Oct. 17—GRAND FORKS — South Dakota State extended its winning streak to five by defeating the UND Fighting Hawks 3-1 in Summit League volleyball action on Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
After dropping the first two sets North Dakota fought back to force a fourth, but SDSU ended the match there. Set scores were 26-24, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-22.
Reigning Summit League player of the year Sylvie Zgonc had 22 kills to lead the way for the Jackrabbits, who improved to 10-8 on the year and 6-1 in Summit League matches.
Rylee Martin added 42 assists and 10 digs for the Jacks while Joslyn Richardson had 12 digs and Taylor Byl seven blocks. Hannah Klein had 11 kills.
Liliana Montes had 13 kills for UND while Sally Marong had nine and Ellee McIntosh eight. Reagan McIntosh had 25 assists and 17 digs. Marong added 16 digs.
The Hawks fell to 7-11 on the year and 1-6 in league play, as well as 1-6 at home. It was their third straight loss. UND will hit the road next week for matches at St. Thomas on Thursday and Omaha on Saturday.
SDSU will host South Dakota in a rivalry match on Friday in Brookings.