Valley City State’s volleyball team held off Dakota State in straight sets Saturday afternoon as the Vikings finish with a complete sweep of the weekend. VCSU also defeated No. 15 Bellevue University in three sets on Friday afternoon.
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VCSU picked up its 11th<\/sup>\u00a0sweep of the season Saturday, defeating the Trojans 29-27, 25-20 and 25-19. The Vikings improve to 17-4 overall and hold a 5-1 NSAA record at the halfway mark of conference play. Dakota State drops to 9-11 on the season and 2-4 in conference play.
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The Trojans put up a battle for the Vikings in the first set Saturday. VCSU came back from a 20-15 deficit with a 6-2 rally sparked by an\u00a0Emma Lucas<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0kill. VCSU then held off the Trojans from set point five different times before finally taking the set with kills by Lucas,\u00a0Danielle Hagler<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0Mardi Scutchings<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0to lock in the 29-27 victory in set one.
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The Vikings and Trojans then started with back-and-forth rallies in the second set. After Dakota State took an 8-0 run to lead 16-13, VCSU responded with a 7-1 run of its own to hold a 20-17 advantage. The Vikings took the final four points of the set to win 25-20 and hold a 2-0 lead in the match.
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In the third set, VCSU trailed 11-5 early on before exploding for a 15-2 run, including seven straight points, to build a 20-13 lead capped by a block by Scutchings and\u00a0Morgan Freije<\/a><\/dfn>. Freije scored VCSU’s final two points for the 25-19 win and the 3-0 match.
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Sadie Hansen<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0posted a double-double of 37 set assists and 15 digs, while also producing a pair of kills Saturday for the Vikings.\u00a0Reagan Bogenreif<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0chipped in 15 digs while\u00a0JayCee Richter<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0recorded 14.
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Mardi Scutchings<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0led VCSU’s offense with 12 kills while\u00a0Bailey Nelson<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0finished with 11 and\u00a0Morgan Freije<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0added 10. Scutchings and Freije each added four assisted blocks, and Lucas and\u00a0Morgan Nelson<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0finished with two assisted blocks apiece.
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Dakota State’s Sydney Schell finished with a double-double of 18 digs and 12 kills Saturday. Brooklyn Grage posted a game-high 14 kills while Maddi Langerock recorded 38 set assists, and Kate VanRooyan led all players with 21 digs for the Trojans.
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UP NEXT:<\/strong>\u00a0VCSU returns home for a pair of midweek games. The Vikings kick off the second half of the NSAA schedule against Dickinson State on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. in Graichen Gym. VCSU then hosts No. 14 University of Jamestown on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MADISON, S.D. \u2013 Valley City State’s volleyball team held off Dakota State in straight sets Saturday afternoon as the Vikings finish with a complete sweep of the weekend. VCSU also defeated No. 15 Bellevue University in three sets on Friday afternoon.\u00a0VCSU picked up its 11th\u00a0sweep of the season Saturday, defeating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":276436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276437,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276435\/revisions\/276437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/276436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=276435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}