Volleyball | 10/25/2026 8:25:00 PM

• 10/30 vs. Bemidji State
  • WEAR YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME - student costume contest (prize: $50 Zoo/Lagers gift card)
  • First 50 kids get Halloween goodie buckets
  • Wolves Club Appreciation Weekend
• 10/31 vs. Minnesota Duluth
  • SENIOR DAY – celebrate and recognize your NSU volleyball seniors
  • Wolves Club Appreciation Weekend

• NSU split last weekend with a loss at No. 7 Concordia-St. Paul and a win at Winona State
• The Wolves' record this season is 16-7 (11-4 NSIC), falling to sixth in the conference standings; they have the same conference record as both Minn. Duluth and St. Cloud State
• NSU received votes in the week eight AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll for the first time this season with 14 total votes; week nine standings come out tomorrow, Monday, October 26
• Outside Hitter Katelyn Schroeder received the last NSIC Offensive Player of the Week award with her conference-leading kills per set (5.00) and points per set (5.43); Ava Nilsson took home the last NSIC Setter of the Week award for the third time this season with her league-high 11.71 assists per set
• Nilsson led the NSIC in assists per set for the second straight week, averaging 11.86; she is still the national and conference leader with 11.74 assists per set
• As a team, NSU is averaging 14.0 kills, 13.0 assists, 15.2 digs, and 1.6 blocks and aces per set this season; Northern has 148 more kills, 132 more assists, and 113 more digs than their opponents
• The offense is hitting .287, while the defense is holding their opponents to a .225 attack percentage
• Linnea Nesheim and Schroeder sit at second and third in the NSIC for kills per set with 4.00 and 3.98 along with total points/set with 4.57 and 4.38 respectively
• Ava Nilsson has 1005 assists and 32 aces on the year to lead all Wolves while Schroeder has a team-most 340 kills
• Leading the team at the net with 69 total blocks is Victoria Persha: Ashley Yost has the most digs for Northern with 358, averaging 4.16 per set
• Northern State is top-5 in the NSIC in five major stat categories: second in hitting percentage (.286), fourth in opponent blocks (1.58/set), and fifth in assists (13.07/set), kills (14.03/set), opponent digs (14.03/set)

• The Beavers are 4-20 on the year and do not have a win in conference action (0-15), coming in dead last in the NSIC standings
• Their last win came against Brandon University back on October 6, splitting up their NSIC lose streak; the other three wins were over Newman University (3-2), Cameron University (3-2), and Northeastern State (3-2)
• MSU has been swept in 14 of their 15 conference losses, winning only one set against Augustana
• Minot has Northern State, Minn. Crookston, and MSU Moorhead on the schedule this week
• The Beavers faced the Wolves earlier this season where NSU won 3-0; Northern hit .435 as a team, recorded 45 kills, 40 assists, 44 digs, and 10 service aces while the defense forced Minot into 17 errors and a then season-low -.064 hitting percentage
• The team averages 9.6 kills per set and a .095 attack percentage; they also average 17.6 digs, 8.7 assists, and 1.3 blocks and aces per set
• Leading the team for the Beavers in kills and aces is Caton Pearcy with 167 and 27 respectively, while Logan Drennan's 516 assists are the most on the team
• Kiera Hayes (45) and Katelyn Onespot-Danforth (43) are the team's leaders in blocks; the Minot dig leader is Maya Vibeto with 439 on the season (second in the conference)
• MSU is last in seven of the 13 major statistical categories, and near the bottom in five others; the Beavers are tied for first in the conference (with SMSU) in digs per set with 17.55

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on September 29, 2026, where Northern came away with a 3-0 win over Minot
• The Wolves are currently on a 20-match win streak vs the Beavers
• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 33, MSU – 4

• Bemidji State has a 7-8 conference record and a 15-8 overall record this season, landing them at 10 in the league standing
• The Beavers started the season 10-0, winning their first two NSIC matchups, but have since gone 5-8 in league play, getting swept in five of their eight losses
• BSU is home against Minn. Crookston for a midweek match, then visits Northern State and Jamestown over the weekend
• Bemidji played Northern once this season already, getting swept back on Sept. 19; the Wolves hit .336 as a team with 48 kills, 46 assists, 50 digs, and six service aces, the Beavers had a .229 attack percentage and 14 errors
• The team averages 13.7 kills, 12.8 assists, 15.0 digs, 1.8 assists, and 1.7 blocks per set while hitting .256; defensively, they hold their opponents to hit .204 and 11.4 kills per set
• This season's leaders for Bemidji State are Ava Athman in kills (297) and aces (29), Madison Tripp in assists (881), Ava Boelter in digs (351), and Isabella Vander Velden in blocks (66)
• Tripp is fourth in the NSIC in assists/set with 10.88 while Athman and Nevaeh Carlson round out the league top-5 in kills/set with 3.67 and 3.63 respectively; Athman is also fourth in points per set with 4.34
• The Beavers as a team are fourth in the Northern Sun in opponent assists (10.64/set) and opponent kills (11.44), and fifth in service aces with 1.84 per set; they are towards the middle of the pack in every other stat category

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on September 19, 2026, where Northern State came away with a 3-0 win over Bemidji
• The Wolves are currently on a 21-match win streak vs the Beavers

• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 47, BSU – 33

• The Bulldogs come in at fourth in the conference standings with their 18-5 overall (11-4 NSIC) record; they started the season 16-1, including 9-0 in league play
• After that stretch, UMD lost four straight matches to Mankato (1-3), No. 16 St. Cloud (0-3), Augustana (0-3), and No. 2 Wayne State (1-3); they've won their last two matches
• Minnesota Duluth was ranked No. 19 in the week nine AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll; they started the season unranked then steadily climbed to No. 14 in week six
• The team averages 14.3 kills, 13.1 assists, 14.7 digs, 1.9 blocks, and 1.8 aces per set while hitting .258; defensively, they hold their opponents to hit .169 and average 10.7 kills per set
• UMD and NSU already matched up this season, with Duluth taking the 3-0 victory at home; Northern hit .156 as a team with 33 kills, 31 assists, 35 digs, and also had 18 errors on the night while Duluth hit .360 with 47 kills
• On top of the stats for the Bulldogs are Madeline Guetzkow in kills (278) and digs (214), Ava Jones in assists (878) and aces (35), and Elyse Karrels in blocks (65)
• Paige Decker is second in the NSIC in attack percentage at .404, Jones is second with her 11.11 assists per set and third with her .44 aces per set, and Guetzkow is fifth in points with 4.11 per set
• The Bulldogs are in the top-5 in eight major statistical categories including first in opponent assists (9.84/set), opponent kills (10.70/set), and opponent digs (12.44/set)

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on September 18, 2026, where Duluth came away with a 3-0 win over Northern
• Over the last 10 matches between the Wolves and the Bulldogs, dating back to October 26, 2018, the Wolves lead the series 6-4

• The all-time record between the two programs is UMD – 54, NSU – 10