No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Beats No. 22 Northern State on the Road in Straight Sets

Friday, October 25

Wachs Arena • Aberdeen, S.D.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

18-2,12-0NSIC

Northern State

14-5,6-5NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Northern St.

Photo by: Kory Burdick

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Beats No. 22 Northern State on the Road in Straight Sets

10/25/2024 11:13:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies set new program best mark for first 20 matches, tally 10th sweep in last 12 matches

ABERDEEN, S.D. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (18-2, 12-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept No. 22 Northern State (25-21, 25-23, 25-25-20) on Friday evening at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, S.D. The Huskies set a new program best mark for the first 20 matches (18-2), passing the 1995 team, who started their season 17-3.

SCSU led the Wolves (14-5, 6-5 NSIC) in points (61-47), kills (51-36), hitting percentage (.295-.240), aces (5-3), assists (48-32) and digs (46-35). NSU led the match in blocks (8-5).

The Huskies extended their match win streak (14), tallied their 10^th sweep in their last 12 matches and extended their best start to conference play (12-0) in program history. Eight of the 14 wins during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – match-high 16 kills, eight digs and match-high two aces
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – match-high 42 assists, four digs and two block assists
Sophomore defensive specialist Emily Kern (Belgrade, Minn.) – match-high 13 digs

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"I thought Northern State played fantastic tonight! They were very efficient on offense and in the first two sets they sided out what felt like all the time, which really limited our serving runs. I was hoping we would serve a little bit tougher to get them out of system, and we really struggled slow slowing down [Abby] Brooks in the middle and [Hanna] Thompson on the outside. In the end, I thought our attackers did a little bit better job and we started the third set really strong. Northern State scraped and clawed their way back to make it a very competitive third set after we built a nice lead. I'm so proud of our women – there are 50+ years of Huskies Volleyball history and this team is off to the best start 20 matches in, of any team, which is just a testament to the work they put in, the fact that they treat their teammates well and their passion for the program."

NOTABLES

SCSU moves to 14-24 all-time against Northern State and 5-8 when playing at Wachs Arena. The Huskies have won their last six matches against NSU.
SCSU has won 14 straight matches including eight 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. 22 Northern State (sweep), No. 24 Minnesota Duluth (sweep) and (RV) Minnesota State.
It is the first time SCSU has won 14 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 14 matches was in 2021.
All 10 of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 12 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (12-0).
Foley led the match in kills and aces and was tied for third on the Huskies in digs.
Berran led the match in assists, was second on the Huskies in block assists and was fifth on the Huskies in digs.
Kern set a new season high in digs while leading the match.
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) posted 12 kills, ranking second on the Huskies while hitting .381.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) tallied 11 digs and seven kills on .417 hitting.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) sent down 10 kills with a team-high three block assists.
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) recorded eight digs.

UP NEXT
The Huskies finish their road trip at MSU Moorhead (8-11, 3-8 NSIC) on Saturday. The 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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