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NDSU's Jory Collins (Summit Media Day) on long climb to top, overcoming SDSU, Avery Koenen's recruitment and return
It's been a long and arduous climb to the top of the Summit for the Kansas native who took over a once-proud-turned-rock-bottom Bison program in 2019.
Well, almost the top. While NDSU claimed the regular season title last season, SDSU—the perennial thorn-in-side of every Summit squad—beat the Bison in a heated tournament championship game for the NCAA Tournament bid.
The Bison are preseason Summit favorites due to Player of the Year Avery Koenen's return to Fargo for her senior year, along with several teammates. Collins walks through Koenen turning down more lucrative major conference offers…
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