Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State volleyball team is set to travel to Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State this weekend with only two weekends remaining in the regular season. First serve for the Wolves and Golden Bears is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, and a 2 p.m. start time is set for Saturday's game with the Mavericks.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

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NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State opens the weekend with a record of 15-9 (10-6 NSIC), and is currently in a five way tie for fifth place in the conference
• The Wolves have swept their last three opponents, the most recent being at UMary on Tuesday night
• As a team Northern is hitting .255 on the year, averaging 13.3 kills, 12.3 assists, 14.6 digs, 1.6 aces, and 2.3 blocks per set
• In the last three matches Peyton Ellingson has hit .750 with 27 kills and no errors, she averaged 3.0 kills per set
• Havyn Heinz has led Northern in digs over the past week, totaling 35 and averaging 3.89 per set
• Keri Walker brought her career assist total up to 979 in Tuesday's match with UMary, she totaled 107 over the course of the last three games and averaged 11.89 per set

#10 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL STORYLINES

• Concordia-St. Paul opens the weekend with a record of 19-6 (13-3 NSIC), and is currently tied for second in the conference
• The Golden Bears have dropped their last two matches, 3-1 at #10 Winona State and 3-0 at Upper Iowa
• As a team Concordia is hitting .249 on the year, averaging 13.6 kills, 12.8 assists, 15.0 digs, 1.8 aces, and 2.4 blocks per set
• CSP has three players ranked within the top-20 in kills per set, Jasmine Mulvihill is ninth with 3.60 kills per set and is joined by Sophia Anderson and Emma Schmidt
• Tori Hanson leads the Golden Bears in digs with 360 and is fourth in the NSIC averaging 4.68 digs per set
• Ellie Veldman leads the team in assists with 701 and ranks tenth in the NSIC in assists per set with 8.55

LAST MATCH-UP

• The Golden Bears defeated the Wolves 3-1 earlier this season in Wachs Arena
• Northern State was led by Natalia Szybinska with 10 kills and 3 blocks, and Keri Walker with 14 digs and 34 assists
• Concordia-St. Paul leads the all-time series 32-8

MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES

• Minnesota State opens the weekend with a record of 11-13 (6-10 NSIC), and is currently 11^th in the conference standings
• The Mavericks have dropped their last six matches, and most recently lost a 3-0 game at #8 Winona State on Wednesday
• As a team MSU is hitting .170 on the year, averaging 11.1 kills, 10.2 assists, 14.5 digs, 1.2 aces, and 2.2 blocks per set
• Minnesota State has two players averaging over 2.0 kills per set, Mariah Edgington leads the way with 2.58 and Jessica Nelson is second with 2.14
• The Mavericks also have two setters with over 300 assists and over 4.0 assists per set, Danna Schindler has 396 assists on the season with 4.77 assists per set and Brooke Bolwerk is second on the team with 343 total assists and 4.45 assists per set
• On the defensive side, Mara Quam leads MSU with 386 digs while averaging 4.44 digs per set

LAST MATCH-UP

• The Wolves defeated the Mavericks 3-1 earlier this season in Wachs Arena
• Northern State was led by Natalia Syzbinska and Sally Gaul with 20 and 16 kills, and Keri Walker with 49 assists
• Northern leads the all-time series 14-12