Volleyball falls 1-3 to Omaha
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Volleyball falls 1-3 to Omaha

Malachi Petersen0

The USD volleyball team didn’t go down without a fight Friday night.

The Coyotes took on the University of Omaha Mavericks in the DakotaDen for Fan Appreciation night, the first of three home games USD will play in the next five days.

In set one they lost by the wide margin of 15-25, but came back to play a tug-of-war match with the Mavericks for the remainder of the game.

They battled to win the second set 26-24, but lost the last two sets with the identical results of 22-25.

Junior Audrey Reeg led the Coyotes in scoring, tallying 14 kills and sophomore Brittney Jessen came up with 20 digs.

The Coyotes will take on North Dakota State Univesity tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

Malachi Petersen is a graduate student at the University of South Dakota getting his master's degree in public administration. He received his bachelor's degree in May of 2017 from USD, majoring in political science and journalism. Malachi worked at The Volante from August 2013 to January 2017 in various capacities, including as the 2016 editor-in-chief, before leaving the editorial side of the publication to run for Student Government Association to represent the graduate school. He's worked as an intern at the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company in Vermillion, SD; the Bemidji Pioneer in Bemidji, MN; Argus Leader Media in Sioux Falls, SD; the San Antonio Express-News in San Antonio, TX, and as a freelance writer for the Sioux Falls Business Journal. His articles have been published by multiple news organizations across the United States, including The Associated Press and USA Today. Malachi is from Lawton, IA.
Website http://www.malachipetersen.com

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