Thursday, November 25
Vermillion, S.D.
6 PM MT
University of Denver
vs
South Dakota State
Photo by: Justin Tafoya/Clarkson Creative Photography
No. 3 Seed Pioneers set for Summit League Tournament
11/25/2021 10:35:00 AM | Volleyball
Denver to play No. 6 seed South Dakota State on Thursday at 6 p.m. MT
Series History
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- This is the 20th meeting in the all-time series against South Dakota State.
- The Pioneers are 18-1 in the matchup.
- DU swept the regular-season series earlier this year.
- Denver has never lost to the Jackrabbits as Summit League opponents.
- Pioneers are coming off a 3-2 victory against Oral Roberts on Nov. 20.
- Lydia Bartalo led the way with 15 kills.
- Hailey Green had a career-high 15 kills.
- The Crimson and Gold rank in the top three in the Summit League in aces/set (1st, 1.95), assists/set (1st, 12.52), hitting percentage (1st, .266), kills/set (1st, 13.78) opponent hitting percentage (1st, .164), opponent digs per set (1st, 11.85).
- Bartalo ranks first in the Summit League and fifth in the NCAA in aces/set with a .60 average.
- Bartalo's 59 services aces rank fifth most in all of Division I.
- Bartalo ranks ninth in the Summit League in kills/set with a 2.93 average.
- Gianna Bartalo ranks eighth in the Summit League in digs/set with 3.79 average.
- Tina Boe ranks second in the Summit League in hitting percentage with a .410 mark, good for 15th in all of Division I.
- Brianna Green ranks seventh in the Summit League in hitting percentage with a .339 average.
- Bartalo and Boe were recognized for their great regular seasons, being named to the All-Summit League First Team for a third straight season.
- Hailey Green was awarded for her impressive freshman campaign, taking home Summit League Freshman of the Year along with being on the All-Freshman Team.
- Brianna Green was named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19 for the first time in her career.
- Bartalo was named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31, her second time winning the award in her career.
- Gianna Bartalo picked up her first Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honor on Oct. 26.
- Denver has a home record of 108-11 (.907) since 2014.
- Since Jan. 1, 2021, The Pioneers have a 16-2 (.888) road record.
- Bartalo continued her historic career with the Pioneers, becoming just the third player in the program's DI era (1998-pres.) to record at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs on Nov. 13 at South Dakota State.
- Lorrin Poulter notched her 1,000th career assists against Kansas City on Nov. 18.
- Ellie Anderson made history earlier this season, recording her 2,500th career assist, just the fifth player in the Division I era (1998-pres.) to hit the mark in program history.
- Bartalo reached the 1,000-career kills milestone on Oct. 16, becoming just the 11th player in Division I era (1998-pres.) to accomplish the feat.
- Hogan enters his sixth season in charge of the Pioneers.
- Hogan has a career record of 133-35 (.791).
- Hogan's .791 winning percentage is the highest by a head coach in program history.
- Hogan picked up his third Summit League Coach of the Year award in the spring of 2021.
- Entering 2021 season, Denver has the 19th best win percentage (.786) in all of Division I, with a record of 110-30 in the last five years.
- The Crimson and Gold have won five of the last six Summit League Tournament Championships.
- The Pioneers finished first in the Summit League with a 13-2 record and .866 winning percentage last year, including posting the first unbeaten road record in school history.
- The Crimson & Gold went 14-3 last year to mark the program's eighth straight winning season.
- Denver was picked second in the Summit League Preseason Poll and received four first-place votes by the coaches on Aug. 25.
- Graduate student Ellie Anderson and Brianna Green were tabbed as "Players to Watch" by the league. Â
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