ST. PAUL, MN – For the fourth time this season and second straight Saturday, #2 Wayne State College found themselves in a five-set match.
From the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Wildcats visited #3 Concordia-St. Paul. The Saturday afternoon match-up featured the third meeting this season between the two teams with WSC sweeping CSP during the Colorado Premier Challenge in Denver, Colorado and also in Wayne earlier this year.
Trailing 2-1, WSC picked up the five-set victory with scores of the match being 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-8. The Wildcats are crowned NSIC regular season champions with a 29-1 overall record and 19-1 league record. The Golden Bears fell to 24-4 (17-3 NSIC).
WSC shared the 2001 NSIC regular season title with Southwest Minnesota State for the only other NSIC regular season title in program history.
Kelsie Cada recorded her 13th double-double with 15 kills and 12 digs to go along with one block while Rachel Walker added her 11th double-double with 48 assists and 13 digs to go along with three kills and one block.
Taya Beller (.436%) posted a career-high 21 kills with four blocks (one solo) and a dig as Maggie Brahmer (.417%) tallied 13 kills and three blocks (one solo). Jessie Brandl led the team in digs with 14.
Jordan McCormick finished with three kills, 13 digs and a block; Taylor Bunjer tallied two kills, three blocks and a dig as other digs came from Havyn Heinz (nine).
Brandl, Heinz and Brooke Peltz all had two service aces while Cada and Walker both had an ace.
CSP edged WSC in hitting, .331 to .329 while both teams finished with seven total blocks.
#2 Wayne State College has earned the #1 seed in the NSIC Volleyball Tournament scheduled to be held in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday, November 11. WSC will play the 7:30 p.m. match against #8 Augustana University. WSC won a four-set match at Augie on October 4 and swept the Vikings in Wayne on October 25.
NSIC Volleyball Tournament bracket.
