No. 11 St. Cloud State Volleyball Advances to NSIC Tournament Semifinals After Sweeping No. 13 Southwest Minnesota State

Tuesday, November 18

St. Cloud, Minn.

6 p.m.

St. Cloud State

24-6,18-2NSIC

(6) #13 Southwest Minnesota State

21-7,14-6NSIC

Southwest Minn. St.

St. Cloud St.

huddle vs. Southwest Minnesota State NSICTQF 11-18-25

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

No. 11 St. Cloud State Volleyball Advances to NSIC Tournament Semifinals After Sweeping No. 13 Southwest Minnesota State

11/18/2025 9:29:00 PM | Volleyball

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Huskies advance to sixth consecutive tournament semifinals, finish 13-2 at home in 2025

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 11 St. Cloud State Volleyball (24-6, 18-2 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept No. 13 Southwest Minnesota State (21-7, 14-6 NSIC) in a NSIC Tournament Quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening at Halenbeck Hall. The third-seeded Huskies took the match 25-14, 25-21 and 25-12 over the sixth-seeded SMSU to advance to their sixth consecutive tournament semifinals.

TOP HUSKIES

Sophomore setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – 40-assist, 10 dig double-double and four block assists
Junior outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – 15-kill (.364 hitting percentage), 12-dig double-double and one solo block
Sophomore libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) – 17 digs and three aces

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"Really solid team effort tonight. Our defense was fantastic and offensively, we were efficient and really limited our attack errors. I thought we spread the ball around to a bunch of different attackers and it just a very complete volleyball match from the Huskies. We talk all season about playing our best volleyball at the end, and certainly tonight was one of those matches that you would put up and say this is one of the best matches we played all year."

NOTABLES

The Huskies improved to 29-28 all-time against Southwest Minnesota State and 8-2 in their last 10 matchups against the Mustangs. SCSU swept the season series and is on a three-match win streak. The Huskies are now 7-11 all-time against SMSU at Halenbeck Hall and 3-0 against the Mustangs in the NSIC tournament, after also earning quarterfinal sweeps in 2021 and 2022.
SCSU finished the season 13-2 at home and is 72-10 (.878) in its last 82 matches at Halenbeck Hall.
The Huskies are 18-2 in three set matches this season.
SCSU improved to 14-2 (.875) all-time in NSIC Tournament matches and 6-0 in quarterfinal matches, advancing to its sixth consecutive tournament semifinals.
SCSU led the match in points (62-35), kills (46-31), hitting percentage (.370 - .103), aces (8-2), blocks (8-2), assists (45-28) and digs (60-53).
The Huskies .370 hitting percentage was the third best mark of the season, their 45 assists were tied for the second most in a three-set match and their 60 digs were the second most in a three-set match.
LaPlant posted her seventh double-double of the season and first since Oct. 24 against Northern State. Her 40 assists were the third most in a three-set match this season.
Kimm recorded her 14^th double-double of the season (second consecutive). Her 15 kills were tied for the second most in a three-set match this season and her 16.0 points were tied for the fourth most in a three-set match
Hamann's 17 digs were the fifth most in a three set match this season.
Redshirt sophomore Abby Wachal (Lincoln, Neb.) tallied 12 digs and eight kills (.348 hitting percentage).
Graduate opposite Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) contributed nine kills (.391 hitting percentage) and four digs.
Redshirt senior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) posted eight kills on 15 swings (.400 hitting percentage) and three block assists
Senior middle blocker Emilie Planert (De Pere, Wis.) recorded five kills (.500 hitting percentage) and four block assists.

UP NEXT
The Huskies advanced to the NSIC Tournament Semifinals for the sixth consecutive season and will play second-seeded No. 2 Wayne State (27-3, 19-1 NSIC) on Friday evening at 5 p.m. at the Gangelhoff Center on the campus of Concordia-St. Paul in St. Paul. Links to each coverage option will be available on the St. Cloud State Volleyball schedule page*. Information regarding the tournament can be found at the NSIC Tournament Homepage.

*Note - The NSIC semifinals and championship will be streamed on the NSIC Network for a charge of $10 per match or $15 for a tournament pass. Fans are encouraged to purchase access prior to the match as an account will need to be set up in order to access the matches. FAQ and troubleshooting information is available on the NSIC Network Help page.

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