{"id":296033,"date":"2025-10-03T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=296033"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:12:24","slug":"und-falls-in-three-sets-to-omaha-on-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=296033","title":{"rendered":"UND Falls in Three Sets to Omaha on Thursday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Omaha NE (UND) – The UND volleyball team fell in three sets to Omaha (25-20, 25-23, 25-14) on Thursday night from Baxter Arena. UND falls to 4-10 and 1-2 in conference play, while Omaha improves to 4-8 and 1-2 in Summit League play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Match saw 18 ties and nine lead changes overall, as the Hawks were led by Paige Barber<\/a><\/dfn> who totaled a game high 12 kills. Ava Galvan<\/a><\/dfn> logged six kills and swatted a career three blocks, along with five kills from Lauren Perugini<\/a><\/dfn>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izzie McCormick<\/a><\/dfn> led the way with 10 digs, as the Fighting Hawks had 44 digs as a team compared to 38 from Omaha. Sadie White<\/a><\/dfn> contributed 27 of the team’s 30 assists on the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set one saw seven ties and four lead changes, as the Hawks fell behind 6-1 early, but used a 9-4 run to tie it at 10-10. UND got the next point off a Galvan kill to take an 11-10 lead, while also holding leads of 12-11 and 14-13 in the set. From there, Omaha went on a 5-0 run to take an 18-14 lead and didn’t look back, taking set one, 25-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second set features 10 ties and four lead changes, as UND led by as many as three in the set. The Hawks owned a 13-10 advantage over Omaha, before the Mavericks went on a 7-1 run to gain a 17-14 advantage. The Hawks battled, going on an 9-4 run of their own, headlined with kills from Barber, Matthea Dalton<\/a><\/dfn>, Galvan, Autumn Jordan<\/a><\/dfn> and Perugini, along with aces from McCormick and White to give UND a 23-21 lead. Omaha responded with four points to end the set, taking set two, 25-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fighting Hawks went up 1-0 in the third set, as that was their only lead of the set. Omaha went on to take an 8-3 lead, which UND brought within 10-7. The two teams exchanged points to make it 11-8, but the Hawks surrendered a 14-6 run to end the set, dropping frame three, 25-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota will be back in action on Saturday against Kansas City at 1 p.m. Coverage can be found on The Summit League Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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