SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Yellow Jackets prepare for rematches against MSU Denver and Chadron on Oct. 26 and 27 to start the final three games of the season.  Friday's game against MSU Denver is set for 7 p.m. and will be the Green and Gold's Senior Night honoring seniors Carisa Becerra, Reilley Baty, Sierra Stugelmeyer, and Ellise Lech.  Saturday's game against Chadron is set for first serve at 5:30 p.m.
 
Black Hills State fell 3-0 to both the Roadrunners and Eagles earlier in the season.  Two freshmen led the Yellow Jackets in both matchups, as Jadie DeLange tallied 11 kills against Chadron State, and Madison Hoopman had nine kills against MSU Denver.
 
MSU Denver enters the weekend ranked at fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference after falling, 3-0, to Regis, moving the Roadrunners to a, 11-3 conference record (15-7 overall).  The Roadrunners are just a game behind Regis and Colorado Mesa who are tied for third in the RMAC.  The team averages 13.1 kills per set for a .217 hitting percentage.
 
Taylor Duryea leads MSU Denver with 280 kills, averaging 3.41 kills per set for the fourth best in the RMAC.  Beside the Utah native, Santaisha Sturges totals 254 kills and sits in eighth on the RMAC leader board.  Jessa Megenhardt also leads the offense with 399 assists. 
 
For the Roadrunners, Lyric Hebert racks up 310 digs, averaging 4.37 digs per set to be ranked seventh in the RMAC.  Alyssa Kelling and Stephanie Larway also find themselves in the top ten in blocks.  Kelling tallies 76 blocks, seven of them being solo, while Laraway carries 73 blocks.
 
The Eagles enter the weekend with a 5-9 conference record (7-16 overall) after falling 3-0 to the conference leader Colorado School of Mines (14-1 conference, 20-3 overall).  Chadron State now sits ninth in the league standings.
 
Outside hitter Aracely Hernandez leads the Eagles' offense with 232 kills, just nine kills in front of teammate Brooke Gardner with 223 kills.  Madison Webb leads with 807 assists for Chadron, averaging 9.61 assists per set for the sixth best in conference. 
 
Chadron State and the RMAC are led by Spearfish native, Ashton Burditt, with 481 digs.  The junior averages 5.73 digs per set.  Redshirt freshman Chandler Hageman leads the Eagles totaling 67 blocks, 26 of them being solo. 
 
The Yellow Jackets come into the weekend with a 4-11 conference record (7-15 overall) after suffering a tough loss to Regis, 3-0, for a fifth straight loss.
 
Black Hills State is led by Jadie DeLange with 148 kills, averaging 2.35 kills per set.  Following close behind is senior Sierra Stugelmeyer with 140 kills.  Laurel Lech tags along on offense with 606 assists for the Yellow Jackets. 
 
On defense, Valerie Blake totals 260 digs this season for the Yellow Jackets, averaging 3.38 digs.  Makayla Bell leads with 53 blocks to tie for fifth in the RMAC, averaging .98 blocks per set.  Stugelmeyer and Carisa Becerra tail Bell with 51 blocks each.
 
The Green and Gold will play the final game of the season against conference rival South Dakota Mines on Nov. 2.  Game time is slated for 7 p.m. on Friday night, at the Donald E. Young Center.