Volleyball | 9/22/2026 5:48:00 PM

• 9/26 vs. UMary
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• Northern State visits Jamestown then hosts UMary this week; they are 8-4 (3-1 NSIC) and sit at sixth in the conference standings
• The Wolves 1-1 last weekend, getting swept over No. 23 Minnesota Duluth and sweeping Bemidji State
• As a team, NSU is averaging 14.1 kills, 13.5 assists, 14.6 digs, 1.6 blocks, and 1.8 aces per set this season; Northern has 92 more kills, 93 more assists, and 81 more digs than their opponents
• The offense is hitting .312, while the defense is holding their opponents to a .238 attack percentage
• Linnea Nesheim tops the offense with 169 kills, averaging 3.84 per set; Ava Nilsson has 521 assists and 18 aces on the year to lead all Wolves
• Ashley Yost has the most digs for Northern with 187, averaging 4.25 per set (fourth in the conference)
• The three other Wolves have who also have over 100 digs on the season are Nilsson (109), Katelyn Schroeder (105), and Nesheim (101)
• Leading the team at the net with 35 total blocks is Lydia Nelson
• Nesheim (first), Nilsson (first), Victoria Persha (second), and Yost (fourth) are top-5 in the NSIC in kills/set, assists/set, hitting percentage, and digs/set, respectively; Nesheim is also second in the league in points per set
• Northern State is top-5 in the NSIC in five major stat categories and first in the league in hitting percentage (.312)

• Jamestown is 10-2 on the year and 3-1 in conference action; they split last week, losing to No. 23 Duluth and handing Bemidji their first loss of the season
• The Jimmies are receiving votes in week four of the AVCA Coaches Poll
• UJ has had two five-win streaks, winning all of their matches in three or four sets
• The team averages 13.2 kills per set and a .218 attack percentage; they also average 12.0 assists, 17.4 digs, and 2.2 blocks each set
• This season, Jamestown's leader in kills is Gracie Adamson with 139, while Ava Bertsch tops the team in assists (262) and aces (17), and Caroline Puetz in blocks (42)
• Sophie Ketterling leads them in digs (254) as well as the conference with 5.64 digs per set
• The NSIC leaderboard has Elyse Karrels as second in hitting percentage and Jones as second in assists per set
• Jamestown is top-5 in the NSIC in four major stat categories

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on October 21, 2025, where Northern State came away with a 3-0 win over Jamestown
• The Wolves are currently on a 3-match win streak vs the Jimmies
• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 26, UJ – 23

• UMary is 3-9 on the year (1-3 NSIC) and sits at 13 in the conference standings; they went 6-22 overall and 3-17 in the Northern Sun last season
• The Marauders won two of their first three matches then lost seven straight before picking up their first conference win over Minn. Crookston
• The team averages 11.0 kills, 10.6 assists, 13.5 digs, 1.5 blocks, and 1.1 aces per set while hitting .178; defensively, their opponents hold a .276 attack percentage
• This season's leaders are Judith Burke in kills (126), Natalie Boehmer in assists (384), Karina Hixon in digs (97), and Holli Klettheimer in blocks (23)
• UMary is fourth in the NSIC in opponent digs per set, but rank in the bottom half of the conference in all other major stat categories

• The last meeting between the two teams took place on October 16, 2025, where Northern State came away with a 3-0 win over UMary
• The Wolves are currently on a 26-match win streak vs the Marauders

• The all-time record between the two programs is NSU – 41, UMary – 8