Mastodons Ready for Tough Road Test

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne women's volleyball team heads back out on the road for a pair of Summit League matches at North Dakota State (Oct. 7) and South Dakota (Oct. 8).

Fort Wayne Mastodons   7-9, 3-0 Summit league
Coach: Steve Florio | 3rd Season
Kills: 191 | Nicole Rightnowar
Assists: 547 | Madison Jaqua
Digs: 300 | Olivia Hahn
Blocks: 63 | Natalie Seiler
Aces: 15 | Natalie Seiler
Attack %: .339 | Natalie Seiler

Gameday Information
When: Friday, October 7 | 8 p.m.
Where: Fargo, N.D. | Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (1,206)
Live Video: NDSU All Access
Live Stats: North Dakota State StatBroadcast
Series History: Tied 16-16
Last Meeting: North Dakota State 3, Fort Wayne 0 | November 6, 2015 | Fargo, N.D.

North Dakota State Bison   5-12, 3-1 Summit league
Coach: Kari Thompson | 6th Season
Kills: 172 | Hadley Steffen
Assists: 526 | Brianna Rasmusson
Digs: 132 | Hadley Steffen
Blocks: 37 | Emily Minnick
Aces: 10 | Ali Moody
Attack %: .276 | Emily Miron

Gameday Information
When: Saturday, October 8 | 8 p.m.
Where: Vermillion, S.D. | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (6,000)
Live Video: Coyotes Live
Live Stats: South Dakota Sidearm Live Stats
Series History: South Dakota leads 6-5
Last Meeting: South Dakota 3, Fort Wayne 2 | November 14, 2015 | Fort Wayne, Ind.

South Dakota Coyotes   15-2, 4-0 Summit league
Coach: Leanne Williamson | 3rd Season
Kills: 219 | Audrey Reeg
Assists: 628 | Brittany Jessen
Digs: 250 | Lauren Mattison
Blocks: 50 | Kelly Law
Aces: 20 | Audrey Reeg
Attack %: .377 | Lindsey Brown

The Roof...The Roof...The Roof is on Fire...
Middle hitter Natalie Seiler garnered the Summit league's Co-Defensive Player of the Week award for her performance, Sept. 26-Oct. 2.

Seiler earned her first career Player of the Week honor after averaging 1.67 blocks per set in helping the Mastodons sweep defending league champion Denver on Sept. 30. She finished with three solo blocks and two block assists, including a solo block to win the first set of the sweep. Seiler also averaged an ace a set to finish with three on the night.

All-Time Results vs. North Dakota State

12/5/1987	N	#4 North Dakota State	L, 2-3	4-15,15-6,12-15,15-6,15-10	Big Rapids, Mich.
10/14/1988	N	#1 North Dakota State	L, 0-3	2-15,15-17,6-15	Romeoville, Ill.
9/7/1991	N	#2 North Dakota State	L, 0-3	11-15,5-15,3-15	Marquette, Mich.
8/31/1996	A	#5 North Dakota State	L, 0-3	8-15,9-15,5-15	Fargo, N.D.
9/11/2004	N	North Dakota State	W, 3-1	23-30,30-25,30-20,30-19	Green Bay, Wis.
10/22/2004	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-0	30-28,30-26,30-25	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/11/2004	N	North Dakota State	W, 3-1	30-32,30-16,30-23,30-19	Orem, Utah
10/7/2005	A	North Dakota State	W, 3-0	30-24,30-26,30-23	Fargo, N.D.
10/7/2006	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	L, 1-3	24-30,30-23,25-30,30-32	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/10/2006	A	North Dakota State	W, 3-2	30-27,30-26,17-30,25-30,21-19	Fargo, N.D.
9/14/2007	A	North Dakota State	L, 1-3	30-26,28-30,19-30,25-30	Fargo, N.D.
9/22/2007	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1	24-30,30-27,30-25,30-28	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/16/2007	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1	30-26,24-30,30-20,30-27	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/4/2008	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	L, 0-3	21-25,17-25,17-25	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/7/2008	A	North Dakota State	L, 0-3	17-25,18-25,15-25	Fargo, N.D.
9/18/2009	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	L, 2-3	29-27,27-25,14-25,23-25,8-15	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/17/2009	A	North Dakota State	L, 0-3	19-25,11-25,21-25	Fargo, N.D.
11/21/2009	A	North Dakota State	W, 3-2	28-26,25-19,20-25,20-25,15-9	Fargo, N.D.
10/1/2010	A	North Dakota State	W, 3-2	24-26,16-25,25-18,25-16,15-11	Fargo, N.D.
10/16/2010	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-0	25-21,25-13,25-16	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/20/2010	A	North Dakota State	L, 2-3	25-20,18-25,25-22,25-27,10-15	Fargo, N.D.
9/24/2011	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1	25-18,20-25,27-25,25-17	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/21/2011	A	North Dakota State	L, 1-3	25-22,21-25,10-25,16-25	Fargo, N.D.
9/29/2012	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-2	25-23,19-25,26-28,25-15,15-8	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/26/2012	A	North Dakota State	W, 3-2	25-19,25-21,22-25,18-25,15-12	Fargo, N.D.
10/18/2013	A	North Dakota State	L, 1-3	26-28,22-25,25-15,22-25	Fargo, N.D.
11/16/2013	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-0	25-23,25-15,25-22	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/22/2013	N	North Dakota State	W, 3-0	25-20,25-19,25-13	Indianapolis, Ind.
10/18/2014	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1	20-25,25-18,25-20,25-14	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/14/2014	A	North Dakota State	L, 2-3	25-16,23-25,25-23,23-25,8-15	Fargo, N.D.
10/9/2015	H	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	L, 0-3	17-25,14-25,19-25	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/6/2015	A	North Dakota State	L, 0-3	16-25,21-25,13-25	Fargo, N.D.

