No. 15 St. Cloud State Volleyball Caps Off Homecoming Weekend with Sweep of Minnesota Crookston

Saturday, October 3

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

12-5,6-3NSIC

Minnesota Crookston

3-14,1-8NSIC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Minn.-Crookston	14	20	14	0
St. Cloud St.	25	25	25	3

Laurin Hamann vs. Minnesota Crookston 10-3-26

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

No. 15 St. Cloud State Volleyball Caps Off Homecoming Weekend with Sweep of Minnesota Crookston

10/3/2026 6:31:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Huskies earn 10th sweep of the season using balanced attack against UMC

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 15 St. Cloud State Volleyball (12-5 overall, 6-3 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept Minnesota Crookston (3-14, 1-8 NSIC) to wrap up Homecoming on Saturday at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud. The Huskies took the match 25-14, 25-20 and 25-14.

TOP HUSKIES

Junior setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) – match-high 34 assists, five digs and match-high two aces
Junior outside hitter Emery Thury (Watertown, S.D.) – match-high 11 kills on 16 swings (.563 hitting percentage), six digs and three block assists
Junior libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) – match-high 13 digs
Junior outside hitter/opposite Carlie Willis (Grundy Center, Iowa) – nine kills on 16 swings (.500 hitting percentage)

NOTABLES

SCSU improved to 26-8 all-time against Minnesota Crookston and have won the last 12 matches in a row against the Golden Eagles. SCSU also improved to 10-3 all-time against UMC in St. Cloud.
The Huskies improved to 4-1 in home matches and 10-2 in three set matches.
St. Cloud State led the match in points (59-37), kills (46-27), aces (7-4), assists (45-26) and digs (45-38).Each team had six blocks.
The Huskies .378 team hitting percentage was the second best mark in a match this season.
LaPlant recorded 34+ assists for the 12^th time this season and 2+ aces for the sixth time.
Thury sent down double-digit kills for the second time this season and her six digs were a new season best. Her three block assists were a team-high and a new career high. Her three total blocks were a team high and tied her single match career best.
Hamann has posted 13+ digs in 14 of the 17 matches this season.
Willis contributed 9+ kills for the fourth straight match.
Senior outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) recorded seven digs and five kills in two sets.
Freshman middle blocker Alexis Heinle (Bismarck, N.D.) sent down five kills on nine swings (.556 hitting percentage) in two sets.
Freshman Izzy Keaveny (Waconia, Minn.) posted seven assists and three digs.
Senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Abby Wachal (Lincoln, Neb.) tallied six digs in two sets.
Senior middle blocker Hannah Bruskiwicz (Rogers, Minn.) contributed four kills in one set.
Junior opposite Mollie Hobson (McHenry, Ill.) tied for the match-high in aces with two.
Freshman opposite/outside hitter Audrey Rydell (Fargo, N.D.) tallied a career-high two kills in one set.
Freshman opposite/outside hitter Keira Nagle (Minneapolis, Minn.) made her collegiate debut.

UP NEXT
The Huskies hit the road next weekend to play Bemidji State (13-4, 5-4 NSIC) and No. 19 Minnesota Duluth (16-1, 9-0 NSIC). First serve from BSU Gymnasium in Bemidji on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m., while Saturday's match at Romano Gymnasium in Duluth is slated for 4 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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