St. Cloud State Athletics Names Wolters Kluwer Athletes of the Month for October

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Men's Hockey's sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) and Volleyball's fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) have been named the Wolters Kluwer Athletes of the Month for October, as announced by St. Cloud State Athletics.

Posch was named the Male Athlete of the Month after being named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Goaltender of the Month, while Foley was named the Female Athlete of the Month after sweeping the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Offensive Player of the Week honors during October.

Isak Posch's October Highlights

Named NCHC Goaltender of the Month for October.
Named NCHC Goaltender of the Week twice (Oct. 7 | Oct. 21).
Started all seven games for the Huskies in the opening month of the season, posting a 6-1-0 record with an NCHC-leading .946 save percentage and a 1.58 goals-against-average.
Led the conference in save percentage (.946), total saves (193) and shutouts (two), equaling the mark of all other NCHC netminders combined.
As of Oct. 30, he was one of only four goaltenders in the nation to have two shutouts this season, while ranking in the top-10 nationally in saves (third, 193), save percentage (fifth, .946) and goals-against-average (1.58).
Anchored the Huskies' NCHC-leading penalty kill unit, turning away 17 of 18 power play chances for their opponents.
Made 23 or more saves in all seven games during the month, including a season-best 34 saves in a 1-0 shutout of St. Thomas (Oct. 6) to open the season. He earned his second shutout of the season in a 24-save, 4-0 win over No. 10/9 Michigan (Oct. 19), earning NCHC weekly honors after both performances.

Kenzie Foley's October Highlights

Named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week every week of October (Oct. 7 | Oct. 14 | Oct. 21 | Oct. 28) to bring her season total to six and her career total to 13.
Named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II National Player of the Week on Oct. 8 for the first time of the season and the third time in her career.
Set the program record for single match kills with 34 in a thrilling five set road victory over No. 6 Wayne State on Oct. 12, breaking the old record of 32 which was held by both Foley and Cami Selbitschka, who had each recorded 32 kills in two matches.
During October, Foley was No. 1 in kills/set (5.36), No. 1 in points/set (6.06), No. 1 in kills (177), tied for No. 1 in points (200.0), No. 5 in hitting percentage (.343), tied for No. 4 in service aces (14) and tied for No. 5 in service aces/set (0.42) among NSIC players.
As of October 28, Foley ranked No. 4 in kills/set (4.97), No. 4 in points/set (5.59) and No. 5 in total kills (368) among all Division II players. She was also leading the NSIC in kills/set, points/set, total kills and total attacks (769), and was No. 2 in attacks/set (10.39), No. 13 in hitting percentage (.299) and No. 19 in total digs (227).
SCSU went a perfect 10-0 during the month with eight sweeps and five wins over nationally ranked opponents.
St. Cloud State also got off to its best conference in program history (13-0), surpassing the previous record which was set in 1982 (Northern Sun Conference – NSC) and tied in 1985 (North Central Conference – NCC) when both teams finished their respective conference season with a perfect 7-0 record.
The Huskies set a new program best mark for the best record during the first 20 matches of a season (18-2), passing the 1995 team, who started their season 17-3.
St. Cloud State ended the month being ranked No. 3 in the AVCA Division II Poll which ties the highest ranking in program history.

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St. Cloud State Athletics Names Wolters Kluwer Athletes of the Month for October

Players Mentioned

Kenzie Foley

Isak Posch

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