Overall: 16-16
League: 8-10
Home: 8-4
Away: 5-9
Neutral: 3-3

All-Time Results vs. South Dakota

10/7/2011	H	SOUTH DAKOTA	W, 3-0	25-17,25-15,25-22	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/5/2011	A	South Dakota	W, 3-1	25-22,23-25,25-23,25-14	Vermillion, S.D.
9/21/2012	A	South Dakota	W, 3-1	25-17,19-25,25-14,25-23	Vermillion, S.D.
10/20/2012	H	SOUTH DAKOTA	W, 3-2	25-13,25-23,22-25,16-25,15-12	Fort Wayne, Ind.
9/27/2013	A	South Dakota	L, 0-3	18-25,24-26,22-25	Vermillion, S.D.
10/26/2013	H	SOUTH DAKOTA	W, 3-2	25-18,19-25,25-17,20-25,16-14	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/5/2014	H	SOUTH DAKOTA	L, 0-3	23-25,21-25,21-25	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/31/2014	A	South Dakota	L, 1-3	25-21,22-25,20-25,18-25	Vermillion, S.D.
11/21/2014	N	South Dakota	L, 1-3	23-25,23-25,25-21,19-25	Indianapolis, Ind.
10/17/2015	A	South Dakota	L, 0-3	12-25,20-25,16-25	Vermillion, S.D.
11/14/2015	H	SOUTH DAKOTA	L, 2-3	25-21,25-23,20-25,32-34,12-15	Fort Wayne, Ind.

Overall: 5-6
League: 5-5
Home: 3-2
Away: 2-3
Neutral: 0-1

On This Date...October 7 (13-4)

1980	FT. WAYNE BIBLE	W, 3-0
1982	at St. Joseph's (IN)	W, 2-0
1982	vs Millikin	W, 2-1
1983	at Wright State	L, 0-2
1983	vs Indiana Central	W, 2-1
1988	at Army	L, 1-2
1988	vs East Stroudsburg	W, 2-0
1988	vs New Haven	W, 2-1
1989	at Grand Valley State	W, 3-1
1989	vs Wayne State (MI)	W, 3-2
1994	at Southern Indiana	W, 3-2
1995	NORTHERN KENTUCKY	L, 2-3
2000	SOUTHERN INDIANA	W, 3-0
2003	at Chicago State	W, 3-1
2005	at North Dakota State	W, 3-0
2006	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	L, 1-3
2011	SOUTH DAKOTA	W, 3-0

October 8 (18-3)

1976	at Indiana Tech	W, 2-0
1977	at Earlham	W, 2-1
1977	vs Vincennes	W, 2-1
1979	FORT WAYNE BIBLE	W, 2-0
1979	ST. JOSEPH'S (IN)	L, 0-2
1981	at Bethel (IN)	W, 2-1
1981	vs Manchester	W, 2-1
1983	vs St. Joseph's (IN)	L, 1-2
1983	vs Xavier	L, 1-2
1988	vs Grand Valley State	W, 3-0
1988	vs New Haven	W, 3-2
1988	vs Springfield	W, 2-0
1993	at Kentucky State	W, 3-0
1994	at Kentucky Wesleyan	W, 3-0
1999	MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS	W, 3-1
2005	at South Dakota State	W, 3-2
2006	at Chicago State	W, 3-1
2010	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-2
2011	UMKC	W, 3-1
2012	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-1
2013	TOLEDO	W, 3-0

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Players Mentioned

Olivia Hahn

Madison Jaqua

Nicole Rightnowar

Natalie Seiler

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