MINOT STATE VOLLEYBALL for Immediate Release: Thursday, Sept
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2017 MINOT STATE VOLLEYBALL For Immediate Release: Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 • Contact: Jared Meister • Email: [email protected] • Office: (701) 858-3119 Social Media: MSUBeavers @Beaversvball • @MSUBeavers @msubeavers 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS... MINOT STATE HOSTS UPPER IOWA AND WINONA STATE Date Opponent Time (CT) MINOT STATE BEAVERS Statistical Leaders Minot State Classic Record: 3-10 (0-5 NSIC) Kills: Shelby Spuller - 3.78 K/S Sept. 1 S.D. School of Mines & Technology W, 3-2 Head Coach: Dana Cordova (First Year) Assists: Kelsey Dewulf - 9.22 A/S Sept. 1 Montana State University Billings W, 3-0 Record at School: 3-10 Digs: Karli Koza - 4.85 D/S Sept. 2 Minnesota State Moorhead L, 1-3 Career Record: 97-147 (9th Year) Blocks: Emily Falldorf - 0.80 B/S Sept. 2 Bemidji State W, 3-1 Last Match: L, 3-0 at Minnesota State (9/26/17) Aces: Shelby Spuller - 0.26 SA/S Max and Erma's Classic Sept. 8 vs. Minnesota Crookston L, 2-3 Upper Iowa Peacocks All-Time Series: Upper Iowa leads 5-1 Sept. 8 vs. Minnesota State L, 0-3 Record: 11-3 (2-3 NSIC) Last Meeting: Sept. 9 at #23 Northern State L, 0-3 Head Coach: Aaron Nelson (Seventh Year) Upper Iowa won 3-1 in Fayette, Iowa Sept. 9 vs. S.D. School of Mines & Technology L, 0-3 Record at School: 89-100 (10/28/16) Sept. 14 Minnesota State Moorhead* L, 0-3 Career Record: Same Sept. 16 at #24 Northern State* L, 0-3 Last Match: L, 3-1 vs. Northern State (9/23/17) Sept. 19 University of Mary* L, 1-3 Sept. 22 at #2 Concordia-St. Paul* L, 0-3 No. 13 Winona State Warriors All-Time Series: Winona State leads 5-1 Sept. 23 at Minnesota State* L, 0-3 Record: 9-4 (3-2 NSIC) Last Meeting: Winona State won 3-0 in Sept. 29 RV Upper Iowa* 5:30 p.m. Head Coach: Joe Getzin (Fourth Year) Winona, Minn. (10/29/16) Sept. 30 #13 Winona State* 3 p.m. Record at School: 75-28 Oct. 6 #17 Augustana* 6 p.m. Career Record: 269-287 (20th Year) Oct. 7 #22 Wayne State College* 1 p.m. Last Match: L, 3-1 at Concordia-St. Paul (9/19/17) Oct. 10 at Dickinson State 7 p.m. THIS WEEKEND'S SCHEDULE Oct. 13 at #1 Southwest Minnesota State* 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at Sioux Falls* 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 • UPPER IOWA at MINOT STATE • 5:30 p.m. • Minot State Dome -- Minot, N.D. Oct. 20 at #6 Minnesota Duluth* 6 p.m. Live Stats: msubeavers.com • Live Video: msubeavers.com Oct. 21 at St. Cloud State* 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 • NO. 13 WINONA STATE at MINOT STATE • 12 p.m. • Minot State Dome -- Minot, N.D. Oct. 27 Minnesota Crookston* 6 p.m. Live Stats: msubeavers.com • Live Video: msubeavers.com Oct. 28 Bemidji State* 2 p.m. Oct. 31 at University of Mary* 6 p.m. This Week The Minot State volleyball team plays host to a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foes this weekend. Nov. 3 at #13 Winona State* 6 p.m. The Beavers will host Upper Iowa at the Minot State Dome on Friday night at 5:30 p.m. before hosting No. 13 Winona Nov. 4 at RV Upper Iowa* 4 p.m. State on Saturday at 3 p.m. Links to live stats and video are available on msubeavers.com. Nov. 10 Minnesota State* 6 p.m. Nov. 11 #2 Concordia-St. Paul* 2 p.m. Beaver Bits * Denotes NSIC match • Home matches in bold italics • Head coach Dana Cordova is in her first season leading the Minot State program. • The Beavers return six starters and eight letterwinners from last season's squad that went 5-24 overall in 2016. MEDIA AVAILABILITY • Sophomore Shelby Spuller leads the Minot State offense with 3.78 kills per set, ranking sixth in the NSIC. Student-athletes and coaches are available for interviews • Junior Kelsey Dewulf paces the Beavers with 9.22 assists per set. at weekly press conference on Monday's at 1 p.m. Any • Sophomore Emily Falldorf has notched a team-high 37 blocks and ranks second on the team with 86 kills this other volleyball interview requests must be arranged season. through Communications & Media Relations G.A. Jared • Jeanne Brenner is third on the team with 85 kills, followed by senior Brileigh Boyce with 78. Meister at least one day in advance. • Freshman Karli Koza sits sixth in the NSIC with 223 total digs on the season. • Minot State returns to action next weekend when they play host to Augustana on Friday, Oct. 6 and Wayne State on Saturday, Oct. 7. Scouting the Upper Iowa Peacocks Upper Iowa enters the weekend with a 11-3 (2-3 NSIC) record this season and received votes in the AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll this week. Anna Winter leads the Peacocks with 3.36 kills per set, followed by Haley Weepie's 2.89 kills per set. Bethany Lovhaug ranks sixth in the NSIC with 1.02 blocks per set. Head coach Aaron Nelson is in his seventh season at the helm of the Peacock program and holds a career record of 89-100. Upper Iowa leads the all-time series with Minot State, 5-1. The Peacocks defeated the Beavers 3-1 in their last 2017 MINOT STATE VOLLEYBALL • 2 BEAVERS BY THE NUMBERS 2017 MINOT STATE VOLLEYBALL ROSTER OVERALL No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School) Record ..................................................................... 