No. 5 St. Cloud State Sweeps No. 24 Minnesota Duluth, Extends Win Streak to Eleven

Thursday, October 17

Romano Gymnasium • Duluth, Minn.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

15-2,9-0NSIC

Minnesota Duluth

9-8,2-7NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Minn. Duluth

Hannah Bruskiewicz 10-17-24 @ Minnesota Duluth

Photo by: Dave Harwig

No. 5 St. Cloud State Sweeps No. 24 Minnesota Duluth, Extends Win Streak to Eleven

10/17/2024 10:14:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies remain perfect in Northern Sun play

DULUTH, Minn. – No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball (15-2, 9-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) beat No. 24 Minnesota Duluth in straight sets (25-17, 25-14, 25-15) on Thursday evening at Romano Gymnasium in Duluth. The Huskies have now won their last 11 matches in a row, including seven ranked teams. SCSU has also swept seven matches during the win streak.

SCSU swept the regular season series against the Bulldogs (9-8, 2-7 NSIC) and led the match in points (56-34), kills (45-29), aces (4-1), blocks (7-4), assists (43-27) and digs (44-30).

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – 17-kill (.367 hitting), 12 dig double-double and two service aces
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – 12 kills (.417 hitting) and three block assists
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – 39 assists
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – 14 digs

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"Another really solid team effort tonight for the Huskies, in a gymnasium where we have not had a lot of success over the years. Obviously, Kenzie [Foley] was very good offensively again, Hannah [Bruskiewicz] was fabulous out of the middle, attacking, but I really think our defense, blocking and serving were the key to our success tonight, as we put Duluth in a lot of very uncomfortable situations. When they did get chances to swing, we did a fantastic job of slowing them down. Emily [Kern] had some great digs for us that led to transition swings and Keely [Kurschner] was rock solid again as well."

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 45-82 all-time against Minnesota Duluth. It was just the Huskies fifth ever win at Romano Gymnasium in 27 matches.
SCSU has won 11 straight matches with wins over No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State (sweep), No. 6 Wayne State, No. 9 Concordia-St. Paul (sweep), No. 15 Minnesota Duluth (sweep), No. 20 Michigan Tech, No. 24 Minnesota Duluth (sweep) and (RV) Minnesota State.
It is the first time SCSU has won 11 matches in a row this season. In 2022, the Huskies strung together a win streak 12 matches.
All seven of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the 11-match win streak.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (9-0).
Foley led the match in kills and tallied the second most digs.
Besides Foley, Bruskiewicz was the only other player to put down double-digit kills in the match.
Berran led the match in assists.
Kurschner led the match in digs.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) tallied four kills, four digs and two aces.
Junior defensive specialist Emily Kern (Belgrade, Minn.) tallied eight digs.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) posted five kills, three block assists and one solo block.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) recorded five kills and three block assists.

UP NEXT
The Huskies returns to St. Cloud on Saturday for a home tilt with Bemidji State (5-10, 0-7 NSIC). First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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