No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball Takes Down Bemidji State in Straight Sets, Moves to 10-0 in Northern Sun Play

Saturday, October 19

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

16-2,10-0NSIC

Bemidji State

5-11,0-8NSIC

Bemidji St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Justyce Porter

No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball Takes Down Bemidji State in Straight Sets, Moves to 10-0 in Northern Sun Play

10/19/2024 7:34:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies extend win streak to 12, tally eighth sweep in last 10 matches

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 5 St. Cloud State Volleyball (16-2, 10-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept Bemidji State (25-14, 25-15, 25-18) on Saturday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud.

SCSU held the advantage over the Beavers (5-11, 0-8 NSIC) in points (57-33), kills (44-27), aces (10-3), assists (37-25) and digs (34-29). Each team recorded three blocks.

The Huskies extended their best start to conference play (10-0) and match win streak (12) while recording their eighth sweep in their last 10 matches. Seven of the 12 matches during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – match-high 15 kills on .462 hitting and five digs
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – match-high 11 digs, five assists and match-high four aces
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – match-high 28 assists, three digs and two aces

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"That was a fun win against a scrappy Bemidji [State] team today. I thought we did a fantastic job putting some service pressure on them – any time you can have twice as many aces as you do service errors you will give yourself a chance to be successful. Offensively, we were very, very good and did a fantastic job of limiting our attacking errors. Our defense was a little bit flat footed to start the match and we gave up some off-speed shots, but I thought the women did a good job of adjusting defensively throughout each set. We were really great closing each set out to earn a solid team win."

NOTABLES

SCSU improves to 52-23 all-time against Bemidji State, including a 19-3 mark at Halenbeck Hall and a 9-1 tally over the last 10 matches.
SCSU has won 12 straight matches including seven wins over nationally ranked teams – 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 12 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 12 matches was in 2022.
All eight of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 10 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (10-0).
Foley led the match in kills and was third on the Huskies in digs. After playing in the first set, she moved into a tie for No. 10 in all-time sets played in program history (406) and ended the night in sole possession of No. 8 on that list with 408 sets played.
Kurschner led the match in digs and aces.
Berran led the match in assists and was one of three Huskies with two or more aces.
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) posted seven kills and three block assists, tying for the second most in the match for both categories.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) tallied eight digs and five kills.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) recorded six kills on .545 hitting.

UP NEXT
The Huskies host Minnesota Crookston (4-12, 1-7 NSIC) on Tuesday, before traveling to No. 23 Northern State (13-4, 5-4 NSIC) and MSU Moorhead (7-10, 2-7 NSIC) on Friday and Saturday. Tuesday's match is set to start at 6 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, while Friday's match is set for 6 p.m. at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, S.D. and Saturday's match will start at 3:30 p.m. at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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