No. 10 St. Cloud State Volleyball Falls to No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona in 2024 Season Opener

Thursday, September 5

Coussoulis Arena • San Bernardino, Calif.

2 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

0-1,0-0NSIC

Cal Poly Pomona

1-0,0-0CCAA

St. Cloud St.

Cal Poly Pomona

No. 10 St. Cloud State Volleyball Falls to No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona in 2024 Season Opener

9/5/2024 6:57:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Foley records 16-kill, 14-dig double-double while Thompson adds 11 kills on .526 hitting in her Husky debut

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Volleyball (0-1, 0-0 NSIC) dropped its debut match of the 2024 season in straight sets (25-18, 25-20, 25-21) to No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon at Coussoulis Arena in San Bernardino, Calif. Fifth-year outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) led the Huskies with a 16-kill, 14-dig double double while redshirt junior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) produced 11 kills on .526 hitting in her SCSU debut.

St. Cloud State outkilled the Broncos (1-0, 0-0 CCAA) 45-39, but were hampered by errors, posting 36 while CPP only committed 14. Cal Poly Pomona also dominated the Huskies at the net, totaling 11 blocks, to SCSU's 5.

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann

"We played a very experienced and talented team that was fantastic defensively and really limited their errors. We outkilled them offensively but gave away too many points. They served us tough and got us out of system - we were much better in the third set. We learned a lot today and we still have to get better defensively - but that is why we play top teams."

NOTABLES

SCSU falls to 0-1 all-time against Cal Poly Pomona.
First season-opening loss since 2018 (also lost in straight sets).
Foley's 16 kills (tie) and 14 digs led all players. She was the lone player in the game to record a solo block and was a perfect 14-of-14 in serve-receive. Foley recorded her 60^th career double-double and 85^th career match with 10+ kills.
Thompson posted the second most kills for the Huskies and was the most efficient, hitting .526.
Senior libero Keely Kurschner (Maplewood, Minn.) tallied the second most digs in the game (10).
Junior setter Emma Berran (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) recorded 27 assists, two kills, two digs and two block assists.
Freshman setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) dished out nine assists in her first collegiate match, seeing action in the second and third sets.
sophomore middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) and sophomore outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) each sent down six kills. Kimm added eight digs and the team's lone service ace.
Thompson and LaPlant made their SCSU debuts.

UP NEXT
The Huskies continue their Yotes Classix Showdown slate with two matches on Friday. SCSU plays No. 12 Chaminade (Hawaii) at 2 p.m. CT and tournament host Cal State San Bernardino at 9:30 p.m. CT. Links to each coverage option are listed below and are also available on the SCSU Volleyball schedule page.

vs. #12 Chaminade (Hawaii) – Friday, Sept. 6 / 2 p.m. CT / Livestream / Live Stats
@ #8 Cal State San Bernardino – Friday, Sept. 6 / 9:30 p.m. CT / Livestream ($) / Live Stats

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