Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 9 Northern State University volleyball team will host MSU Moorhead at 6 p.m. tomorrow evening. In conjunction with the game, NSU Athletics will host
'Trick or Treat with the Wolves'. All kids with a Halloween costume will be admitted free to the game, with trick or treating happening following the game.
The Wolves enter the match after a 2-0 home weekend against St. Cloud State and No. 4 Minnesota Duluth. The win over the Bulldogs gave the Wolves their fifth this season over a top-25 opponent. Northern is now 20-3 overall and 13-2 in the NSIC. NSU is hitting .294 this season, while averaging 13.7 kills, 12.9 assists, 16.0 digs, 2.0 blocks, and 1.5 aces per set.
Hailey Busch leads the team with 243 kills, averaging 4.12 per set, while
Laura Snyder is hitting a team leading .381 with a team second best 211 kills.
Ashley Rozell is averaging 11.75 assists per set, with 928 total on the year. She is also leading the team with 43 service aces.
Jaiden Langlie leads the Wolves defense with 316 digs, while
Jenna Reiff is leading the team at the net with 86 blocks.
About the Dragons
- MSU Moorhead enters the match-up 9-14 overall and 4-11 in league action
- The Dragons defeated No. 4 Minnesota Duluth last Friday, 3-2
- Moorhead is hitting .144 this season, while averaging 10.4 kills, 9.8 assists, 16.9 digs, 2.5 blocks, and 1.2 aces per set
- Kaylyn Jenkins leads the team with 189 kills and a .276 attack percentage
- Ellie Hoyt leads the setters with 551 total assists
- Monica Vega leads the defense with 437 digs, averaging 5.20 per set, while Jenkins has a team leading 91 blocks
- MSUM is led by head coach Tammy Blake in her 21
st season at the helm, with a record of 343-269 through the first 20
Earlier this Season
- The Wolves defeated the Dragons 3-0 on the road in mid-September
- Northern hit .455 in the match with 50 kills, 48 assists, 45 digs, and three blocks
- NSU held MSUM to a .079 attack percentage and just 28 kills
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Jenna Reiff and
Regan Dennis led the team with 12 kills each, while Snyder hit a team leading .563
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Jaiden Langlie tallied 12 digs defensively
- Northern is 27-2 all-time against MSU Moorhead