NDSU ranked Seventh in NCAA FCS Attendance

INDIANAPOLIS - North Dakota State had a record average home attendance for the third straight season and finished seventh among the Football Championship Subdivision according to the final numbers released by the NCAA for the 2013 season.

North Dakota State drew an average of 18,622 over nine dates, up from last year's school-record 18,516.  NDSU was second only to Montana in total attendance with 167,600 passing through the Fargodome doors.

The Bison sold out the first four games of the season including a school-record crowd of 19,108 for the Oct. 12 homecoming win over Missouri State.  NDSU has enjoyed 17 sellout crowds over the past eight years.

North Dakota State went 31-3 at home over the past four seasons and has won 14 straight at Gate City Bank Field entering the 2014 season, the second longest active FCS home winning streak behind Sam Houston State's 22.

2013 NCAA Division I FCS Average Home Attendance

	School	Dates	Total	Average
1.	Appalachian St.	6	149,366	24,894
2.	Montana	7	170,660	24,380
3.	James Madison	7	147,076	21,011
4.	Southern U.	5	100,536	20,107
5.	Yale	5	99,045	19,809
6.	Montana St.	6	118,222	19,704
7.	North Dakota St.	9	167,600	18,622
8.	Delaware	7	126,754	18,108
9.	Jackson St.	4	69,143	17,286
10.	Jacksonville St.	7	110,695	15,814
11.	Charlotte	6	93,244	15,541
12.	Liberty	7	105,215	15,031
13.	Ga. Southern	6	88,968	14,828
14.	Alabama St.	6	86,321	14,387
15.	N.C. A&T	6	81,443	13,574
16.	Youngstown St.	7	94,539	13,506
17.	Citadel	6	78,932	13,155
18.	UNI	6	75,431	12,572
19.	McNeese St.	7	84,506	12,072
20.	Harvard	5	60,334	12,067
21.	Penn	5	59,680	11,936
22.	South Carolina St.	6	71,279	11,880
23.	Tennessee St.	5	57,309	11,462
24.	Florida A&M	5	55,848	11,170
25.	South Dakota St.	6	64,162	10,694
26.	Illinois St.	5	50,694	10,139
27.	Chattanooga	6	59,534	9,922
28.	William & Mary	6	58,346	9,724
29.	Alabama A&M	5	48,555	9,711
30.	Stephen F. Austin	5	48,418	9,684

North Dakota State 43rd in NCAA Volleyball Average Attendance

INDIANAPOLIS - North Dakota State ranks among the nation's Division I women's volleyball average attendance leaders in a report released by the NCAA this week.

North Dakota State drew 12,826 spectators to 13 home dates last season for an average of 987 that ranked 43rd among all Division I schools. It was NDSU's fourth straight year in the top 50.

Three crowds over a thousand filled the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse during the year, including a season-high 1,638 for the three-set win over North Dakota on Sept. 16. It was the fourth-largest home crowd in school history.

North Dakota State was 20-11 overall and won its third straight Summit League regular-season title with a 14-4 record. NDSU was 11-2 at home with its only losses coming to a Tulsa team that went 31-3 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, and Summit League regular season co-champion IPFW.

Hawaii, with an average of 6,169 fans for 20 matches, led the nation for the 14th straight season since the NCAA began tracking attendance records. Forty-one teams averaged at least 1,000 fans. NDSU was the only Summit League team in the top 50.