No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Wins 15th Straight Match, Sweeps MSU Moorhead on the Road

Saturday, October 26

Nemzek Fieldhouse • Moorhead, Minn.

3:30 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

19-2,13-0NSIC

MSU Moorhead

8-12,3-9NSIC

St. Cloud St.

MSU Moorhead

Photo by: Becca Hanson

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Wins 15th Straight Match, Sweeps MSU Moorhead on the Road

10/26/2024 9:29:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies record 11th sweep in last 13 matches, extend perfect 13-0 open to Northern Sun play

MOORHEAD, Minn. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (19-2, 13-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) took down MSU Moorhead in straight sets (25-16, 25-17, 25-13) on Saturday afternoon at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn. for the team's 15^th consecutive win.

The Huskies led MSUM (8-12, 3-9 NSIC) in points (61-31), kills (29-27), hitting percentage (.378-.198), aces (7-0), blocks (5-4), assists (42-24) and digs (39-22). SCSU sent down 18 kills in the second and third sets while hitting .400 and .519 in those sets respectively. St. Cloud State was a perfect 41-for-41 in serve-receive.

SCSU tallied their 11^th sweep in their last 13 matches and extended their best start to conference play (13-0) in program history. Eight of the 15 wins during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – match-high 12 kills, seven digs and match-high four aces
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – match-high 37 assists, six digs, four kills (on four swings) and one solo block
Redshirt junior middle blocker Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) – 10 kills on .615 hitting
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – match-high 11 digs
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – nine kills, match-high three block assists and one solo block

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"That was another fun win for the Huskies. We served very aggressive today and did a great job of getting [MSU] Moorhead out of system. [MSU Moorhead's] Abby Thompson was fantastic offensively, but aside from her, we were able to shut down most of Moorhead attackers and limited them to a pretty low efficiency. Sam [Zimmerman] was fantastic on offense we didn't give up a single ace tonight. Kenzie [Foley] had another solid offensive performance and Emma [Berran] dished up at least 13 swings to all five of our attackers, so she was on point with that distribution. That was a great team win, as we secured a spot in the NSIC tournament with our 13^th conference win of the season."

NOTABLES

The Huskies improved to 45-23 all-time against MSU Moorhead and 7-8 at Nemzek Arena. SCSU has won seven in a row against the Dragons and are 9-1 in the last 10 matches against MSUM.
SCSU has won 15 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 15 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 15 matches was in 2021.
All 11 of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 13 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (13-0) and clinched a spot in the 2024 NSIC Volleyball Tournament.
Foley led the match in kills and aces and was second in the game in digs. She set a new season-high for aces in a match.
Berran led the match in assists and was tied for third on the Huskies in digs.
Zimmerman was second on the Huskies in kills and was the only player to hit .615 or better with at least five attempts. She tied her season high for kills in a match.
Kurshcner led the match in digs. She was the lone player with 10+ digs.
Bruskiewicz was third on the Huskies in kills and led the match in block assists.
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) tallied 6 kills and four digs.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) sent down seven kills.

UP NEXT
The Huskies return home for a pair of matches next weekend against UMary (4-17, 2-11 NSIC) and Minot State (1-19, 0-13 NSIC) at Halenbeck Hall. Friday's match against UMary will start at 6 p.m. and first serve for Saturday's tilt with MISU is scheduled for 2 p.m. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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