No. 14 St. Cloud State Volleyball’s Season Ends After Four-Set Battle Against No. 23 Minnesota Duluth in NSIC Tournament Championship

Saturday, November 14

Rice Arena • Wayne, Neb.

4 p.m.

St. Cloud State

23-9,14-6NSIC

(6) #23 Minnesota Duluth

24-7,14-6NSIC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Minn. Duluth	29	25	25	25	3
St. Cloud St.	31	17	16	21	1

team huddle vs. Minnesota Duluth NSICTC 11-14-26

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

11/14/2026 11:44:00 PM | Volleyball

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Huskies move to 4-3 in NSIC Tournament Championship matches, program record six-season NCAA Tournament streak ends

WAYNE, Neb. – No. 14 St. Cloud State Volleyball (23-9 overall, 14-6 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) had its season end after dropping a four-set battle against No. 23 Minnesota Duluth (24-7, 14-6 NSIC) in the NSIC Tournament Championship on Saturday at Rice Arena in Wayne. The No. 6 seed Bulldogs took the match 29-31, 25-17, 25-16 and 25-21 over the No. 5 seed Huskies, ending SCSU's program record stretch of making six straight NCAA Tournaments. It was the Huskies seventh straight championship and they moved to to 4-3 all-time in those matches.

Senior outside hitter Shelby Kimm (North Liberty, Iowa) and junior setter Braya LaPlant (Grand Rapids, Minn.) were named to the NSIC All-Tournament team for their outstanding performances over the three tournament matches.

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TOP HUSKIES

Kimm – 16-dig, 14-kill double-double on .308 hitting
Senior middle blocker Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) – 12 kills on 19 swings (.474 hitting percentage)
LaPlant – 40 assists and two aces
Junior libero Laurin Hamann (Manitowoc, Wis.) – 13 digs

NOTABLES

SCSU moved to 47-83 (.362) all-time against Minnesota Duluth and 6-4 against the Bulldogs in the last 10 meetings. UMD snapped the Huskies four-match win streak and improved to 36-25 (.590) against SCSU all-time in neutral site matches. It was the team's first matchup in the NSIC Tournament.
The Huskies moved to 18-3 (.857) all-time in NSIC Tournament matches and 4-3 in championship matches.
SCSU moved to 5-2 in neutral site matches, 2-4 in four-set matches and 5-7 against teams ranked/receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DII National Poll this season.
UMD led the match in points (85-57), kills (64-47), aces (9-2), blocks (12-8), assists (62-45) and digs (57-46).
The Huskies 47 kills and 45 assists were the fifth most in a four-set match this season.
SCSU's program record six-year NCAA Tournament appearance streak came to an end.
Kimm was named to the NSIC All-Tournament team for the third consecutive season. She posted her 14^th double-double of the season (second consecutive) and the 33^rd of her career. It was her 17^th match (second straight) with 10+ kills and 21^st (seventh consecutive) with double-digit kills
Bruskiewicz sent down 10+ kills for the fifth time this season.
LaPlant was named to the All-NSIC Tournament Team for the second consecutive season. She posted her 15^th match with 40+ assists this season.
Hamann recorded 10+ digs in 29 of 32 matches this season.
Senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Abby Wachal (Lincoln, Neb.) contributed nine digs.
Junior middle blocker Kinsey Mohwinkle (Aplington, Iowa) tallied seven kills, one solo block and four block assists.

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