No. 12 St. Cloud State Volleyball Wins Home Opener

Thursday, September 19

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:30 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

6-2,1-0NSIC

Minnesota State

8-1,0-1NSIC

Minnesota St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Calvin Larson - Michigan Tech Athletics

9/19/2024 10:58:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies take down (RV) Minnesota State in four to open Northern Sun play 1-0

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 12 St. Cloud State Volleyball (6-2, 1-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) beat (RV) Minnesota State in four sets (25-23, 25-15, 22-25, 25-15) on Thursday night at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud.

SCSU handed the Mavericks (8-1, 0-1 NSIC) their first loss of the season in its 2024 conference/home debut. The Huskies led MSU in points (79-51), kills (65-39), aces (5-0), assists (61-35) and digs (67-48). St. Cloud State's defense was strong, holding Minnesota State's offense to under 10 kills in the second and fourth set and the Mavs hit just .105 and -.129 in those sets. SCSU sent down at least 13 kills in every set including 20 on .349 hitting in the second set.

TOP HUSKIES

Fifth year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) – 19 kill, 13 dig double-double
Redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) – 17 kills on .375 hitting
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) – career high (tie) 23 digs
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) – 52 assists, six digs, four kills and three aces
Sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – season-high 14 kills and three block assists
Sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) - season-high 11 digs, six kills and two aces
Junior defensive specialist Emily Kern (Belgrade, Minn.) – season-high 12 digs

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"I was really proud of our women tonight, beating a previously undefeated team in four sets. I really loved the way we battled in the first set and came back to win. Between our defense and serving, we controlled the entire second set. I thought we did a great job hitting spots to get them out of system, so they couldn't run a fast offense. We battled in the third set, but just couldn't quite catch up after we got behind. I think we had four or five stuff blocks in the final set and that helped put things away, but overall, I was proud of our defensive effort tonight and it was a nice team win for us."

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 61-53 all-time against Minnesota State.
The Huskies have beat five teams ranked/receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25 poll this season.
The Huskies tallied three solo blocks in the match after only compiling six in the first seven matches.
Foley recorded her 67^th career double-double (eighth consecutive) and 92^nd career match with 10+ kills. She sent down the most kills in the match and tallied the second most digs in the match (tie).
Thompson recorded the second most kills in the match. She has posted 13+ kills in four straight matches and has posted double-digit kills in seven matches this season. She has hit .375 or better in all but one match this season.
Kurschner led the match in digs (23), tying her personal best. She has recorded 10+ digs in every match this season and 20+ in two.
Berran moved into the top five for career assists in just her 73^rd career match. Her 52 assists were a match high and were the second time she has dished out over 50 assists in a match this season.
Bruskiewicz's 14 kills were third most in the match. She has posted 10+ kills in six matches this season and 3+ block assists five times this season.
Kimm posted her first double-digit dig match of the season.
Kern set a new season-high in digs and was one of four Huskies with double-digit digs.

UP NEXT
The Huskies finish their first weekend of conference play against Minnesota Crookston on Saturday. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT from Lysaker Gymnasium in Crookston. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

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