Mankato, Minn. --- The Minnesota State volleyball team continues with another week end of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matches. The Mavericks play at home Friday at 6:00 p.m. against Minnesota Duluth and Saturday against St. Cloud State at 2:00 p.m.

Minnesota State is 6-13 and 5-6 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Mavericks picked up two wins last weekend downing Minnesota Crookston 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-4) and Bemidji State 3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-22). The Mavericks won four out of their last five matches.

About the Mavericks: Junior Sophie Tietz leads the Mavericks with 162 kills. Sophomore Brooke Bolwerk leads on assists with a total of 449. Senior Brenna Hesse is leading the Mavericks with 157 digs. Sophomore Kiya Durant leads the team with 76 blocks.

Minnesota State averages 12.1 kills and 15.6 digs per set. Junior Sophie Tietz recorded a total of 22 kills hitting a .291 percentage, added nine aces, 11 blocks and three assists for the Mavericks last weekend. Sophomore Brooke Bolwerk had 81 assists, added 3 aces, four blocks and 15 digs for the Mavericks. Also, sophomore Toryn Richards had a remarkable performance with 26 kills hitting a .238 percentage, added two aces and two block assists.

About the Bulldogs: #2 Minnesota Duluth stands second in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference following the seventh week of competition. The Bulldogs are 10-1 in conference play and have an overall record of 18-1.

Cianna Selbitschka is leading Minnesota Duluth with a total of 214 kills. Kaylyn Madison has recorded 281 digs since the start of the season. Madison Gorgon leads the team with 765 assists.

Head coach of Minnesota Duluth Jim Boos has been coaching since 2002.

About the Huskies: #5 St. Cloud State stands fifth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference following the seventh week of competition. The Huskies are 8-3 in conference play and have an overall record of 16-3.

Kenzie Foley leads St. Cloud State with 256 kills. Emma Berran has recorded 656 assists since the start of the season. Keely Kurschner is leading the Huskies with 246 digs.

St. Cloud State is coached by Chad Braegelmann who is in his eight season as a head coach for the Huskies.


Coming Up: Minnesota State continues its season playing at home Oct. 20th against Winona State at 6:00 p.m., then hit the road Oct. 22th against St. Cloud State at 5:00 p.m and Oct. 25th against Concordia-St. Paul. 




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