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1 NDSU Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton August 30, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALl 2008, 2010, 2011 NCAA Regional Participant 2008, 2010, 2011 Summit League Tournament Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Summit League Regular Season Champions Contact: Jeff Schwartz (701) Bison Schedule/Results (1-2, 0-0 Summit League) AUGUST 25 # vs Boise State L # at Arizona State L # vs Weber State W 3-1 SEPTEMBER 1 % NORTHERN COLORADO 6 p.m. 2 % SAN FRANCISCO 10 a.m. 2 % FLORIDA A&M 6 p.m. 6 at North Dakota 7 p.m. 9 & GEORGE WASHINGTON 10 a.m. 9 & APPALACHIAN STATE 7 p.m. vs Bethune-Cookman 9 a.m. at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. vs Stetson 9 a.m. 23 * at South Dakota 7 p.m. 24 * at South Dakota State 5 p.m. 29 * DENVER 7 p.m. OCTOBER 1 * ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. 6 * at Fort Wayne 6 p.m. 13 * OMAHA 7 p.m. 15 * WESTERN ILLINOIS 1 p.m. 17 * SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7 p.m. 22 * SOUTH DAKOTA 1 p.m. 27 * at Oral Roberts 7 p.m. 29 * at Denver 2 p.m. NOVEMBER 3 * FORT WAYNE 7 p.m. 10 * at Western Illinois 7 p.m. 12 * at Omaha 1 p.m. 17 ** Summit League Tournament TBA 18 ** Summit League Tournament TBA 19 ** Summit League Tournament TBA LEGEND: #--Arizona State Sun Devil Volleyball Classic (Tempe, Ariz.); %--NDSU Classic (FARGO); &--NDSU Invitational Invitational (Boca Raton, Fla.); *--Summit League Matches; **--Summit League Tournament (Denver, Colo.) ALL TIMES CENTRAL NDSU Classic Next Up for Bison, Open Against Northern Colorado Sept. 1 THIS WEEK: North Dakota State (1-2) is scheduled to host the NDSU Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton on Sept. 1-2 in the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse... The Bison open against Northern Colorado (0-3) at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept NDSU plays San Francisco (1-3) at 10 a.m. and then Florida A&M (0-4) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept Friday s match will broadcast on Bison 1660 AM with Keith Brake on the call... First 500 fans will receive NDSU Stadium Cups... All six matches will be available on GoBison.com/AllAccess. NDSU Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, Fargo, N.D. Friday, Sept. 1 Northern Colorado (0-3) vs. San Francisco (1-3), Noon San Francisco vs. Florida A&M (0-4), 3 p.m. BISON (1-2) at Northern Colorado, 6 p.m. (Stadium Cup Giveaway) Saturday, Sept. 2, BISON vs. San Francisco, 10 a.m. Northern Colorado vs. Florida A&M, Noon BISON vs. Florida A&M, 6 p.m. TICKET INFORMATION: General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth ages 3-17, and reserved tickets are $ Match day tickets are sold at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse... Doors open one (1) hour prior to the match PARKING: For weekday volleyball matches before 4:30 p.m., paid parking is available in Visitors Lot E one block west of the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse... After 4:30 p..m. weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday, parking is available in lots CF, CFS and SF to the west and north of the fieldhouse. THE SERIES: This wil be the 48th meeting between NDSU and Northern Colorado, who were long-time North Central Conference rivals... The Bears defeated the Bison 3-2 in Greeley last season... NDSU and the University of San Francisco hook up for the second time... The Dons won 3-1 at the 2015 USF Challenge... NDSU and Florida A&M meet for the second time... The Bison defeated the Rattlers 3-0 at the 2009 Florida State Invitational. Bison Probable Starters (1-2, 0-0 Summit ) Pos. No. Player Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats OH 2 Allie Mauch 6-1 Fr. Barney, N.D..154, 2.44 kps, 7 blocks S 4 Brianna Rasmusson 5-11 Sr. Fergus Falls, Minn..147, 9.70 aps, 2.60 dpg, 7 aces OH 5 McKenzie Burke 5-11 RJr. Osceola, Wis kps, 2.80 dpg, 6 blocks DS 7 Abbi Klos 5-6 RSo. La Crosse, Wis dpg, 4 assists, 1 ace MH 8 Bella Lien 6-2 Fr. Rogers, Minn..120, 7 kills, 5 blocks MH 9 Emily Halverson 6-3 Fr. Iowa City, Iowa.229, 1.40 kps, 6 blocks OH 14 Erika Gelzinyte 6-0 RSr. Siauliai, Lithuania.110, 3.10 kps, 2.80 dpg, 3 blocks L 16 Mikaela Purnell 5-9 Sr. Excelsior, Minn dpg, INTERIM HEAD COACH: Jennifer Lopez (NDSU 14, 1st Season, 1-2 overall)

