Volleyball | 10/14/2026 6:20:00 PM

• 10/16 vs. St. Cloud State
  • BOGO night (buy a ticket to volleyball or soccer and get into the other for free)
• 10/17 vs. Minn. State Mankato
  • "Dig Pink" Game
  • First 200 fans get a pink breast cancer awareness bracelet
  • Fans can write down and tape on the arena wall someone they are honoring who's battled cancer

• The Wolves are back home after coming off a long road weekend where they went the full five sets in each of their matches, beating Sioux Falls 3-2 and falling to No. 12 Southwest Minn. State 2-3
• NSU is 13-6 overall and stands at sixth in the conference, tied with St. Cloud State with an 8-3 NSIC record
• As a team, NSU is averaging 13.9 kills, 13.1 assists, 15.3 digs, 1.6 blocks, and 1.7 aces per set this season; Northern has 139 more kills, 136 more assists, and 115 more digs than their opponents
• The offense is hitting .293, while the defense is holding their opponents to a .220 attack percentage; they held the No. 12 Mustangs below their season hitting average and forced a season-high 28 attack errors
• Linnea Nesheim set a new program record for single-match kills in the win over Sioux Falls with 28 kills; Ava Nilsson also had 66 assists (a career high) in that match which tied her for third most in program history for assists in a single-match
• Still leading the Northern Sun in kills per set are Nesheim and Katelyn Schroeder with 4.01 and 3.85 respectively
• Nilsson has 840 assists and 30 aces on the year to lead all Wolves; she is top in the nation in assists per ser (11.74) and third in the country in total assists (845)
• Leading the team at the net with 51 total blocks is Victoria Persha, followed closely by Lydia Nelson with 49 blocks; Ashley Yost has the most digs for Northern with 306, averaging 4.25 per set
• Northern State is top-5 in the NSIC in four major stat categories: second in hitting percentage (.293), fourth in assists (13.08/set) and opponent digs (13.65/set), and fifth in opponent service aces (1.22/set)

• The Huskies are 14-5 on the year and 8-3 in conference action, tied at fifth in the NSIC standings with Northern State
• They are currently the No. 13 team in the country after being preseason No. 5; St. Cloud has been ranked every week in the AVCA poll, spending time as the No. 1 team in the nation in week one
• SCSU won their first six matches of the season (five by sweep); the Huskies has raddled off five consecutive wins in the NSIC, including a ranked victory at then No. 14 Minn. Duluth, since starting conference play 3-3
• The team averages 14.2 kills per set and a .255 attack percentage; they also average 13.6 assists, 16 digs, and 1.7 blocks per set
• Leading the way for the Huskies in kills is Shelby Kimm with 204, while Laurin Hamann tops the team in aces (27) and digs (296); team assists is headed by Braya LaPlant with her 692 and Kinsey Mohwinkle has 34 total blocks
• LaPlant is just behind Northern's Ava Nilsson in average assists per set with 11.16 (second in the NSIC); Hamann's 4.48 digs per set puts her at third in the conference
• The team ranks in the top- five in seven major statistical categories and first in the conference in opponent service aces at 0.94 per set

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on October 24, 2025, where St. Cloud State came away with a 3-2 win over Northern
• The Wolves are currently on a nine-match losing streak vs the Huskies with their last win coming on December 5, 2019
• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 22, SCSU – 18

• Mankato falls at 10 in the conference standings with their 7-12 (5-6 NSIC) record; they started the season with losing six of their seven first contests
• After starting conference action going 0-2 and 1-4, the Mavericks have strung together victories in three of their last four matches, including a ranked win at then No. 14 Minn. Duluth
• The team averages 11.9 kills, 10.9 assists, 13.4 digs, 1.9 aces, and 1.8 blocks per set while hitting .216; defensively, they allow their opponents to hit .249 and average 13.2 kills per set
• This season's leaders for Minnesota State are Avery Klein in kills (155), Jadyn Lester in assists (593) and aces (38), Savannah Meyer in digs (167), and Olivia Sturgis in blocks (57)
• There are no individuals in the top-5 of the conference for any statistical category for Mankato
• The Mavericks are third in the conference with 1.94 service aces per set and fourth in the league in opponent blocks, averaging 1.59 per set; they are however in the bottom third in the NSIC in nine other major stat categories

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on October 25, 2025, where Northern State came away with a 3-1 win over Mankato
• The Wolves are 8-2 in the last 10 matches vs the Mavericks, dating back to November 6, 2018

• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 20, MSU – 18