#9 Wayne State volleyball would be defeated in straight sets by the #11 Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears on the road. The set scores were 14-25, 21-25, 12-25. WSC moves to 13-3 and 6-1 in conference while CSP move to 11-3 and 7-0 in the NSIC.
            The first set was tight through, with CSP's largest lead early was 5-1 before the 'Cats tied it up at 8-8. The Golden Bears would then go on a large run and stretch their lead to 20-10. Wayne State would go on to score four more points before CSP took the set. The Golden Bears used eight blocks and a balanced attack to get ahead of the 'Cats early.
            Set two saw six ties and four lead changes as the two ranked squads battled back and forth. WSC had a 9-7 lead before CSP scored five unanswered points and forced a timeout. The Wildcats kept it close, cutting the lead down to three twice at the 14-17 mark and the 24-21 mark, but couldn't force the set into extras. Laney Kathol, Chloe Hanel, and Ella Myler each had three kills in the set.
            Concordia-St. Paul controlled the third set and jumped out to a 13-4 lead. WSC was able to claw back to make it 20-10. CSP would take the final set 25-15 and give the Wildcats their first conference loss.
            Freshman Mattie Kamery led the 'Cats with 6 kills followed by Channatee Robles and Hanel with five each. Molly Romano led with 12 digs followed up by Robles with 12 and Kamery's 10.
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            Wayne State will be back in Wayne, Neb. when they host Minnesota State on Friday, Oct. 10^th. Match is set to start at 6 p.m. in Rice Auditorium.