MANKATO, Minn. – The Minnesota State volleyball team (10-13, 8-7 NSIC) defeated UMary (4-19, 2-13 NSIC) 3-0 on Saturday, winning 25-12, 25-13, 25-19. The Mavericks hit .365 with 39 kills and four attack errors, holding UMary to a .112 hitting percentage.
Olivia Sturgis led the Mavericks with 11 kills and added six total blocks, including one solo block
. Jadyn Lester finished with 27 assists, eight digs, five kills on .556 hitting, two aces and three block assists.
Avery Klein recorded eight kills on .364 hitting, two aces and six digs.
Kaelyn Wieland tallied three service aces and added one dig.
SET ONE
The Mavericks scored the first three points of the opening set on a UMary attack error, a Lester service ace and an
Avery Rosenberg kill, then held a 6-3 edge after Klein's kill. The Mavericks pushed the lead to 10-3 with a four-point stretch that included a Sturgis kill and a block by Lester and Sturgis, and later moved ahead 18-8 after
Kaelyn Wieland's service ace. UMary scored the next two points, but the Mavericks answered with kills by Sturgis and
Lily Riese, reached set point on Lester's kill and closed the set 25-12 on a block by Lester and Rosenberg.
SET TWO
Rosenberg's kill, two UMary attack errors and a Lester ace put the Mavericks up 4-0, but The Maurauders answered with four straight points to tie the second set at 4-4. The Mavericks took seven of the next eight rallies to move ahead 11-5, with
Addison Foor, Klein, Rosenberg and Sturgis each recording kills during the stretch. Riese's kill made it 12-6, and Klein served four straight points, including two aces, to push the margin to 16-6. UMary scored three straight points to reach 16-9, but the Mavericks later used kills from Lester, Rosenberg,
Kyla Klein and Riese to close out the set 25-13.
SET THREE
After UMary led 3-2,
Avery Klein tied the third set with a kill, and Wieland served the Mavericks through seven straight service points as part of an 8-0 run to a 10-3 lead. The Mavericks kept the margin at 13-4 with a block by Klein and Sturgis, a Lester kill and a Riese kill before UMary answered with points from Gabrielle Reynolds and Ruby Rengo. UMary later cut the set to 19-15 behind kills from Reynolds and Holli Klettheimer, but the Mavericks reached set point at 24-17 on a Sturgis kill, and after two UMary points, Sturgis finished the set at 25-19.
Up next, the Mavericks host Concordia-St. Paul on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Taylor Center in Mankato, Minn.
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