No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Continues Win, Sweep Streaks at Home Against UMary

Friday, November 1

St. Cloud, Minn.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

20-2,14-0NSIC

UMary

4-18,2-12NSIC

Mary

St. Cloud St.

Shelby Kimm (L) and Ella Thompson (R) go up for a block attempt against UMary on Nov. 11, 2024 at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Continues Win, Sweep Streaks at Home Against UMary

11/1/2024 11:47:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies record 16th straight win, sixth consecutive sweep

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (20-2, 14-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept UMary (25-15, 25-13, 25-17) on Friday evening at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, holding the Marauders to just .011 hitting.

The Huskies led UMary (4-18, 2-12 NSIC) in points (58-25), kills (45-16), hitting percentage (.262-.011), aces (8-3), assists (44-15) and digs (58-39). UMary led the match in blocks (6-5).

SCSU recorded its 16^th consecutive win, 12^th sweep in its last 14 matches and extended its best start to conference play (14-0) in program history. Eight of the 16 wins during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – 12-kill, 10-dig double-double
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) – 12 kills on .429 hitting
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – match-high 33 assists, six digs, four aces, two kills and two block assists
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – match-high 17 digs
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – 12 digs, four kills and two aces

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"It was a very solid defensive effort for our team tonight. We served and passed very well overall as a team. We missed a few more serves than I would've liked, but the goal was to serve very aggressive and get some aces tonight. Offensively, I thought we did a good job of moving the ball around, UMary was fantastic defensively, so our hitting efficiency wasn't great, and we made a few more attack errors than I was hoping for. It was fun to see almost everyone on our roster get in tonight and get some opportunities to make some plays. Laurin Hamann was very solid defensively, and Natalie Tesch did a great job offensively in limited time in the front row."

NOTABLES

The Huskies improved to 19-6 all-time against UMary. SCSU is on a 10-match win streak against the Mauraders and improved to 10-1 all-time against UMary at Halenbeck Hall.
SCSU has won 16 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 16 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 16 matches was in 2021.
All 12 of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 14 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (14-0) and has clinched a spot in the 2024 NSIC Volleyball Tournament.
Foley tied for the match lead in kills and was one of three Huskies with 10+ digs. It was her 13^th double-double of the season and the first since Oct. 12. She has 72 career double-doubles, needing just two more to break the program's record.
Thompson tied for the match lead in kills.
Berran has dished out 33+ assists in all but three matches this season.
Kurschner was one of three Huskies with 10+ digs.
Kimm was the final Husky with at least 10 digs.
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) tallied six kills and three block assists.
Freshman defensive specialist Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) posted eight digs.
Junior middle blocker Emilie Planert (De Pere, Wis.) recorded the games only solo block.

UP NEXT
The Huskies wrap up the weekend at home against Minot State (2-20, 0-14 NSIC) on Saturday. First Serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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