No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Continues Dominant Stretch, Sweeps Minnesota Crookston

Tuesday, October 22

St. Cloud, Minn.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

17-2,11-0NSIC

Minnesota Crookston

4-13,1-8NSIC

Minn.-Crookston

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Continues Dominant Stretch, Sweeps Minnesota Crookston

10/22/2024 10:29:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies record ninth sweep in last 11 matches, extend win streak to 13 including a perfect 11-0 start to Northern Sun play

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (17-2, 10-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) took down Minnesota Crookston in straight sets (25-15, 25-20, 25-13) on Tuesday evening at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud.

SCSU led the Golden Eagles (4-13, 1-8 NSIC) in points (61-30), kills (52-24), hitting percentage (.364-116), aces (5-4), blocks (4-2), assists (48-23) and digs (47-30).

The Huskies extended their best start to conference play (11-0) and match win streak (13) while recording their ninth sweep in their last 11 matches. Seven of the 13 wins during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – match-high 19 kills on .467 hitting and four digs
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – match-high 42 assists and seven digs
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – match-high 11 digs and match-high three aces

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"It was really fantastic night offensively for Kenzie [Foley] and both of our middles – Hannah [Bruskiewicz] and Ella [Thompson] – were very efficient and had a ton of swings and great opportunities to score. I thought we made some more errors than we normally do, and I was hoping we would serve a little bit tougher, but [Minnesota] Crookston did a great job in serve-receive and defending. It was fun getting quite a few of our younger players in the match and getting them some opportunities to have some success as well."

NOTABLES

SCSU improves to 24-8 all-time against Minnesota Crookston, including a 9-3 mark at Halenbeck Hall and a 10-match win streak against the Golden Eagles.
SCSU has won 13 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 13 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 13 matches was in 2021.
All nine of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 11 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (11-0).
Foley led the match in kills and was fifth on the Huskies in digs.
Kurschner led the match in digs and aces.
Berran led the match in assists and was third on the Huskies in digs.
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) posted 11 kills, ranking second on the Huskies.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) sent down 10 kills on .533 hitting with two block assists. She recorded her 250^th career total block.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) tallied 10 digs and five kills.
Junior middle blocker Emilie Planert (De Pere, Wis.) recorded the Huskies only solo block and sent down three kills on three swings for a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage.

UP NEXT
The Huskies travel to No. 23 Northern State (13-4, 5-4 NSIC) and MSU Moorhead (7-10, 2-7 NSIC) on Friday and Saturday. 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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