2 BISON VOLLEYBALL 2 Aug. 29, 2017 League Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Denver Fort Wayne Western Illinois North Dakota State South Dakota South Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 1 NDSU Classic/Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton Denver Pioneer Classic Fort Wayne at Ball State Tournament Omaha at Hawkeye Classic Oral Roberts at Ameritas Players Challenge South Dakota at Hawai i Rainbow Wahine Classic South Dakota State Invitational Saturday, Sept. 2 NDSU Classic/Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton Denver Pioneer Classic Fort Wayne at Ball State Tournament Omaha at Hawkeye Classic Oral Roberts at Ameritas Players Challenge South Dakota at Hawai i Rainbow Wahine Classic South Dakota State Invitational Western Illinois at UAB Blazer Invitational Sunday, Sept. 3 Western Illinois at UAB Blazer Invitational Monday, Sept. 4 Western Illinois at Southeast Missouri State, 4 p.m. All Times Central BISON RETURN TO THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: North Dakota State returns to the Friendly Confines of the air-conditioned Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Sept. 1-2 with the six-match NDSU Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton... The NDSU Invitational is next, Saturday, Sept. 9 with George Washington and Appalachian State... NDSU was 7-5 at home in The Bison have compiled a record good for a.819 winning percentage since BISON CUT SHOTS: North Dakota State setter Brianna Rasmusson was named to the Arizona State Sun Devil Classic all-tournament team... Rasmusson averaged 9.70 assists and 2.60 digs per set... She hit.147 with seven aces and five blocks... Rasmusson had a career-high five service aces in the 3-1 win over Weber State ( ). BISON AND THE NCAA STATISTICS: In the first NCAA statistics report ( ), North Dakota State was collectively 7th in team attacks (42.50) and 11th in digs (20.30)... Individually, Brianna Rasmusson was 22nd in service aces (7) and 23rd aces per set (0.70); Mikaela Purnell was 17th in digs per set (6.10), and McKenzie Burke was 4th in attacks per set (14.60) and Erika Gelzinyte (12.70) was 18th. PURNELL NAMED SUMMIT LEAGUE WEEKLY DEFENSIVE POTW: North Dakota State s Mikaela Purnell was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 28 after averaging 6.10 digs per set at the Arizona State Sun Devil Classic... She came up with a season-high 26 digs in the 2-1 win against Weber State ( )... Purnell earned the honor three times in 2016 and is a five-time winner overall. GELZINYTE SELECTED AVSR GLOBAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Dakota State s Erika Gelzinyte was selected the AVSR Global Player of the Week on Aug Over three matches and 10 sets, Gelzinyte collected 31 kills, 28 digs, three blocks and a pair of aces. VOLLEYBALL ON BISON 1660 AM: Five North Dakota State University women s volleyball matches will be broadcast on Bison 1660 AM this season starting with the home opener against Northern Colorado at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept Keith The_Brakedown will begin his second season handling the play-by-play. BISON ON TELEVISION: Nine North Dakota State University women s volleyball matches will be televised by the BEK Broadcasting beginning with the George Washington and Appalachian State matches on Saturuday, Sept The 2017 Bison Volleyball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Jessica Jorgensen MH 6-1 Sr. Blaine, Minn. (Blaine HS) 2 Allie Mauch OH 6-1 Fr. Barney, N.D. (Wyndmere HS) 4 Brianna Rasmusson S/OH 5-11 Sr. Fergus Falls, Minn. (Fergus Falls HS) 5 McKenzie Burke OH 5-11 Jr. Osceola, Wis. (Osceola HS) 6 Alex Erickson OH 5-10 So. Kindred, N.D. (Kindred HS) 7 Abbi Klos DS 5-6 So. La Crosse, Wis. (La Crosse Central HS) 8 Bella Lien MH 6-2 Fr. Rogers, Minn. (Heritage Christian HS) 9 Emily Halverson MH 6-3 Fr. Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City West HS) 11 Paige Schaffer DS/L 5-2 Fr. Bismarck, N.D. (Shiloh Christian HS) 13 Alexis Bachmeier OH/S 5-9 Fr. Fargo, N.D. (Fargo North HS) 14 Erika Gelzinyte OH 6-0 Sr. Siauliai, Lithuania (Juliaus Janonio/Columbus State) 15 Emilee McGowan DS/L 5-5 Fr. Marion, Iowa (Linn Mar HS) 16 Mikaela Purnell DS/L 5-9 Sr. Excelsior, Minn. (Minnetonka HS) Interim Head Coach: Jennifer Lopez (North Dakota State, 2014) Assistant Coach: Natalie Thomas (Minnesota State Moorhead, 2014) Graduate Assistant: Tyler Golsteyn (IPFW, 2016) Volunteer Assistant: Jace Holm Student Assistant: Hadley Steffen Athletic Training Graduate Assistant: Meghan Smith (Wisconsin, 2016) Student Manager: Rainey Selvig PRONUNCIATIONS 2 Allie Mauck...m(ow)k 4 Brianna (bree-ann-uh) Rasmusson (RASS-muss-in) 7 Abbi Klos....like close 8 Bella Lien....(LEE-en) 13 Alexis Bachmeier (BOCK-my-er) 14 Erika Gelzinyte (GHELL-zin-EE-tay) 15 Emilee (EM-ih-lee) McGowan (mih-g(ow)-en) 16 Mikaela Purnell...Pur-NELL

