No. 12 St. Cloud State Volleyball Opens Northern Sun Play with Home Match, Trip to Crookston

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 12 St. Cloud State Volleyball opens its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season action with a home match against (RV) Minnesota State (8-0, 0-0 NSIC) on Thursday, followed by a trip to play Minnesota Crookston (3-5, 0-0 NSIC) on Saturday. The Huskies (5-2, 0-0 NSIC) match with MSU on Thursday begins at 6:30 p.m. CT at Halenbeck Hall and Saturday's match against UMC is set for 2 p.m. CT at Lysaker Gymnasium.

FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Match 1 vs. (RV) Minnesota State – Thursday, Sept. 19 / 6:30 p.m. CT / Livestream / Live Stats / Tickets
Match 2 @ Minnesota Crookston – Friday, Sept. 14 / 2 p.m. CT / Livestream / Live Stats

Links to each coverage option can also be found on the St. Cloud State Volleyball schedule page.

GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
Thursday, Sept. 19 vs. Minnesota State
Theme: Red Out
Giveaway: Schedule Posters

LET'S GO POLLING
SCSU fell to No. 12 in the latest AVCA Poll after going 2-1 at the UP North Tournament in Houghton, Michigan. The Huskies beat Findlay (Ohio) and host team-No. 20 Michigan Tech and fell to Northern Michigan.

Under the direction of head coach Chad Braegelmann, the program has been ranked for 57 consecutive weeks (including 34 weeks in the Top-10), dating back to the 2019 season. The Huskies have spent a total of 131 weeks in the AVCA Top 20/25 Poll in program history, including 59 weeks in the Top 10.

SERIES HISTORY
St. Cloud State Volleyball is 60-53 all-time against Minnesota State and have won three in a row against the Mavericks. The Huskies are 22-8 all-time against Minnesota Crookston and are on an eight game win streak.

HOME SWEET HALENBECK
SCSU Volleyball has enjoyed tremendous success in the friendly confines of Halenbeck Hall, going 41-8 (.837) at home since 2019 while winning 44 of its last 51 home matches.

NSIC WEEKLY AWARDS
Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the second straight week on Monday. The honor is the ninth of Foley's career and second of the season.

Foley led the NSIC in kills (67), kills/set (5.15), points (71.5) and points/set (5.50) while also averaging 3.77 digs/set at the UP North Tournament. She posted a double-double in all three matches (16 kills/13 digs, 32 kills/22 digs and 19 kills/14 digs). Her 32-kill performance sits atop the conference leaderboard for the season (by nine) and tied the program single match record/her career high. It was also her third career match sending down 30+ kills.

UP NORTH TOURNAMENT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Foley and redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) were named to the UP North Tournament All-Tournament Team. Thompson sent down 13+ kills in every match including a career-high 20 in a win over #20 Michigan Tech. She also continued her extremely efficient start to the season, hitting .385.

PROGRAM LEADERBOARD STANDINGS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.)
- No. 7 in career assists (two more until No. 6)
- 185 more assists until 3,00 for her career
- 56 more digs until 500 for her career
- 30 more aces until 100 for her career
Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa)
- No. 2 in career kills (43 more until No. 1)
- No. 2 in career double-digit kill matches (seven more until No. 1)
- No. 2 in career double-doubles (eight more until No. 1)
- No. 3 in career points (31.0 more until No. 2)
- No. 4 in career attacks (177 more until No. 3)
- No. 7 in career digs (151 more until No. 6)
- One more ace until 100 for her career
- Nine more total blocks until 200 for her career
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.)
- No. 10 in career digs (28 more until No. 9)
Redshirt junior middle blocker Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.)
- 10 more total blocks until 200 for her career

The 2024 Huskies Volleyball Season Ticket Package is available now and can be purchased/renewed for $70/seat on SCSUTickets.com or by calling 320-308-2137. The package includes a general admission ticket to each of the 10 regular season home matches.

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