ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The Northern State volleyball team dropped a heart-breaker to St. Cloud State by a score of 3-2 Saturday in front of 318 people at Hallenback Hall in St. Cloud, Minnesota on the campus of St. Cloud State University.  Set scores for the match were 27-25, 24-26, 23-25, 25-19, and 12-15. 

With the loss, the Wolves fall to 13-11 overall and 4-10 in the NSIC.  The Huskies improve to 6-16 overall and 4-10 in the NSIC.

The Wolves' offense was led by freshman Claire Kopfmann who recorded a career-high 15 kills on a .268 hitting percentage to lead the Northern front-line.  Kopfmann's previous career-high was six kills, set against the University of Hawaii-Hilo in the Montana State-Billings Tournament earlier this season.  Becka Meiser had 13 kills and recorded 15 digs, the latter a new career-high for her.  Kayla Ysteboe continued her scoring prowess of late, clobbering 14 kills, second-most on the team. 

Megan Gilbraith once again paced the offense with 48 assists, and also added three kills, 13 digs, and 2 block-assists during the match.  Stephanie Nygaard led the defense with 30 digs, and Melanie Perez tied Meiser for second on the team with 15 digs.  Freshman Katie Stoley set a career-high with 10 digs during the match.

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The Wolves are next in action on Halloween night, October 31st, when they take on the Dragons of MSU-Moorhead in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Northern State is a NCAA Division-II member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

**GO WOLVES**