No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Beats (RV) Central Washington in Five-Setter to Close Western Washington Invitational

Saturday, September 6

WECU Court at Carver Gym • Bellingham, Wash.

1 p.m.

St. Cloud State

2-2,0-0NSIC

Central Washington

2-1,0-0Great Northwest

St. Cloud St.

Central Wash.

Photo by: Jeff Evans/Western Washington Athletics Communications

No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball Beats (RV) Central Washington in Five-Setter to Close Western Washington Invitational

9/6/2025 5:11:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies post several top 10 single match program bests in thrilling five set match, return to Minnesota 2-2

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Volleyball (2-2 overall, 0-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) earned a thrilling five-set win over (RV) Central Washington (2-1, 0-0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) in its final match at the Western Washington Invitational on Saturday afternoon at WECU Gym at Carver Gym in Bellingham. The Huskies took down CWU, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21, 27-29, 15-9.

TOP HUSKIES

Sophomore setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – 73 assists, nine digs, six block assists and five kills
Redshirt sophomore outside hitter/opposite Abby Wachal (Lincoln, Neb.) – 23-kill (.391 hitting %), 17-dig double-double
Redshirt senior middle blocker Ella Thompson (Lakeville, Minn.) – 21 kills and seven block assists
Freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Emery Thury (Watertown, S.D.) – 14 kills, nine digs and four aces
Sophomore libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) – 26 digs

QUOTABLE – St. Cloud State head coach Chad Braegelmann
"Today's match was crazy. It was so fun to see a bunch of younger players get opportunities and step up and play some great Husky Volleyball. When we play in these tournaments and have three matches in four days, it is so hard on the body, so we go in knowing that we probably will not play the same lineup all four matches. So today we made quite a few changes, and I thought those players really took advantage of their opportunities."

"Central Washington won its conference last year and is a perennially ranked team. They have a couple of fantastic attackers, and their left-handed opposite hitter can really give teams fits. We were so much better blocking today than we were the first two days, and our defense was able to set up better around it and do a much better job transitioning and getting kills."

"Our 82 kills are a record during my tenure at St Cloud State – Braya did a fantastic job running the offense in her first collegiate start, and Abby and Ella specifically offensively were very solid today with their point scoring. Overall, it was a solid weekend where we learned a lot about ourselves and gained valuable experience."

NOTABLES

SCSU moves to 1-2 all-time against Central Washington 1-1 against the Wildcats in neutral court matchups.
The Huskies are now and 2-1 against teams ranked/receiving votes in the AVCA Poll this season and 1-1 in neutral court games.
SCSU posted new all-time single match program top-10 bests in assists (79, No. 1) and kills (82, No. 6).
SCSU led the match in points (102-67), kills (82-50), hitting percentage (.246-.194), aces (8-2), assists (79-44) and digs (77-70) CWU led the game in blocks (15-12).
LaPlant's 73 assists are tied for the second most ever by a Husky in a single match. She set new single match career bests in assists, digs (nine), block assists (six) and kills (five).
Wachal posted new career bests in kills (23), digs (17) and block assists (three).
Thompson is now tied for 10^th in career 20+ kill matches with four.
Thury recorded new career bests in kills (14) and aces (four).
Hamann's 26 digs were a new single match career best.
Redshirt freshman opposite Mollie Hobson (McHenry, Ill.) sent down a career-high 10 kills.

UP NEXT
The Huskies return to Minnesota when they host the 2025 UP North Tournament from Thursday, Sept. 11 to Saturday, Sept. 13 at Halenbeck Hall. SCSU will play four matches over the three days. Links to each coverage option can be found on the St. Cloud State Volleyball schedule page.

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