Thursday, September 6
St. Cloud, Minn.
6 p.m.
St. Cloud State
vs
Minnesota Crookston
Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane
Volleyball hosts Crookston in home opener
9/6/2018 9:30:00 AM | Volleyball
ST. CLOUD, MINN. – After six matches in two states, a bus ride, for plane rides, and a handful of other exciting events, the St. Cloud State volleyball team is finally coming home.
The Huskies will host the University of Minnesota-Crookston in their first home match of the 2018 season, which is set to take place on September 6 and 6 p.m. in Halenbeck Hall. It will also serve as St. Cloud State's first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) match of the year, as the Huskies have only played nonconference games this season.
St. Cloud State enters its home opener riding high after an impressive outing at the Northern Michigan Wildcat Open. The Huskies posted a 3-1 record at the tournament, with victories over Michigan Tech, Lake Superior State and Northwood, to improve their record to 4-2 this season. The team's only loss came against the host team Northern Michigan, in which it lost two of the three sets by three points or fewer.
Fans will be able to follow the match via live stats and video Thursday evening. Score updates can also be found on St. Cloud State volleyball's official Twitter account (@SCSUHuskies_vb).
Here are the five things to know before the Huskies home opener:
7 – St. Cloud State led its opponents in seven different categories at the Wildcat Open, including kills (204), hitting percentage (.255), kills/set (13.6), assists (188), aces (20), digs (232) and total blocks (22.0).
10 – Three Huskies rank in the top-10 in the NSIC in two separate categories despite playing half the matches as other teams in the conference. Sophomore setter Maddy Torve (Loretto, Minn. / Heritage Christian Academy) currently ranks 10th in the NSIC in assists/set, as she's averaged 9.39 through St. Cloud State's first six matches of the season, while first year outside Linsey Rachel (Maple Lake, Minn. / Maple Lake) is tenth in the conference in kills/set (3.44), making her the highest ranked first year player in the category. Both Torve and Rachel were named to the Wildcat Open All-Tournament Team last weekend.
1178 – The third Husky to rank in the top-10 in the NSIC is junior libero Clara Krenz (Oakdale, Minn. / North St. Paul), who currently ranks fifth in digs/set (4.78). More impressively, Krenz moved her way up in the St. Cloud State volleyball record books. After her performance at the Wildcat Open, Krenz ranked fifth all-time in school history in career digs with 1178.
9.80 – Torve didn't just impress at the Wildcat Open. She's been impressive all season, captaining the Huskies offense to 282 kills and a .251 team hitting percentage through the first six matches of the season. The sophomore has also recorded a new career-high in assists in every single match this season, including a 45 assists performance against Northern Michigan, and averaged an impressive 9.80 assists/set during the tournament last weekend.
.172 – St. Cloud State held Crookston to a .172 team hitting percentage in its 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-17) victory over the Golden Eagles in 2017. In fact, the Huskies led Crookston in points (56.0), kills (44), aces (7), blocks (5) and assists (42) during the match and held the Golden Eagles to an average of 17.3 points per set in the victory.
The Huskies will host the University of Minnesota-Crookston in their first home match of the 2018 season, which is set to take place on September 6 and 6 p.m. in Halenbeck Hall. It will also serve as St. Cloud State's first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) match of the year, as the Huskies have only played nonconference games this season.
St. Cloud State enters its home opener riding high after an impressive outing at the Northern Michigan Wildcat Open. The Huskies posted a 3-1 record at the tournament, with victories over Michigan Tech, Lake Superior State and Northwood, to improve their record to 4-2 this season. The team's only loss came against the host team Northern Michigan, in which it lost two of the three sets by three points or fewer.
Fans will be able to follow the match via live stats and video Thursday evening. Score updates can also be found on St. Cloud State volleyball's official Twitter account (@SCSUHuskies_vb).
Here are the five things to know before the Huskies home opener:
7 – St. Cloud State led its opponents in seven different categories at the Wildcat Open, including kills (204), hitting percentage (.255), kills/set (13.6), assists (188), aces (20), digs (232) and total blocks (22.0).
10 – Three Huskies rank in the top-10 in the NSIC in two separate categories despite playing half the matches as other teams in the conference. Sophomore setter Maddy Torve (Loretto, Minn. / Heritage Christian Academy) currently ranks 10th in the NSIC in assists/set, as she's averaged 9.39 through St. Cloud State's first six matches of the season, while first year outside Linsey Rachel (Maple Lake, Minn. / Maple Lake) is tenth in the conference in kills/set (3.44), making her the highest ranked first year player in the category. Both Torve and Rachel were named to the Wildcat Open All-Tournament Team last weekend.
1178 – The third Husky to rank in the top-10 in the NSIC is junior libero Clara Krenz (Oakdale, Minn. / North St. Paul), who currently ranks fifth in digs/set (4.78). More impressively, Krenz moved her way up in the St. Cloud State volleyball record books. After her performance at the Wildcat Open, Krenz ranked fifth all-time in school history in career digs with 1178.
9.80 – Torve didn't just impress at the Wildcat Open. She's been impressive all season, captaining the Huskies offense to 282 kills and a .251 team hitting percentage through the first six matches of the season. The sophomore has also recorded a new career-high in assists in every single match this season, including a 45 assists performance against Northern Michigan, and averaged an impressive 9.80 assists/set during the tournament last weekend.
.172 – St. Cloud State held Crookston to a .172 team hitting percentage in its 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-17) victory over the Golden Eagles in 2017. In fact, the Huskies led Crookston in points (56.0), kills (44), aces (7), blocks (5) and assists (42) during the match and held the Golden Eagles to an average of 17.3 points per set in the victory.
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