JACKS DROP FIVE-SETTER TO COYOTES - South Dakota State University Athletics

Friday, October 23

Brookings, S.D.

7:00 p.m.

South Dakota State University

10-9,6-2Summit League

South Dakota

14-5,7-1Summit League

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
South Dakota	22	25	16	25	15	3
South Dakota St.	25	17	25	20	9	2

Photo by: Riley Edds

10/23/2026 10:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BROOKINGS, S.D. - SDSU dropped a five-set thriller to the South Dakota Coyotes on Friday night, 3-2.

3,252 fans streamed into First Bank & Trust Arena to watch the Interstate Series matchup, the second-largest volleyball crowd ever for the Jacks.

Two Jacks ended with double-digit kills as Sylvie Zgonc finished with 18 and Hannah Klein with 10. Taylor Byl led the way on defense with an 11-block game, a new career high for the redshirt sophomore. Joslyn Richardson set another career-high as she put up 24 digs for the Jackrabbits.

Lauren Medeck put on a show inside First Bank & Trust Arena, putting up 25 kills on 60 swings, while Audrey Nelson put down 13 kills on 28 swings.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set 1: The Coyotes got off to a hot start, getting out to a 4-1 lead early, but the Jacks showed some resilience, putting together a 3-0 run and trading points with the Coyotes, eventually forcing the media timeout at 15-13. USD came out of the timeout hot and went on a five-point run to take an 18-15 lead over SDSU. But the Jacks once again battled back and knotted the score at 21, before rattling off a 3-0 run to put the set within reach, before two USD errors allowed them to clinch the set, 25-22.

Set 2: USD launched themselves back into the game in set two, as they got out to a 14-9 lead over the Jackrabbits and never looked back, taking the set 25-17 and evening the score.

Set 3: SDSU responded emphatically in the third set, going on a 4-0 run to start the set, before USD rallied back to tie the score at 9-9. A five-point run by SDSU forced the media timeout, as the Jacks got out and ran on the Coyotes, putting together multiple three-point runs and taking the set, 25-16.

Set 4: USD got back on the right side of the ledger in the fourth set, as the Coyotes and Jackrabbits battled back and forth, before the Coyotes rattled off a 5-0 run to take a 21-14 lead. From there, the Jacks hung around with a 3-0 run to force a Coyote timeout, but it was too late as USD took the set, 25-20.

Set 5: The two teams went to war in the fifth set, trading blows back and forth, with the score deadlocked at 6-6. A service run from Gabi Zachariasen put the Jacks away, as the Yotes put together a 5-0 run to take a 13-7 lead and put the match point within reach. A kill by Audrey Nelson and an SDSU attack error closed the door for the Jacks as the Yotes took the set, 15-9 and the match 3-2.

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