The Bison football team may have been the only team in action at home this past week, but plenty of other teams played on the road.
Volleyball
After beginning Summit League play 2-0, the Bison dropped their first conference match of the season in straight sets to the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, 25-16, 25-17, 26-24. The Coyotes bossed the first two sets, but the Bison struck back in the third, as the score teetered back and forth nine times. Ultimately though, the Bison were undone by a late rally from USD.
Unlike their first two conference matches, the Herd were unable to take the lead, and when they did they could not secure it, allowing USD to roll to the victory.
Hadley Steffen had twelve kills, senior Emily Miron added 10 and an ace, and Brianna Rasmusson turned in 31 assists. The Bison only hit .205. The women were also in action on Sunday at Western Illinois in Macomb.
The Herd will return to the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Oct. 7 at 7:00 p.m. to face IPFW, before traveling to Brookings to take on SDSU on the 11.
Women’s Golf
The NDSU women’s golf team participated in the Nebraska Chip-N Cup invitation this past week, coming in sixth place overall. The team recorded round scores of 305, 306, and 307, respectively, to finish with a total score of 54-over par.
Junior Natalie Roth of Lake Park, MN led the Bison with a 5-over par 221, which landed her in eighth place overall. Freshman Sierra Bennion competed as an individual and finished the three rounds with a score of 4-over par 220. Kansas State took home the team title at the event.
Next up for the Herd is a trip to Littleton, Colorado, for the Ron Moore Invitational.
Soccer
The Bison soccer team opened their Summit League slate Sept. 29 in Omaha, Nebraska, rolling to a 2-0 victory. The win pushed their overall record to 6-5. After a scoreless first half, NDSU tallied twice in the second half to take and keep the lead.
Holly Enderle opened the scoring in the 72nd minute off of an assist from Amy Yang. Freshman forward Mariah Haberle added the second goal just three minutes later, when she dispossessed her opponent and scored off the breakaway. It was Enderle’s seventh goal of the season and for Haberle, her second.
Omaha was stifled by the Bison defense, which only allowed two shots on freshman Monica Polgar’s net. With the win, Polgar, of Cupertino, CA, recorded her fourth shutout of the season. The Bison also traveled to Tulsa, OK to face off against Oral Roberts on Sunday. The Herd will next play USD on the in Vemillion. They return to Dacotah Field on Oct. 9 to face Western Illinois in a Summit League tilt at 1:00 p.m.