No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball Picks up 9th Straight Win in 3-0 Sweep vs. Augustana

Friday, October 11

Elmen Center • Sioux Falls, S.D.

5 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

13-2,7-0NSIC

Augustana

9-8,5-3NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Augustana (SD)

No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball Picks up 9th Straight Win in 3-0 Sweep vs. Augustana

10/11/2024 7:06:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Foley becomes all-time leader in double-digit kill matches

Sioux Falls, S.D.- No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball (13-2, 7-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) picked up their ninth consecutive victory and second consecutive sweep with a 25-18, 25-19, 25-22 victory against Augustana (9-8, 5-3 NSIC) Friday evening. The Huskies trailed by 4+ points in every set but rallied late in every set to come away with the sweep.

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Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) led the match in kills with 12 and by reaching double-digit kills, became the programs all-time leader in double digit kill matches, passing former teammate and three-time All-American Lindsey Rachel. Foley also recorded six digs, a solo block, and block assist.
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) tallied a match-high 32 assists along with six digs, one ace, one block assist, and one kill.
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) totaled 10 kills on a team-high .467 hitting percentage. Bruskiewicz also registered three block assists, three digs, and one solo block.
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) led the game in aces with five and tallied 10 digs.

Quotable- St. Cloud State Head Coach Chad Braegelman
"Augustana really gave us all we could handle in the early part of all three sets tonight! They forced us into some difficult situations, we made some errors early on, and we really had to battle back, all three sets, to come behind and win. We help them out by making some errors that we had done a good job of limiting lately, and there were just a bunch of odd plays where we didn't handle the ball as well as we could. Hannah and Sam were very good offensively from an efficiency standpoint, and Keely and Shelby were solid defensively in the back row, and Keely had a couple of impressive serving runs that really helped us gain some momentum. Another solid Huskies win, and great team effort."

Notables

With the win, the Huskies move to 30-50 all-time and have won seven straight matches against the Vikings.
St. Cloud State led the match in points (54-43), kills (39-27), aces (8-6), assists (35-24), and digs (43-36). Augustana led the match in blocks (10-7).
Redshirt junior Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) recorded eight kills and one solo block.
Redshirt junior Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) totaled four kills and one dig.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) finished with 10 digs and four kills.
Freshman defensive specialist Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) recorded five digs.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action tomorrow afternoon as they travel to No. 6 Wayne State (13-2, 7-0 NSIC) for a matchup with the Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. at the Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Neb. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Volleyball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.