Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 5 Northern State University volleyball team bounced back in their final regular season home game of the year, defeating St. Cloud State 3-0. The Wolves improve to 23-3 on the year and 15-3 in the Northern Sun.
 
The Wolves defeated the Huskies with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, and 25-19, hitting a match high .536 in the third and final set. Northern tallied 45 kills, 39 assists, 56 digs, seven blocks, and one service ace with a .365 attack percentage in the win. Defensively they held the Huskies to a .136 attack percentage with 22 hitting errors.
 
Morgan Baufield and Hailey Busch led the team with 11 and ten kills respectively. Laura Snyder followed with nine, while Sally Gaul and Jenna Reiff notched six and five apiece. Ashley Rozell and Regan Dennis rounded out the team total with a combined four kills.
 
Baufield hit a team high .550 in the match, with 20 swings and zero hitting errors. Snyder hit at a .500 clip with just one attack error, while Reiff tallied a .308 hitting percentage as the final Wolf above .300.
 
Rozell averaged 11.67 assists per set, with 35 total in the win, while adding the team's only service ace. It was another strong net of net defense for the Wolves and Baufield who led the team with four blocks, alongside Gaul. Reiff added three, while Rozell notched two and Snyder recorded one.
 
Busch led the team's court defense with 14 digs, averaging 4.67 per set in her 11^th double-double of the season. Jaiden Langlie and Lexi Boesl also finished the match in double figures with 13 and 11 digs respectively. Bry Goar notched eight digs, while Rozell recorded four and Gaul and Snyder each added three.
 
The Wolves conclude the NSIC regular season next weekend on the road at Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. Start times are schedule for 5 p.m. on Friday versus the Golden Eagles and 3 p.m. on Saturday against the Beavers. Heading into the final week of play, the Wolves sit tied for first in the NSIC standings with Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota Duluth.