Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University volleyball team hits the road this weekend for a pair of matches in Minnesota. The Wolves will face-off against Minnesota State Friday at 7 p.m., and then travel to face No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
 
The No. 13 Northern State University Wolves went 2-1 a week ago, with victories over MSU Moorhead and Upper Iowa. Northern hit .218 with 55 kills, 49 assists, 78 digs, six aces, and five blocks in their 3-1 win over the Dragons. NSU hit .154 with 34 kills, 32 assists, 49 digs, one ace, and three blocks in their 3-0 loss to the Warriors. The Wolves hit. 252 with 52 kills, 50 assists, 84 digs, three aces, and three blocks in their sweep of the Peacocks.
 
The Wolves are hitting .245 as a team while averaging 13.3 kills, 12.7 assists, 16.5 digs, 1.5 service aces. And 1.8 blocks per set. Holly Vancura leads the team with 247 kills, while Tori Biach is hitting a team leading .394 this season. Redshirt freshman Ashley Rozell is nearing 1,000 season assists with 928 total. She is third in the NSIC and the nation averaging 12.05 assists per set. Jaiden Langlie has a team leading 282 digs this season, followed by Vancura, while Biach leads the team with 71 blocks.
 
About Minnesota State
- The Mavericks enter the weekend with an 11-11 record overall and 5-9 mark in Northern Sun play
- Minnesota State is hitting .199 as a team, while averaging 12.4 kills, 11.7 assists, 15.3 digs, 1.1 service aces, and 1.9 blocks per set this season
- Krista Hassing has a team leading 303 kills this season, hitting a top mark of .345
- Autumn Risch has paced the Northern offense with 849 total assists, averaging 10.23 per set
- Haley Fogarty leads the MSU defense with 374 total digs, while Hassing has 77 blocks
- MSU is led by head coach Lori Rittenhouse-Wollmuth in her second season with the program
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves took down the Mavericks 3-0 from Wachs Arena in 2015, one night after defeating the No. 1 Golden Bears
- Tori Biach led the team with nine kills, while Kellie Schmit hit a team leading .556
- Northern hit .318 as a team with 37 kills, while holding the Mavericks to a .021 mark with 24 kills
 
About No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul
- The Golden Bears enter the weekend with a 20-2 record overall and 12-2 mark in the NSIC
- CSP is hitting .325 as a team, averaging 14.6 kills, 13.9 assists, 15.9 digs, 1.7 service aces, and 2.1 blocks per set
- Anna Schlaak and Riley Hanson lead the team with 253 and 220 kills this season, while Hanson hitting a team leading .433
- Kasey Williams has 846 assists this season, averaging a league and national second best of 12.09 per set
- Emily McDonough leads the defense with 328 digs, while Emma Lange has a team leading 60 blocks
- Concordia is led by head coach Brad Starkey in his 14^th season with the program, where he holds a career record of 430-44 in the first 13
 
Earlier this Season
- The Wolves fell to the Golden Bears in three sets from St. Paul on the opening weekend of play
- Holly Vancura led the team with six kills, while Tori Biach, Jenna Reiff, and Kellie Schmit each tallied five
- CSP hit .554 as a team with 49 kills and just three errors and three players in double-digit kills for the day