Chargers top Tigers at home

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team got off to a slow start on Wednesday evening, as Great Plains Athletic Conference foe Briar Cliff University swept the Tigers in straight sets at the Corn Palace in Mitchell.

Briar Cliff (IA) 10-0, 1-0

Dakota Wesleyan 11-5, 1-1

Final

Briar Cliff (IA) 10-0, 1-0

Dakota Wesleyan 11-5, 1-1

Team Stats

Game Leaders

Briar Cliff (IA)

K: Courtney Schafer - 15

B: 2 Players (#11, #16) - 4

D: Breanne Hankins - 16

SA: Kelsey Kanaby - 2

Dakota Wesleyan

K: Rebecca Frick - 7

B: 5 Players (# 2, # 5, # 6, #11, #16) - 1

D: Rebecca Frick - 13

SA: Rebecca Frick - 1

Team Stats

Briar Cliff (IA)

Dakota Wesleyan

Hitting %

0.309

0.071

Blocks

10.0

3.0

Digs

Aces

Full stats

September 13, 2017

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team got off to a slow start on Wednesday evening, as Great Plains Athletic Conference foe Briar Cliff University swept the Tigers in straight sets at the Corn Palace in Mitchell.

Set scores were: 16-25, 9-25 and 20-25.

The Chargers scampered to an early lead in set one, while hitting a .294 hitting percentage. In set two, BCU had a .400 hitting percentage, however, the Tigers put up a fight in set three, coming within four points of the Chargers.

Rebecca Frick (Yankton, S.D.) tallied seven kills and 13 digs. She also recorded her 500^th-career kill in a Tiger uniform. Freshman Chelsey Heeg (Freeman, S.D.) added six kills, while Bridgett Knobbe (Norfolk, Neb.) had 20 assists and Sara Herman (Reliance, S.D.) pitched in 10 digs.

The Tigers (11-5, 1-1 GPAC) visits Grace University for a nonconference bout at 7 p.m. Friday in Omaha, Neb.