No. 8 St. Cloud State Volleyball Falls in NSIC Tournament Final to No. 4 Concordia-St. Paul

Sunday, November 19

Wayne, Neb.

3:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

22-8,13-5NSIC

Concordia-St. Paul

28-2,16-2NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Concordia-St. Paul

Kenzie Foley NSIC Championship Match | 11-19 recap

Photo by: Dylan De Baldo

No. 8 St. Cloud State Volleyball Falls in NSIC Tournament Final to No. 4 Concordia-St. Paul

11/19/2023 7:27:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score NSIC Tournament Page

Huskies drop championship match 3-0

WAYNE, Neb. – No. 8 (No. 4 seed) St. Cloud State Volleyball (22-8, 13-5 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) fell in the NSIC Tournament Championship Match to No. 4 (No. 2 seed) Concordia-St. Paul in straight sets on Sunday afternoon at Rice Auditorium, 26-24, 25-21 and 25-18. The Golden Bears (28-2, 16-2 NSIC) won their seventh NSIC Tournament Championship and stopped SCSU from winning its third in a row.

The Huskies struggled to sustain their offensive efforts and ended the game hitting a mere .183 and with 21 attacking errors as CSP hit .340 with only 14 attacking errors. The Golden Bears totaled more team blocks (13.0) and service aces (six) than the Huskies who had 2.0 and four respectively.

NSIC Player of the Year, senior outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa) recorded a game-high 17 kills on .364 hitting. The Huskies owned a .410 kill percentage on sets by sophomore All-NSIC Second Team honoree setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) as she provided a team-high 32 assists. Freshman middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) sent down eight kills on an incredible .778 hitting. Freshman Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) did a little bit of everything for the Huskies, recording six kills, six digs and two service aces.

Foley and Bruskiewicz were named to the All-Tournament Team. Foley hit .300 with 5.45 kills/set, which was the most in the tournament. She contributed 5.64 points/set (first in the tournament) and 3.00 digs per set (tied for 10^th). Bruskiewicz hit .447 (third best) with 2.47 kills/set. She tallied 3.18 points/set and 0.73 blocks/set.

QUOTABLES – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann

"It was a very solid week overall for the Huskies, but today was not our best day. We started the first and second set really well but just couldn't find a way to finish them. Concordia was really firing on all cylinders today. We struggled at times to sideout and they had numerous long serving runs. Kenzie (Foley) and Hannah (Bruskiewicz) did a nice job offensively again but it wasn't enough overall. We just have to play complete volleyball in order to beat a team like Concordia."

NOTABLES

SCSU played in its fourth consecutive NSIC Tournament Championship Match (won in 2021 and 2022) and is now 10-2 all-time in the NSIC Tournament under head coach Chad Braegelmann.
Foley and Bruskiewicz were named to the All-Tournament Team. Foley has been named to the team in each of her three seasons.
Foley led the game in kills with 17 on .364 hitting. She also added six digs, one service ace and one assist.
Berran recorded a team-high 32 assists. She also chipped in five digs, two block assists, one service ace and one kill.
Bruskiewicz recorded the second most kills for the Huskies (eight) on an incredible .778 hitting.
Kimm recorded six kills, six digs and two service aces.
All-NSIC First Teamer, redshirt sophomore Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) tallied five kills, two block assists and one dig.
Junior opposite Natalie Tesch (Milwaukee, Wis.) dug three balls and sent down one kill.
Junior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) recorded four digs and one assist.
Senior defensive specialist Allena Shimon (Des Moines, Iowa) tallied three digs.

UP NEXT
With the loss, St. Cloud State will now await its NCAA Tournament fate as the NCAA Selection Show will be held Monday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. CT at NCAA.com. The first and second round matches of the regional tournament will take place from Thursday Nov. 30 – Saturday, Dec. 2.

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