No. 13 St. Cloud State Volleyball Downs No. 2 CSP in Four

Friday, October 20

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

15-6,8-4NSIC

Concordia-St. Paul

18-2,9-2NSIC

Concordia-St. Paul

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Ethan Halverson

10/20/2023 11:00:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies earn critical win over Concordia-St. Paul behind Foley’s 22 kill double-double

ST. CLOUD Minn. – No. 13 St. Cloud State Volleyball (15-6, 8-4 NSIC) handed No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul (18-2, 9-2 NSIC) its second loss of the season on Friday evening at Halenbeck Hall, dropping the Golden Bears in four sets 25-21, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-18. Senior outside hitter Kenzie Foley enjoyed a dominant 22-kill effort, adding 10 digs for a double-double while hitting .326 and scoring a pair of aces with three blocks in the win.

SCSU outhit Concordia-St. Paul .228 to .217 as the Huskies defense outdug their rival 55 to 44. Four Huskies finished in double-figures as junior libero Keely Kurschner led the match with 17 and sophomore setter Emma Berran recorded 11 while Foley and senior defensive specialist Allena Shimon provided 10 each. 11 aces helped punctuate the SCSU defensive effort as strong service work kept CSP out of system throughout the match. Berran led with four aces while Shimon added three and Foley posted a pair.

Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Sam Zimmerman put away 10 kills on .280 hitting while freshman middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz posted eight on .312 hitting as the two combined for seven blocks. Berran double-doubled with 41 assists and her 11 digs, adding four aces and a pair of blocks alongside two kills.

QUOTABLES – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann

"That was a nice bounce back performance from last week – we had a talk as a team after last week. We haven't had a lot of 0-and-2 weeks lately, and I thought we were especially focused in practice this week – we really worked on serving, and we served really well tonight. Good hand contact, I thought our women were really locked in. We struggled a little bit in serve receive and defensively in those first two sets but the last two we played extremely well, put Concordia in some uncomfortable spots and I think the scores showed that. I'm really proud of the women."

"We talked a little about urgency coming into the week. We have a team that for the most part is extremely young – that can have it advantages, but one of the things that we notice with young teams is they sometimes lack a sense of urgency because they all know they have more time. I thought they did a much better job of that tonight than they have recently."

NOTABLES

Kenzie Foley recorded a 22-kill, 10-dig double-double on .326 hitting along with three blocks, two aces and two assists
Foley moved into fifth all-time in program history in career kills with her 15^th of the night
Emma Berran double-doubled with 41 assists and 11 digs while adding four aces, two blocks and a pair of kills
Sam Zimmerman hit .280 with 10 kills and three blocks
Keely Kurschner recorded 17 digs and six assists with one ace
Hannah Bruskiewicz hit .312 with eight kills and four blocks
Allena Shimon posted a career-high 10 digs and three aces
The Huskies outhit CSP .228 to .217
SCSU defeated Concordia-St. Paul in less than five sets for the first time since a 3-0 sweep in 1993
St. Cloud State scored 11 aces while adding 55 digs and putting four players in double-figures in digs

Up Next
The Huskies celebrate their Dig Pink match on Saturday, October 21 against Minnesota State-Mankato with a 2:00 p.m. CT start at Halenbeck Hall. Live coverage is available on the NSIC Network with live stats provided by St. Cloud State. Links to each coverage option are available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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