3 BISON VOLLEYBALL 3 NDSU RECORD WHEN: Overall 1-2 Conference 0-0 Non-Conference 1-2 Home 0-0 Away 0-1 Neutral 1-1 Ranked 0-0 Unranked set set set 0-0 August 1-2 September 0-0 October 0-0 November 0-0 December 0-0 In Set One 1-2 In Set Two 1-2 In Set Three 0-3 In Set Four 1-0 In Set Five 0-0 Higher Hitting % 1-0 Lower Hitting % 0-2 Same Hitting % 0-0 More Kills 1-0 Less Kills 0-2 Same Kills 0-0 More Blocks 0-1 Less Blocks 1-1 Same Blocks 0-0 More Digs 1-0 Less Digs 0-2 Same Digs 0-0 More Assists 1-0 Less Assists 0-2 Same Assists 0-0 More Aces 1-1 Less Aces 0-1 Same Aces 0-0 Longest Match 1:32 vs. Boise State Shortest Match 1:47 vs. Weber State Largest Home Crowd Largest Away Crowd 838 at Arizona State ( ) Corey Brooks will begin his second season describing the action on the court... More information can be found at NDSU PICKED FIFTH IN SUMMIT LEAGUE: North Dakota State was picked North Dakota State was fifth in the Summit League Volleyball Preseason Coach Poll... NDSU tied for fifth with Omaha with 22 points... Three-time defending champion Denver was first with 47 points overall and five of a possible eight first place votes... South Dakota was second with 45 points and received the remaining three first place votes... Oral Roberts was third with 35 and Fort Wayne was fourth with 33. PURNELL NAMED TO LEAGUE S PLAYER TO WATCH LIST: North Dakota State libero/defensive specialist Mikaela Purnell was named to the Summit League s Player to Watch List... Purnell, a 5-foot-9 junior from Excelsior, Minn. (Minnetonka HS) ranked third nationally, averaging 5.70 digs per set and collected 479 overall last season. PURNELL PILING UP DIGS: North Dakota State s Mikaela Purnell, a 5-9 senior from Excelsior, Minn., became the 23rd NDSU player to reach 1,000 digs at IUPUI ( )... Purnell has 1,149 digs to rank 15th all-time... She has 57 matches with double-figure digs, including three in Purnell has 23 straight matches with double-figure digs dating back to Sept. 18, Kari Fagnan ( ) is NDSU s all-time leader with 2,083 digs. CLIMBING THE CAREER LADDER: North Dakota State s Brianna Rasmusson and Mikaela Purnell are climbing the NDSU career ladder... Rasmusson is 9th in assists (2388) and 10th in assists per set (6.45)... Purnell is 2nd in digs per set (4.37), 15th in digs (1149) and 18th in assists per game (0.46)... She ranks 23rd among NCAA active leaders in digs per set. BISON KILL TRACKER PLAYER (DF 2017/Career) Erika Gelzinyte (2/4) McKenzie Burke (2/2) Allie Mauch (1/1) Jessica Jorgensen (0/12) Alex Erickson (0/2) Mikaela Purnell (0/1) Brianna Rasmusson (0/1) BISON DIG TRACKER PLAYER (DF 2017/Career) Mikaela Purnell (24/57) (22) 1 (12) -- (7) Brianna Rasmusson (13/35) (2) -- (1) -- Abbi Klos (3/3) Erika Gelzinyte (1/1) McKenzie Burke (1/1) BISON DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER PLAYER (2017/Career) Kills/Digs Assists/Digs Brianna Rasmusson (1/36) -- 1 Erika Gelzinyte (1/1) 1 -- Mikaela Purnell (0/1) DOUBLE VISION: North Dakota State has recorded a pair of double-doubles in Brianna Rasmusson led the Bison with 13 double-doubles last season... Rasmusson has 36 in her career including the career-high 56-assist, 25-dig performance at Fort Wayne ( )... Erika Gelzinyte had her first NDSU double-double against Weber State ( )

