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The Omaha volleyball team welcomes South Dakota State to Baxter Arena for a pair of matches this weekend on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. First serve is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday, which also marks Senior Night for Omaha seniors
Anna Blaschko and
Claire Leonard.
Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
Socially-distanced single-game tickets are available for purchase through Ticketmaster.com, OMavs.com/MyMav or by phone at (402) 554-MAVS. Tickets must be purchased in advance, as walkup sales will not be permitted at Baxter Arena.
Quick Digs
- Omaha is 8-4 (7-3 Summit League) on the season after sweeping Western Illinois on the road last weekend.
- The Mavericks are riding a five-match win streak and have not lost since Feb. 14 at South Dakota.
- Sadie Limback became the first Maverick in program history to be named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks.
- Claire Mountjoy is fourth all-time in program history with 1,646 career digs and is 45 digs shy of Tracy Ankeny at third with 1,691 digs.
- The Mavericks rank second in the Summit League with 581 kills and first in service aces with 76.
- Head coach Matt Buttermore is in his second season leading the Maverick program.
Scouting the South Dakota State Jackrabbits
- South Dakota State is 2-9 (2-8 Summit League) on the season and enters the weekend with an eight-match losing streak.
- Crystal Burk leads the SDSU attack with 3.35 kills per set which ranks fifth in the Summit League.
- Tori Thompson is eighth in the conference with a hitting percentage of .307.
- Head coach Dan Georgalas is in his first season at the helm of the South Dakota State program.
All-time Against South Dakota State
Omaha holds a dominant advantage in the all-time series over the Jackrabbits, 46-20. The Mavericks have a seven-match win streak over SDSU and have not lost to the Jackrabbits since Sept. 30, 2016.
Looking Ahead
The Mavericks travel to Fargo, N.D., for two matches at North Dakota State on Friday and Saturday, March 12-13.
