Box Score VERMILLION, S.D. -- The Omaha volleyball team closed a challenging road weekend on Sunday night, falling 3-0 (19-25, 26-28, 15-25) to Summit League leader South Dakota at the DakotaDome. The Mavericks are now 6-16 (1-6 Summit League), while the Coyotes improve to 16-6 (7-0 Summit League).

Omaha was led by eight kills apiece from freshman Kristy Wieser and sophomore Amy Taylor. Sophomore Bailey Baxter tallied a her seventh double-double of the year with 13 assists and a team-leading 11 digs, and sophomore Michaela Schimmer added a team-best 18 assists with eight digs and four kills.

At the net, Taylor and sophomores Diane Banderas and Megan Schmale each finished with two blocks.

USD took the win behind Kendall Kritenbrink's double-double on 20 kills and 10 digs on .371 hitting. Tori Kroll had a match-leading 40 assists, and the Coyotes hit .318 as a team to UNO's .155.

South Dakota opened by taking the first game, 25-19. UNO nearly took a win in the second set, battling back from a 19-15 deficit to eventually tie it at 24-24. A kill from Banderas made it 25-25, and another from Schimmer pushed it to 26-26. USD used a Kritenbrink kill and a Maverick error to snag the game, 28-26. The Coyotes went on to win game three, 25-15, and the match by a score of 3-0.

Omaha returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 26, traveling to Macomb, Ill., for a rematch with Western Illinois. The match is set for a 3 p.m. start.