Volleyball Sweeps Bemidji State on Tuesday

Tuesday, October 3

Bemidji, Minn.

6:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

11-6 (3-4NSIC)

Bemidji State

3-13 (0-7NSIC)

St. Cloud State

Bemidji State

Krista Kuglin

Photo by: Brad Olson

10/3/2017 8:51:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Bemidji, Minn. – The St. Cloud State volleyball team (11-6, 3-4 NSIC), led by junior Krista Kuglin, picked up a non-conference sweep on the road against conference rival Bemidji State (3-13, 0-7 NSIC) on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the BSU Gymnasium. The set scores were 25-22, 25-14 and 25-18.

Kuglin led the team with her 12 kills. She also hit an amazing .600 for the match with no errors on 20 attempts. Redshirt freshman Abby Templin had a steady performance with nine kills, a .474 hitting percentage and a solo block. Senior Becca Gruber totaled seven kills. Senior Nicole Miller recorded five kills, 14 digs and a service ace. Sophomore Marah Mulso totaled five kills, a .400 hitting percentage plus two block assists. Freshman Maddy Torve led the team with her 21 assists. She also picked up four digs. Sophomore Clara Krenz totaled match-highs of 21 digs and two service aces. The Huskies totaled 45 kills, a .314 hitting percentage, 43 assists, five service aces, 59 digs and four blocks.

BSU was led by Julie Touchett's nine kills. Shelby Haney led the squad with her 16 assists. Emman Hallman was the club leader with 13 digs. The Beavers totaled 32 kills, .129 hitting percentage, 30 assists, two service aces, 43 digs and four blocks.

The Huskies won the first set by a close 25-22 margin. Kuglin lead the charge with her five kills. SCSU jumped out to an early 10-4 lead and extended the advantage to eight, 21-12, on the service ace from Crane before the Beavers went on a 6-0 rally to get to within three points, 21-18. SCSU held strong though and were able to outlast the charging Beavers.

The second set was another strong early effort from SCSU with the team getting a 15-7 lead on the kill from Templin. The lead hit nine points on the kill from Gruber, 20-11. The lead reached 12, 24-12, on another Templin kill before settling for the 25-14 victory.

The third set was a more closely contested contest. BSU grabbed an early 7-5 lead before SCSU took the lead back for good, 10-9, on the kill from Templin. SCSU's largest lead was seven, 25-18, on the set and match-ending kill from Miller.

"I thought we played fairly consistent all the way through tonight," head coach Chad Braegelmann explained. "We had more kills each set as the night progressed and Abby and Krista did a fantastic job scoring and limiting errors for us. Clara didn't have a dig after the first set as they were hitting balls away from her, but she still finished with over 20 digs. We have to continue to work on offensive consistency and we need all of our hitters to be effective to have a chance to be successful on a regular basis."

The St. Cloud State volleyball team now returns home this weekend to host No. 2 nationally ranked Concordia-St. Paul (14-1, 7-0 NSIC) on Friday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall. The program then welcomes in Minnesota State (9-6, 3-4 NSIC) on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m.