St. Cloud State
4-0,0-0NSIC
Western Oregon
2-3,0-0Great Northwest
Huskies split in Washington
9/10/2021 11:46:00 PM | Volleyball
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State University volleyball team experiences many ups and a few downs on its first day out in Washington. The Huskies opened the day with a strong 3-1 (24-26, 25-16, 25-13, 25-23) win over Western Oregon University improving to 5-0 on the season. St. Cloud State's win streak sadly came to a halt in Friday evening's match, though, as the Huskies fell to host Centra Washington 3-0 (21-25, 23-25, 14-25) to end the day.
DOIN' THE WIN NO. 5
A little bit of Linsey Rachel (Maple Lake, Minn. / Maple Lake) and Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa / Sergeant Bluff-Luton) on the outside. A little bit of Abigail Groeneweg (Forest Lake, Minn. / Forest Lake) from behind the service line. A little bit of Maddy Torve (Loretto, Minn. / Heritage Christian Academy) makes everything all right. After dropping the first set to Western Oregon 26-24, St. Cloud State stormed back to win the set 3-1 (24-26, 25-16, 25-13, 25-23) behind a blistering offensive attack. Trailing by as many as four points early in the second half, the Huskies offensive game plan came to life, as they used power on the pins and from behind the service line to take the second set and eventually the match. Rachel and Foley led St. Cloud State's blistering offensive attack with 16 and 13 kills respectively, while Rachel and Groeneweg led defensively with 14 digs each. Torve added 44 assists, piloting the Huskies to a .243 team hitting percentage for the match.
LATE NIGHT ACTION
The Huskies ran into another young, scrappy and hungry team in their second match of the day against host Central Washington. Despite leading early in the first set, St. Cloud State fell to the upstart Wildcats 25-21 and were forced into a must win situation after falling 25-23 in set two. The Huskies were unable to come away with the third set win, though, falling to Central Washington in straight sets 3-0 (21-25, 23-25,
TOP HUSKIES
- Senior outside Linsey Rachel's (Maple Lake, Minn. / Maple Lake) hot start to the season continued against Western Oregon. The senior tallied yet another double-double, tallying a team-leading 16 kills and 14 digs in the four-match victory for a team-leading 16.0 points.
- Two Huskies, sophomore outside Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa / Sergeant Bluff-Luton) and junior libero Abigail Groeneweg (Forest Lake, Minn. / Forest Lake) tallied double-digit digs in the team's 3-0 loss to Central Washington. In her second match as libero, Groeneweg led the team with a 15 dig effort, while Foley tallied 10 in the sixth match of her collegiate career.
FEELING 42
- Rachel continued to creep ever closer to Leah Herrbolt's record of 47 career double-doubles Friday afternoon. The senior recorded the 42nd double-double of her St. Cloud State career against Western Oregon and continued to rank third all-time in the category.
QUOTABLES
St. Cloud State Volleyball Head Coach Chad Braegelmann on Western Oregon:
"We played a very scrappy and determined Western Oregon team today that I thought competed much better than we did. They put a lot of defensive pressure on us and made our attackers work. We outplayed them, and I'm proud of the way we played in sets two and three and the beginning of set four. We made too many unforced errors in all of set one and late in set four. In the end, we made enough plays to get a win, but we need to be more consistent and play better all the way around."
UP NEXT
St. Cloud State will face #24 Simon Fraser and Seattle Pacific on Saturday, September 11 at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. CT.
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