No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Completes the Weekend Sweep, Takes Down Minot State in Straight Sets

Saturday, November 2

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

21-2,15-0NSIC

Minot State

2-21,0-15NSIC

Minot St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Justyce Porter

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Completes the Weekend Sweep, Takes Down Minot State in Straight Sets

11/2/2024 9:44:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies improve to 15-0 in Northern Sun play

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (21-2, 15-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept Minot State (25-5, 25-17, 25-20) on Saturday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, forcing the Beavers to hit -.031 in the match. With the win, the Huskies clinched a home NSIC Tournament quarterfinal match on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

The Huskies led MISU (2-21, 0-15 NSIC) in points (61-25), kills (44-19), hitting percentage (.317 - -.0.31), aces (7-2), blocks (10-4), assists (43-18) and digs (50-39).

SCSU recorded its 17^th consecutive win, 13^th sweep in its last 15 matches and extended its best start to conference play (15-0) in program history. Eight of the 17 wins during the streak have come against nationally ranked opponents.

TOP HUSKIES

Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – match-high 14 digs and match-high 2 service aces
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – Eight kills on 10 swings (.800 hitting), four block assists and the Huskies lone solo block
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – 12 digs and five kills
Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – Eight kills on .412 hitting and four digs
Freshman setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – Match-high 26 assists and three digs
Junior middle blocker Emilie Planert (De Pere, Wis.) – seven kills on .583 hitting and three block assists.

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"I was very happy with our defensive effort tonight – to have a weekend where you hold opponents to a negative hitting percentage in two matches is very impressive. The combination of our block and back row defense has been really solid lately. Offensively, I thought we did a great job of setting a bunch of different attackers. We had a great diversity with our attack, and we definitely won the serving pass game tonight, as we were in system most of the night and our setters could set any attacker they wanted most of the night. Emilie Planert was solid offensively and Hannah Bruskiewicz was extremely efficient offensively. It was a very special weekend as we clinched a first-round home playoff match for the NSIC tourney."

NOTABLES

The Huskies improved to 18-1 all-time against Minot State. SCSU is on a 13-match win streak against the Beavers and improved to 8-1 all-time against MISU at Halenbeck Hall.
SCSU has won 17 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 17 matches in a row this season. The last time the Huskies strung together a win streak of at least 17 matches was in 2021.
All 13 of SCSU's sweeps this season have come during the last 15 matches.
St. Cloud State extended its best conference start in program history (15-0) and has clinched a spot in the 2024 NSIC Volleyball Tournament.
LaPlant's 26 assists surpassed her previous career best of nine which she set in her collegiate debut on Sept. 5 against Cal Poly Pomona. Three digs surpassed her previous personal best of two.
Planert set new personal bests in kills (seven) and block assists (three), surpassing her previous bests of four kills and one block assist.
Sophomore middle blocker Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.) sent down a career-high two kills.
Senior opposite Natalie Tesch (Milwaukee, Wis.) tallied a season-high three block assists.

UP NEXT
The Huskies play their final two road regular season matches next weekend. SCSU visits the Taylor Center in Mankato to play Minnesota State (15-6, 7-6 NSIC) on Friday at 6 p.m. and wraps up the weekend at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul to play No. 9 Concordia-St. Paul (18-4, 13-1 NSIC) at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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