LaPlant Named NSIC Setter of the Week for Second Consecutive Week

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – St. Cloud State Volleyball junior setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Setter of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday. It is LaPlant's second straight weekly honor and the fourth of her career. She is the lone Husky to have earned a weekly award this season.

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The junior setter ranked No. 2 among NSIC setters in assists/set (13.17) and contributed 2.00 digs/set. She helped guide the SCSU offense to a league-leading 16.17 kills/set on .306 hitting. Among all Division-II players during the week, she ranked No. 5 in assists per set while the Huskies were No. 5 and No. 26 in kills/set and hitting percentage respectively.

The Grand Rapids, Minnesota native recorded a match-high 44 assists and seven digs in SCSU's road sweep of Bemidji State on Friday. Her 44 assists were the second most in a three set match across the conference. In the Huskies road sweep of No. 14 Minnesota Duluth, she tallied a match-high 35 assists and five digs. On Friday, she became just the 10^th player in program history to surpass 2,000 career assists.

SCSU went 2-0 during the week, posting road sweeps of Bemidji State and No. 14 Minnesota Duluth.

As of October 11, LaPlant ranks No. 3 in assists/set (11.16) and No. 24 in assists (692) among all D-II setters. Among NSIC setters, she ranks second in assists/set and fifth in total assists.

The Huskies conclude their four-match road trip this weekend when they travel to play Northern State (13-6, 8-3 NSIC) and Jamestown (14-5, 7-4 NSIC). First serve from Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, South Dakota is slated for 6 p.m. on Friday, while Saturday's match at Harold Newman Arena in Jamestown, North Dakota is scheduled for 2 p.m. Links to each coverage option will be available on the St. Cloud State Volleyball match day central and schedule page.

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