4 BISON VOLLEYBALL 4 PURNELL SUMMIT LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: North Dakota State libero Mikaela Purnell was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year as four Bison received all-league honors... Purnell became the third NDSU player to receive the honor joining Kari Fagnan and two-time winner Kelly Lopez... Middle blockers Emily Miron and Emily Minnick, along with Purnell were named to the All- Summit League team, while outside hitter Alex Erickson was selected to the Summit League All-Freshmen Team. AVCA Top 25 Issued: August 28, 2017 Next Poll: September 4, 2017 Rk School Points W-L Prv 11 Stanford (53) Minnesota (3) Florida (7) Texas (1) Penn State Wisconsin Creighton Washington Kansas BYU UCLA Nebraska Kentucky Oregon Florida State North Carolina San Diego Southern California NR 19 Michigan Ohio State Purdue Utah Michigan State Western Kentucky NR 25 Iowa State NR Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wichita State 73; Missouri 40; Washington State 31; Baylor 30; Hawai i 30; Northern Iowa 27; Arizona 18; Cal Poly 14; Colorado State 14; Pittsburgh 12; Marquette 11; Duke 10; Lipscomb 8; Dayton 6 PROUD HISTORY: North Dakota State won four straight Summit League regular-season titles from NDSU won outright titles with a 16-0 record in 2008 and an 18-0 mark in The Bison have appeared in three of the last eight NCAA Tournaments. MAKING THE GRADE: The North Dakota State University volleyball team was honored with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the season... The award, which was initiated in the academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team G.P.A. on a 4.0 scale... NDSU received the award for the fifth consecutive year and 17th time overall. THE COACH: Jennifer Lopez (North Dakota State, 2014) has a 1-2 record in her first season as interim head coach at North Dakota State... After joining the Bison as an assistant coach in 2015, she was named interim head coach in May Lopez was the Summit League Setter of the Year, Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in 2011 as a senior for North Dakota State. Eight teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 32 combined points. Dropped Out: Missouri 19; Hawai i 20; Arizona 24 Bold--NDSU Opponent

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7 BISON VOLLEYBALL 7 1Jessica JORGENSEN 6-1 Sr. Middle Hitter Blaine, Minnesota Blaine HS 2Allie MAUCH 6-1 Fr. Outside Hitter Barney, North Dakota Wyndmere HS

8 BISON VOLLEYBALL 8 4Brianna RASMUSSON 5-11 Sr. Setter Fergus Falls, Minnesota Fergus Falls HS 5McKenzie Burke 5-11 RJr. Outside Hitter Osceola, Wisconsin Osceola HS

9 BISON VOLLEYBALL 9 6Alex Erickson 5-10 RSo. Outside Hitter Davenport, North Dakota Kindred HS 7Abbi Klos 5-6 RSo. Defensive Specialist Stoddard, Wisconsin La Crosse Central HS

10 BISON VOLLEYBALL 10 8Bella LIEN 6-2 Fr. Middle Hitter Rogers, Minnesota Heritage Christian Academy HS 9Emily HALVERSON 6-3 Fr. Middle Hitter Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City West HS 11 Paige SCHAFFER 5-2 Fr. Defensive Specialist / Libero Bismarck, North Dakota Shiloh Christian HS

11 BISON VOLLEYBALL Alexis BACHMEIER 5-9 Fr. Outside Hitter / Setter Fargo, North Dakota Fargo North HS 14 Erika GELZINYTE 6-0 Sr. Outside Hitter Siauliai, Lithuania Juliaus Janonio Columbus State (Ga.)

12 BISON VOLLEYBALL Emilee McGOWAN 5-5 Fr. Defensive Specialist / Libero Marion, Iowa Linn Mar HS 16 Mikaela PURNELL 5-9 Sr. Libero /Defensive Specialist Excelsior, Minnesota Minnetonka HS