Hot hitting St. Cloud State posted a .300 attack percentage and forced 22 Wayne State attack errors as the 23
rd-ranked Huskies downed the 5
th-ranked Wildcats in Northern Sun Conference volleyball Saturday afternoon in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Scores of the match were 25-11, 25-20, 18-25, 25-18. WSC slips to 7-2 and 1-1 in the league while SCSU is now 6-3 and 2-0 in NSIC contests.
The 'Cats got off to a slow start in the first set that was dominated by the host Huskies. St. Cloud State forced 10 WSC attack errors that included seven blocks, holding the Wildcats to a -.061 attack percentage.
St. Cloud State, meanwhile, hit a sizzling .462 in the opening set with 13 kills and just one error on 26 attacks.
Wayne State hit much better in the second set, .314 with 13 kills and just two errors, but the host Huskies produced 18 kills and a .368 hitting percentage to out-duel the Wildcats for a 25-20 set win.
The Wildcats gained some momentum back in the third set as WSC recorded six blocks and held the host Huskies to a .000 attack percentage as Wayne State recorded a 25-18 set win.
Maggie Brahmer had four kills in six attacks to pace WSC in the set win followed by Jaz DeHaan with three kills.
But the hot-hitting Huskies came back in the fourth set and notched a .400 attack percentage with 18 kills and just two attack errors to put away the Wildcats 25-18 in the fourth set for a 3-1 match win.
St. Cloud State finished the match hitting .300 with 57 kills while WSC posted a .181 attack percentage with 48 kills. The Huskies held a 68-56 edge in digs over the Wildcats and had eight service aces to just one for WSC. St. Cloud State also had a 14-10 advantage in blocks over the Wildcats.
Freshman outside hitter Jaz DeHaan led WSC in hitting with 15 kills followed by
Kelsie Cada and Brahmer with nine apiece. Libero
Alaina Wolff had 17 digs followed by Cada with 12 and
Jessie Brandl 11 and sophomore setter
Rachel Walker was credited with 34 set assists.
The Wildcats will play their first home match of the season Tuesday evening hosting the University of Sioux Falls in a 6 p.m. match at Rice Auditorium.