Lambertson Sets Career Hitting Record as Bison Split Final Two Matches of Year

TULSA, Okla. - North Dakota State's volleyball season came to a close with a 3-1 win over Northwestern State and a 3-0 loss to Tulsa on Friday, Nov. 23, at the Reynolds Center.  The Bison finished 13-18 overall.

Andrea Henning made 30 digs and Catherine Yager made 36 assists, 10 digs and three blocks to lead North Dakota State to a 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 25-20 win over Northwestern State in the afternoon match.

Brynn Joki had 14 kills and Megan Lambertson hit .529 with 11 kills, four blocks and two service aces in the 25-16, 25-20, 25-21 loss to Tulsa in the evening match.  Yager had 35 assists and Henning 14 digs.

Henning finished second in NDSU single-season history with 587 digs and 5.02 digs per set.  She also finished second in NDSU career history with 1,574 digs and 3.92 digs per set.

Joki, just the seventh player in school history to reach 1,000 kills and digs in a career, finished 16th on the NDSU career chart with 1,244 kills and 13th in digs with 1,181.  She is fourth in Bison history with 4,144 career attacks.

Lambertson's .383 career hitting percentage shattered the old NDSU record of .335 set by Jen Miller from 1979 to 1982.  Lambertson had three of the top seven single-season hitting marks and finished her career with 976 kills.