Volleyball Falls to IUPUI

The Bison women’s volleyball team dropped a 25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 25-21 loss against IUPUI Friday at The Jungle in Indianapolis. Beating NDSU for the second time in a row, IUPUI would improve to 15-8 on the season and 8-3 in Summit League play to stay within a half-game of Fort Wayne in first place.

Brynn Joki came away with 15 kills and 16 digs for the Bison, while Danielle Dombeck marked a career-high 10 kills and 15 digs, giving herself her first double-double on the season, as well as a career-high four blocks.

Hitting a .323 with 12 kills and 3 blocks for the Bison was Megan Lambertson, while Carissa Whalen contributed 10 kills and 4 blocks. Adding 47 assists and 10 digs to the numbers was Catherine Yager, and Andrea Henning added more by leading the Bison with 20 digs.

With only two errors committed by NDSU in the third set, the Bison would go on to win their only set. Trailing 8-4, the Bison went on a 10-2 point run, with the help of five errors made by IUPUI. Six of Lambertson’s kills would come in this set. With this loss, the Bison fall to 9-13 on the season and 5-5 in Summit League play.