Three Huskies Post Double-Doubles as No. 8 St. Cloud State Takes Down Sioux Falls in Four

Friday, October 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

11-2,5-0NSIC

Sioux Falls

8-5,3-2NSIC

Sioux Falls

St. Cloud St.

Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson celebrates a kill against Sioux Falls on October 4, 2024 in Halenbeck Hall

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

Three Huskies Post Double-Doubles as No. 8 St. Cloud State Takes Down Sioux Falls in Four

10/4/2024 10:04:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Foley, Kurschner and Berran record double-doubles as the Huskies extend season-best winning streak to seven matches

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 8 St. Cloud State Volleyball (11-2, 5-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) beat Sioux Falls in four sets (25-18, 22-25, 25-15, 25-16) on Friday night at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud. The Huskies have now won their last seven matches in a row.

The Cougars (8-5, 3-2 NSIC) took the second set after posting 16 kills on .324 hitting but were held to 10 or less kills in the three other sets, hitting just .156 for the match, meanwhile the Huskies sent down at least 15 kills in each set and hit .316 for the match.

SCSU led the match in points (83-59.5), kills (68-42), assists (63-38) and digs (69-52). The Cougars led in service aces (6-5) and blocks (11-10).

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – 25-kill, 13 dig double-double (.346 hitting) and career-high (tie) six block assists
Redshirt junior Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) – 17 kills (.483 hitting) and season-high six block assists
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – 20-dig, 10-assist double-double
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – 48-assist, 10-dig double-double
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – 10 kills
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – nine digs, six kills and two aces
Freshman defensive specialist Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) – career-high 11 digs

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"That was a fun match tonight against a very solid Sioux Falls team. Their middles do a fantastic job of scoring, and they've got enough balance offensively to put you in very uncomfortable spots. I really like the way we served the ball, especially early on in sets one, three and four. We were able to get them [Sioux Falls] out of system early and we had some nice runs on our side in each of those sets. Kenzie [Foley] was fantastic offensively, Ella [Thompson] was extremely efficient and did a great job attacking the ball high and Keely [Kurschner] was a rockstar on defense. Shelby [Kimm] did a nice job scoring for us offensively and she was really good for us in the serve-and-pass game. Emma [Berran] did a solid job distributing the ball and had a good plan for the Huskies to keep us undefeated in NSIC play."

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 9-6 all-time against Sioux Falls.
SCSU has won seven straight matches with wins over No. 9 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 15 Minnesota Duluth, No. 20 Michigan Tech and (RV) Minnesota State.
It is the first time SCSU has won seven matches in a row this season. Last season, the Huskies strung together one win streak of seven matches.
SCSU sweep streak ends at four matches, matching the longest streak from 2023.
Foley led the match in kills (25) tied for the lead in block assists (six) and was third in digs (13). Was one of three Huskies with a double-double. Tied her career-high for block assists (six). Posted her 97^th career match with 10+ kills (47^th straight, dating back to 11/18/2022), tying the program record for career double-digit kill matches. Recorded the 26^th 20+ kill match of her career and second of the season. Tallied her 10^th double-double of the season and 69^th of her career – just five away from breaking the school record for most career double-doubles. It was her fourth match of the season hitting at least .346.
Thompson tied for the match lead in block assists, posting a season-high six and was second in kills with 17, tying for the second most she has sent down in a match this season. She has sent down double-digit kills in seven matches in 2024.
Kurschner led the match in digs (20) and was one of three Huskies with a double-double. The double-double was her second of the season. She has tallied 10+ digs in 12 of 13 matches this season. She has posted 20+ digs three times this season and 12 times in her career.
Berran led the match in assists (48) and was one of three Huskies to post a double-double. The double-double was the fourth of her season. Her 48 assists were her third highest total of the season.
Bruskiewicz was one of three Huskies to send down double-digit kills. It was her seventh match this season with double-digit kills.
Hamann set a new career high in digs (11), surpassing her previous best of seven. She was one of four Huskies to tally double-digit digs.

UP NEXT
The Huskies bring their three-match home stand to a close on Saturday afternoon when No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State (14-0, 5-0 NSIC) visits St. Cloud. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT from Halenbeck Hall. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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