WAYNE, Neb. -- The Minnesota State volleyball team (10-16, 8-10 NSIC) lost to Wayne State (26-2, 17-1 NSIC) 3-1 on Saturday, with set scores of 17-25, 25-21, 15-25, 22-25. The Mavericks finished with 46 kills and a .147 hitting percentage, compared with 59 kills and a .304 percentage for Wayne State.
Avery Rosenberg led Minnesota State with 13 kills and 15.5 points, hit .407 and added four blocks.
Jadyn Lester finished with 34 assists and 13 digs.
Avery Klein recorded 10 kills, two service aces, six digs and three blocks.
Addison Foor served three aces and added 10 digs and six kills.
SET ONE
The Wildcats broke a 2-2 tie with four straight points, using Molly Romano's serve, kills by Mattie Kamery and Delaney Miller and a block by Mia Berg and Kamery to move in front 6-2. Minnesota State got a block from Rosenberg and later kills from Klein and Foor to stay within 8-5, but Wayne State continued to answer and built the margin to 16-10. Kills by Rosenberg and Klein, along with a
Kyla Klein service ace, helped the Mavericks reach 14-19, but Wayne St. (NE) pushed the set to 24-16 on a Berg-Delaney Miller block. Rosenberg added a late kill before Berg finished the opening set for Wayne State, 25-17.
SET TWO
Foor served back-to-back aces to pull Minnesota State even and ahead at 4-3, and after Wayne State tied the second set
, Lily Riese's kill started a seven-point Mavericks run that included a
Kaelyn Wieland ace and a block by Riese and
Olivia Sturgis for an 11-4 lead. The Wildcats cut the margin to 12-11 behind kills from Mia Berg and Chloe Hanel, a Borner ace and Minnesota State attack errors, but the Mavericks stayed in front with kills from Foor, Rosenberg and
Avery Klein while Foor added another ace for an 18-14 advantage. Minnesota State moved to set point at 24-17 on kills by Sturgis and Riese and an
Avery Klein ace, then held off four straight Wayne State points before a bad set closed the set 25-21.
SET THREE
Minnesota State scored the first two points of the third set, including a Rosenberg kill from Lester, but the Wildcats answered to move in front 6-3.
Avery Klein and Foor kills helped the Mavericks get back within 6-5, before Wayne State used kills from Delaney Miller, Mia Berg, Chloe Hanel and Mattie Kamery to build its advantage to 14-8. Rosenberg stopped that stretch with a kill, but WSU won the next four points to extend the margin to 18-9. The Mavericks added late points on a Sturgis block, a Riese kill and another Sturgis kill, but Wayne State closed the set 25-15 on a Channatee Robles kill.
SET FOUR
Minnesota State recovered from a 3-1 deficit in the fourth set with kills by Sturgis and Riese and two Wildcat attack errors involving
Avery Klein at the block, moving in front 6-4. WSU later used kills by Channatee Robles and Chloe Hanel to go from a 9-9 tie to a 12-9 lead, but the Mavericks got back even at 14-14 on kills by Klein and Sturgis. After the Wildcats moved back ahead 15-14, Klein tied the set with a kill and added consecutive kills during Wieland's service turn before blocks by Riese and Rosenberg and by Klein and Rosenberg pushed Minnesota State to a 19-15 lead. Wayne State pulled even at 21-21, the Mavericks went back ahead on
Addison Foor's kill at 22-21, and the Wildcats scored the final four points to take the set 25-22.
Up next, the Minnesota State volleyball team hosts Southwest Minnesota State on Friday at 6 p.m. at Taylor Center in Mankato, Minn.
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