No. 13 St. Cloud State Volleyball Extends Perfect Start to NSIC Play, Knocks Off Sioux Falls in Four Sets

Saturday, October 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

12-3,7-0NSIC

Sioux Falls

9-6,4-3NSIC

Sioux Falls

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

No. 13 St. Cloud State Volleyball Extends Perfect Start to NSIC Play, Knocks Off Sioux Falls in Four Sets

10/4/2025 5:22:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Kimm and Wachal post double-doubles in Huskies seventh straight win

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 13 St. Cloud State Volleyball (12-3, 7-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) completed a weekend sweep after defeating Sioux Falls (9-6, 4-3 NSIC) in four sets on Saturday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall. After dropping the first set, 20-25 the Huskies responded by winning the next three, 25-18, 25-20 and 25-19.

For the second consecutive season and the fourth time in program history, the Huskies are off to a 7-0 start to conference play.

TOP HUSKIES

Junior outside hitter/opposite Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – 19-kill, 18-dig double-double
Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Abby Wachal (Lincoln, Neb.) – 13-kill, 11-dig double-double
Sophomore setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – 44 assists, eight digs and five aces

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"I was very impressed with our serving tonight. I thought we put good pace on the ball and served aggressively into the seams while mixing in a couple of toe serves, and some really deep endline serves. Attacking wise, we made way too many errors. We hit 15 balls into the net or out of bounds which is not a recipe for success, but we blocked fairly well, and we were able to do enough damage offensively that we ended up being successful in the long run. Set number one had to be one of the highest error sets we've had in a long time. By our scoring, we had 17 errors in the first set – you're not going to win sets like that ever and certainly not in the NSIC. But again, we rebounded after a rough start, and then really had pretty good control of the next three sets overall."

NOTABLES

SCSU improves to 11-6 all-time against the Cougars which includes a 9-1 record in the last 10 matchups and an eight match winning streak. The Huskies are 7-2 all-time against USF in St. Cloud.
SCSU remained perfect in conference play, earning its seventh straight conference win to open the season. It is the second consecutive season and fourth time in program history that the Huksies are off to a 7-0 start to conference play.
The Huskies improve 7-1 at home this season and 2-2 in four set matches.
SCSU led the match in points (81-62), kills (60-50), hitting percentage (.232-.227), aces (13-5), blocks (8-7) and assists (51-45). USF led in digs (77-73).
Kimm's 19 kills were a new career high and her 47 attacks matched her career high mark, while her 18 digs were a season best. She posted her sixth double-double of the season (fifth consecutive). Kimm has contributed double-digit kills in nine matches (five straight) this season and 10+ digs in seven (five straight).
Wachal tied her career best in blocks (three) and block assists (three). She posted her fourth double-double of the season (second straight). She has recorded 10+ kills in five matches this season and double digit digs six times.
LaPlant's five aces tied her career high for the most in a single match.
Graduate opposite Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) recorded nine kills, four aces and four block assists. Her four aces tied her career high for a single match.
Redshirt senior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) tallied eight kills and six block assists.
Sophomore libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) contributed 18 digs and four assists.
Junior middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) sent down 10 kills.
Senior defensive specialist Emily Kern (Belgrade, Minn.) posted 11 digs.

UP NEXT
The Huskies travel to Augustana (8-6, 2-4 NSIC) and No. 9 Wayne State (13-2, 6-0 NSIC) next weekend. First serve against Augie on Friday is set for 6 p.m. at the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and 5 p.m. against Wayne State on Saturday at Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Nebraska. Links to each coverage option can be found on the St. Cloud State Volleyball schedule page.

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