Women’s golf
The Bison women finished their fall schedule at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational at Seattle University in Tacoma, Washington on Oct. 17.
Natalie Roth sat atop the individual leaderboard with round scores of 71 and 72 for a 36-hole 1-under par 143 after the first two rounds on day one. She added a 2-under par 70 for her career low 54-hole score.
Roth won the individual medalist honors by eight strokes over Washington’s Ellen Takada.
The senior led the Bison to the team title at the Tacoma Country Club.
The team championship was NDSU’s third of the season, while Roth’s individual championship was her fourth career tournament title and second title of 2017-18.
The Bison carded round scores of 302 on the final day for a team score of 45-over par 909, finishing 12 strokes ahead of UC Irvine.
NDSU is slated to open the spring portion of its schedule Feb. 12-13 at the Texas State Invitational in New Braunfels, Texas.
Volleyball
NDSU volleyball defeated South Dakota State with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-15) victory Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The first set was tied seven times with a pair of lead changes. Erika Gelzinyte’s kill broke the final tie to put NDSU up 12-11. Brianna Rasmusson followed with a service ace.
The Bison would pull away with blocks from Allie Mauch, Bella Lien and McKenzie, as Jessica Jorgensen, Burke and Rasmusson each recorded kills to help pull away and secure the set.
NDSU took the early lead and kept it through the second set. In the third set, SDSU rallied back and tied things at 12-all on a Payton Richardson kill. The Bison closed a 13-3 run as Emilee McGowman recorded a season-high four service aces to end the match.
Burke led NDSU with nine kills and hit a career-high 0.348 hitting percentage. Gelzinyte finished with eight kills and Jorgensen added seven. Rasmusson had 30 assists, six digs, four kills, four blocks and a pair of aces. Lien finished with a match-high five blocks to go with six kills. Mikaela Purnell ended the match with a match-high 16 digs.
NDSU moves into second-place, a half-game behind Oral Roberts and a half-game ahead of Denver and South Dakota.
NDSU played host to South Dakota on Sunday. The Bison are set to travel to Oral Roberts Friday, Oct. 27.