Maverick Volleyballers Travel to #18 Wayne State and Augustana

10/20/2009 9:59:40 AM

A look Ahead: The Minnesota State volleyball squad (21-3 and 11-1 NSIC) will continue Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference competition this week when they hit the road to face fellow NSIC members Wayne State and Augustana. The Mavericks open the week up on Friday night, 7:00 p.m., when they travel to Wayne, Neb. to take on # 18 Wayne State. MSU wraps the week up against Augustana Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Mavericks Last Action: To start the week off, the Minnesota State Mavericks played host to first ranked Concordia University and were shutout in three sets. MSU was defeated by scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-20. With the loss, the Mavericks end their best winning streak since 1993, earning 12 straight victories.

Individually, freshman outside hitter Chelsea Fogarty (Bell Plaine, Minn.) led the Mavericks in kills with eight. Senior right-side hitter Ally Kwikkel (Waverly, Iowa) and junior outside hitter Amanda Beekman (Marshall, Minn.) each tallied seven kills. Junior middle blocker Kimber Kuhl (Chaska, Minn.) tallied five kills and a team leading .444 hitting percentage. Sophomore setter Brittany Stamer (Hutchinson, Minn.) earned a team best 39 assists.

Defensively, sophomore defensive specialist Alli Rice (Owatonna, Minn.) led the team in digs, earning 15; Stamer tallied nine.

Saturday, the Mavericks bounced back with a 3-0 shutout over the St. Cloud State Huskies after first loss in 12 matches last evening. The Mavericks earned the shutout by scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 25-22.

Junior outside hitter and Maverick kills leader Amanda Beekman earned a team best 14 kills on 27 attempts giving her a team best .519 hitting percentage. Senior right-side hitter Ally Kwikkel also participated in the attack earning 11 kills. Setting up the hitters again was Sophomore setter Brittany Stamer who earned 39 assists in the shutout.

Besides attacking the net on offense, Beekman also protected the net on defense earning a team-high six blocks. Teammates junior middle blocker Amanda Thompson (Stewartville, Minn.) and Kwikkel also joined in on the block party earning five and four, respectively. Freshman defensive specialist Samantha Dale (Alexandria, Minn.) earned a team high 15 digs filling in for the injured Alli Rice.

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