Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University volleyball team will play a split NSIC slate this week versus MSU Moorhead and Minot State. The Wolves travel to MSUM for a 6 p.m. match on Thursday, October 28^th and return home for a 4 p.m. match on Saturday versus Minot.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
                » Tickets for the home contest are available online at the link above or can be purchased at the door on game day
                » Live video and stat links are available above or on the full schedule on nsuwolves.com
                » Saturday's match is Volloween with all kids admitted free to the contest with a costume; kids are encouraged to stick around after the match and trick-or-treat with the Wolves
 
NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES
                » The Wolves enter the split week with a 12-9 record overall and 7-6 mark in the NSIC
                » NSU is hitting .240 this season, averaging 13.2 kills, 12.3 assists, 14.9 digs, 1.4 aces, and 2.3 blocks per set
                » Sally Gaul and Natalia Szybinska lead the offense with 294 and 253 total kills this season, averaging over 3.00 kills per set each
                » Peyton Ellingson is hitting a team leading .358 this season and his second on the team with 66.0 blocks
                » Keri Walker paces the Wolves offense with 872 total assists, averaging 11.04 assists per set, and leads the team with 27 aces
                » Havyn Heinz is the defensive leader for NSU with 306 total digs, averaging 4.03 digs per set
                » Olivia Rud leads the team in net defense with 91.0 total blocks, averaging 1.12 blocks per set
 
MSU MOORHEAD STORYLINES
                » The Dragons enter the week with a 3-18 record overall and 3-10 mark in the league
                » MSUM is hitting .120 this season, averaging 9.9 kills, 9.2 assists, 15.2 digs, 1.5 aces, and 2.2 blocks per set
                » Amanda Carlson leads the team with 274 total kills, hitting .125 this season
                » Kelly Klees has taken over the setting duties, notching a team high 315 assists this season, averaging 5.76 per set
                » The Dragon defense is led by Sarah Petrbok with 315 total digs, averaging 4.26 digs per set
                » Elise Bakke leads the team at the net with 52.0 total blocks in 2021
                » MSUM is led by head coach Bob Jones in his second season at the helm and sixth overall with the program
 
LAST MATCH-UP
                » The Wolves defeated the Dragons 3-1 from Aberdeen earlier this season
                » Sally Gaul led the team with 17 kills, while Havyn Heinz recorded 18 digs
                » NSU is currently on a 13-match win streak versus MSUM
 
MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY STORYLINES
                » Minot State is coming off their first win of the season last weekend, holding a 1-18 record overall and 1-12 mark in the NSIC
                » The Beavers are hitting .103 this season, averaging 7.9 kills, 6.8 assists, 9.2 digs, 1.1 aces, and 1.2 blocks per set
                » Alexandra Koontz leads the offense with 113 kills this season, while Roxy King is hitting a team best .127
                » Sophia Peterson has 287 total assists on the year and Tea Boeckel leads the team with 122 digs
                » The Beavers are led by head coach Dana Cordova-Jacobson in her fifth season
 
LAST MATCH-UP
                » Northern swept Minot twice in 2019 and holds a 14-match win streak over the Beavers
                » The Wolves hit over .300 in each of the 2019 victories, totaling 94 kills between the two matches