"This is going to allow the Missouri Valley Football Conference members to take advantage of year-long positive exposure received by the Missouri Valley Conference," MVC football commissioner Patty Viverito said in a release. "Both leagues have developed a tremendous brand name, but the timing for the name change is just right."

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• SDSU wins a share of the Summit League volleyball title by defeating Centenary.
• The women's basketball team opens the season with a win over Arkansas State.

• The football team wins going away against Southern Utah.
• The volleyball team clinches the outright regular-season Summit League title by sweeping Oral Roberts out of Frost Arena.

• The women's basketball team wins a double-overtime game over UC-Riverside.

• The men's basketball team opens with a win over Mary.

• Fall signing day--the women's basketball team inks three recruits.

• The women's basketball team wins their first road test against the Oregon Ducks.
• Coach Palileo is named Summit League women's volleyball coach of the year, four Jackrabbits make the all-conference team.

• Wrestling signs two recruits.
• The volleyball team gets past Western Illinois in the Summit League tournament.

• The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center is announced with $6 million in launch donations, $5 million from T. Denny Sanford and $1 million from the Dykhouse family.
• The football team defeats NDSU to win the Dakota Marker and the Great West Football Conference championship.
• The volleyball team wins the Summit League tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament.

• The women's basketball team dominates Missouri for their fourth victory.

Senior kicker Parker Douglass set three school records and the Jackrabbit defense held an opponent without a touchdown for the second consecutive week as the South Dakota State University football team routed Stephen F. Austin (Texas), 45-0, before a Hobo Day crowd of 15,338 Saturday afternoon at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.

The Jackrabbits intercepted five passes and returned two for touchdowns in improving to 2-3 on the season. SFA dropped to 0-4.

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State senior middle blocker Amy Anderson needed five block assist on Saturday to surpass the SDSU record of 346, and she got in Game 2 when she teamed up with Annie Adams on a block that gave the Jackrabbits a 26-19 lead.

Anderson finished the night with seven block assists for a career total of 349, passing Kim Bostrom (345 block assists from 2001-04) and Sarah Biggerstaff, (346 block assists from 2001-04) who was one of the 628 fans in attendance, for the record.

Along with her match-high seven block assists, Anderson added a solo block and 11 kills in 21 attempts with just three errors for a .381 hitting percentage.

Kristina Martin added a match-high 14 kills for the Jacks, who push their winning streak to 13 in a row and improve their record to 15-3 and a perfect 6-0 in The Summit League in the process.

Kansas State used a big advantage in the English discipline to down South Dakota State, 11.5-5.5 in head-to-head equestrian competition Saturday at the Swiftel Center.

The Wildcats won six of eight head-to-head matchups in English, including two victories by Kendall Marrin, who swept MVP honors in both equitation over fences and equitation on the flat.

SDSU's lone victory in the English discipline was by senior Marian Michalson, who tallied a score of 76 in equitation over fences. Freshman Ashley Marrin earned a tie for the Jackrabbits in equitation on the flat with a score of 75 in a deadlock with Kendall Marrin.

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Kristina Martin hit .385 with a match-high 19 kills as South Dakota State downed Western Illinois Friday night for its 12th straight win, running the Jackrabbits record to 14-3 and a perfect 5-0 in The Summit League.

Emily Rooney and Amy Anderson both joined Martin with double digit kills; Rooney added 11 and Anderson chipped in with ten.

Along with her ten kills, Anderson added five block assists, which brings her within five of taking the SDSU all-time from Sarah Biggerstaff (346 block assists from 2001-04). She needs just three block assists to tie Kim Bostrom (345 block assists from 2001-04) for second on the all-time list.