No. 16 St. Cloud State Volleyball Takes Down UMary in Straight Sets, Sweeps Opening Weekend of NSIC Play

Saturday, September 20

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

7-3,2-0NSIC

UMary

3-7,0-2NSIC

Mary

St. Cloud St.

Braya LaPlant sets Ella Thompson vs. Adelphi 9-11-25

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

No. 16 St. Cloud State Volleyball Takes Down UMary in Straight Sets, Sweeps Opening Weekend of NSIC Play

9/20/2025 5:47:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies use balanced attack again in second consecutive sweep

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 16 St. Cloud State Volleyball (7-3 overall, 2-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) finished its opening weekend of conference play with another sweep on Saturday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall. The Huskies beat UMary (3-7, 0-2 NSIC) in straight sets, 25-18, 25-19, 25-12.

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TOP HUSKIES

Sophomore setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – 33-assists, 10-dig double-double
Graduate middle blocker Sam Zimmerman (Moorhead, Minn.) – 11 kills on 17 attempts (.647 hitting %), five block assists and four aces
Junior outside hitter/opposite Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) – nine kills and nine digs
Senior middle blocker Emilie Planert (De Pere, Wis.) – seven kills and six block assists

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"I thought it was another really nice overall offensive performance from the Huskies today. We served super aggressive but was a little disappointed again with our number of service errors, but between our defensive effort and our blocking effort we were able to make up for it. UMary did a really nice job of extending some rallies, and they had a bunch of hitters put some pace on the ball offensively that put us in some uncomfortable spots. I liked our effort overall, and we're in a great spot starting out the conference schedule with two wins."

NOTABLES

SCSU improves to 20-6 all-time against UMary and 11-1 against the Mauraders in St. Cloud. The Huskies have beaten UMary in 11 straight matches.
The Huskies improve to 5-1 at home this season and earned their 6^th sweep.
SCSU led the match in points (60-33), kills (45-25), hitting percentage (.354-.077), aces (7-4), blocks (8-4), assists (41-23) and digs (42-31).
LaPlant posted her second career double-double and tied her career-high in digs (10).
Zimmerman posted a new career high in aces (four) and tied her season best for kills in a match (seven).
Planert tied her career best in kills (seven).
Sophomore libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) recorded 11 digs.

UP NEXT
The Huskies play three road matches next week – at Minnesota State on Tuesday (6 p.m.) and on the road at Jamestown on Friday (6 p.m.) and Northern State on Saturday (2 p.m.). Links to each coverage option can be found on the St. Cloud State Volleyball schedule page.

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