3-10 1 Katie Dufner Jr. RS 6-0 Glenburn, N.D. (Glenburn/Lake Region State College) Home ........................................................................ 3-3 2 Mekayla Gurley Jr. DS/L 5-8 Sweeny, Texas (Sweeny/Blinn College) Away ......................................................................... 0-4 3 Brileigh Boyce Jr. OH 5-7 Houston, Texas (Heritage) Neutral ...................................................................... 0-3 4 Mackenzie Froehlich Fr. S 5-9 Swift Current, Saskatchewan (Swift Current Comprehensive) vs. Top 10 Teams ........................................................ 0-1 5 Emily Barker Fr. OH 5-9 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Holy Cross) vs. Top 25 Teams ........................................................ 0-2 6 Hayley Swain So. MH 6-2 Airdrie, Alberta (George McDougall) vs. Teams Receiving Top 25 Votes ............................... 0-0 7 Nicole Wondrasek So. MH 5-10 Russell, Manitoba (Major Pratt) vs. Unranked Teams ................................................... 3-7 8 Shelby Spuller So. OH 5-11 Dexter, Mich. (Dexter) 9 Kelsey Dewulf Jr. S 5-9 Huntley, Ill. (Huntley) BY SETS 10 Karli Pickard RFr. OH 5-9 Airdrie, Alberta (George McDougall) 3 Sets ........................................................................ 1-7 11 Shae Pederson So. OH 5-9 Calgary, Alberta (Centennial) 4 Sets ........................................................................ 1-2 12 Emily Falldorf So. MH 6-0 Bemidji, Minn. (Bemidji) 5 Sets ........................................................................ 1-1 13 Jeanne Brenner So. OH 5-10 Dauphin, Manitoba (Dauphin Regional Comprehensive) 14 Cody Shwaluk Jr. OH 5-10 Russell, Manitoba (Major Pratt/Lake Region State College) BY KILLS 15 Giovanna Hamilton Fr. L 5-2 Brownstown, Mich. (Romulus) Leading in Kills .......................................................... 2-1 16 Kayla Verity Fr. OH 5-11 Carnduff, Saskatchewan (Carnduff Edcation Complex) Trailing in Kills ........................................................... 0-9 17 Arianna Orre Jr. S/DS 5-2 Fertile, Minn. (Fertile-Beltram/Rainy River CC) Tied in Kills ................................................................ 1-0 18 Karli Koza Fr. L 5-4 Winchester, Calif. (Chaparral) Head Coach: Dana Cordova (First Year) BY DIGS Assistant Coaches: Kari Francis (Fourth Year) • Jessica Thompson (Third Year) Leading in Digs ......................................................... 3-3 Trailing in Digs .......................................................... 0-7 BEAVER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tied in Digs ............................................................... 0-0 Brileigh Boyce: BRYE-lee • Mackenzie Froehlich: FRAY-lick • Nicole Wondrasek: Won-DRASS-ick Shelby Spuller: SPOO-ler • Jeanne Brenner: Jean-E • Cody Shwaluk: Shwa-LUKE • Karli Koza: KOH-zuh BY BLOCKS Leading in Blocks ...................................................... 3-2 meeting on Oct. 28, 2016 in Fayette, Iowa. Trailing in Blocks ....................................................... 0-6 Tied in Blocks ............................................................ 0-2 Scouting the Winona State Warriors Winona State comes into the weekend with a No. 13 ranking in the AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll and a BY HITTING PERCENTAGE record of 9-4 (3-2 NSIC). Danielle Rampart and Maria Wrage carry the Warrior offense with 3.70 and 2.76 kills per set, Leading in Hitting Percentage ................................... 3-0 respectively. McKenna Larson ranks fifth in the NSIC with 11.09 assists per set. Trailing in Hitting Percentage .................................. 0-10 Head coach Joe Getzin is in his fourth season at Winona State. Getzin carries a record of 75-28 leading the Warriors Tied in Hitting Percentage ......................................... 0-0 and a career record of 269-287 over his 20 years of coaching. Hitting .300 or Above ................................................ 0-0 The Warriors lead the all-time series with the Beavers, 5-1. In their last meeting, Winona State swept Minot State Hitting Between .200 and .299 ................................. 2-1 3-0 on Oct. 29, 2016 in Winona, Minn. Hitting Between .100 and .199 ................................. 0-5 Hitting Below .100 .................................................... 1-4 Solid Sophomore Start for Spuller Opponent Hitting .300 or Above ............................... 0-4 Shelby Spuller is off to a solid start in her sophomore campaign, as she ranks sixth in the NSIC with 3.78 kills per Opponent Hitting Between .200 and .299 ................. 0-5 set. The Dexter, Mich. native has notched 173 kills this season and has eclipsed over half the the amount of kills she Opponent Hitting Between .100 and .199 ................. 2-1 posted last season. Spuller totaled a career-high 22 kills vs. Minnesota Crookston this season and has recorded two Opponent Hitting Below .100 ................................... 1-0 double-doubles on the season. Dewulf Keeps on Dishing Junior setter Kelsey Dewulf paces the Minot State offense while ranking eighth in the NSIC in dishing out 9.22 assists per set.