Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 14 Northern State University volleyball team will return to Wachs Arena for their final home games of the regular season this Friday and Saturday. The Wolves will face the No. 4 Southwest Minnesota Mustangs at 7 p.m. on Friday, and match-up against Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the 2016 senior game.
 
The Wolves enter the weekend with a 16-8 record overall and 9-7 mark in league action, holding down the eighth seed in the league. Northern is hitting .248 this season, averaging 13.2 kills, 12.6 assists, 15.9 digs, 1.6 service aces, and 1.8 blocks per set. Holly Vancura has a team leading 260 kills, while Tori Biach is hitting at a team best .379 clip. Defensively the Wolves have three players over 300 digs this season, led by Vancura with 418. She is followed by Jaiden Langlie and Annika van Oosbree with 355 each. Biach also leads the team at the net with 81 blocks.
 
About the Mustangs
- Southwest Minnesota State enters the weekend with a 20-4 record overall and 14-2 mark in league action as they are tied for the conference lead with Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota Duluth
- The Mustangs are hitting .321 as a team, averaging 15.0 kills, 14.2 assists, 15.8 digs, 1.5 service aces, and 2.2 blocks per set
- Taylor Reiss leads the team with an NSIC best 410 kills, while Eisha Oden is hitting a team leading .420 this season
- Amber Messner leads the SMSU defense with 372 total digs, while Sarah Parker has a team leading 82 blocks
- Megan Larson paces the Mustangs offense and leads the league averaging 12.81 assists per set
- The Mustangs are led by Terry Culhane in his 13^th season with the program, notching a 312-87 career record in the first 12
 
Earlier this Season
- The Wolves fell to the Mustangs 3-0 in late September
- Kellie Schmit led the team with nine kills, while Tori Biach hit a team leading .364
- Jaiden Langlie led the defense with 12 digs
- The Mustangs hit .307 to the Wolves .184 mark and tallied 17 more kills
 
About the Cougars
- Sioux Falls enters the weekend 16-8 overall and 10-6 in league action and a seventh place standing in the NSIC
- The Cougars are hitting .245 this season, averaging 12.8 kills, 11.9 assists, 12.4 digs, 1.6 service aces, and 2.4 blocks per set this season
- Makenna Rockeman leads the team with 341 kills this season, while Lexi Scott is hitting a team leading .352
- Abby Folk is leading the Cougar defense with 316 total digs, while Jordan Calef has a team leading 106 blocks
- The Cougars are led by head coach Joel McCartney in his sixth season with the program where he has posted a record of 78-85 overall in the first five
 
Earlier this Season
- Northern fell to Sioux Falls 3-1 on the road on the first day of October
- Holly Vancura led the team with 11 kills
- Langlie tallied her second straight night with 12 digs
- The Wolves hit .088 in the match, while the Cougars hit at a .311 clip