MANKATO, Minn. -- The Minnesota State volleyball team (11-17, 9-11 NSIC) ended their season against Sioux Falls (10-18, 6-14 NSIC) with a 3-0 victory on Saturday at Taylor Center after turning a 9-13 first-set deficit into a 15-13 lead. The Mavericks finished with 41 kills and a .306 hitting percentage, adding 14 service aces while holding Sioux Falls to .181 on Senior Day.
Avery Klein led MSU with 10 kills while hitting .526 and adding five digs.
Jadyn Lester finished with 31 assists, four service aces and five digs.
Kaelyn Wieland recorded a season-high eight service aces on 19 attempts.
Avery Rosenberg added seven kills on a .400 hitting percentage and collected five total blocks.
SET ONE
MSU turned an early 2-1 deficit into a 6-3 lead, with Wieland serving two aces and
Olivia Sturgis adding a kill during the stretch. Sioux Falls moved back in front and built a 12-7 advantage behind Kyleigh Tangen's serve, but the Mavericks came back from 13-9 to tie the set at 13-13 before
Morgan Bjella's ace and a
Kyla Klein kill made it 15-13. After Sioux Falls pulled within 15-14, Rosenberg's kill gave MSU the serve back, and Lester served six straight points as the lead grew to 22-14. Rosenberg later put MSU at set point with a kill, and Wieland's ace closed the opening set 25-17.
SET TWO
After Sioux Falls scored first,
Addison Foor's kill tied the set and Lester served MSU through five straight points, including her ace and kills from
Avery Klein and Rosenberg, for a 6-1 lead. The Mavericks kept the margin at 12-8 on a Sioux Falls attack error, but Sioux Falls won the next four points on an MSU service error, a
Kyla Klein attack error, an Aubrey Gates kill and a Maci Lerseth ace to tie it 12-12. Foor's kill put MSU back ahead 13-12, and after Haley Wolfe tied it at 13-13, the Mavericks moved back in front on Rosenberg and Foor block and later stretched the lead to 20-15 with back-to-back Wieland aces. Sioux Falls cut the deficit to 23-20 with three straight points, but
Kyla Klein's kill made it 24-20 and, after a service error, Lester's block on Wolfe's attack ended the set at 25-21.
SET THREE
After Sioux Falls moved in front 4-1 in an opening stretch that included two kills by Tangen, MSU put together five straight points, getting two kills from Sturgis, two from
Lily Riese and a Wieland ace to go ahead 6-4. Sioux Falls answered with three straight points to lead 7-6, and the set stayed close through a 15-15 tie before a service error returned the serve to the Mavericks. Wieland followed with consecutive aces, a Sioux Falls attack error and a Riese kill pushed MSU to 20-15, and Lester's kill and Bjella's ace later made it 24-19 before Rosenberg finished the set with a kill for a 25-20 win.
The Mavericks end their 2026 season with a 11-17 record, going 9-11 against NSIC opponents.
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