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PREVIEW: Volleyball to Host a Strong Regional Opponent in St. Ben’s on Tuesday

| By: Jesse Robinson
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will play its final non-conference opponent this regular season when it hosts the College of Saint Benedict Tuesday night at Reif Gymnasium.

Match Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Tuesday – 7 p.m. (Live Video & Stats on Saints Sports Net | Alternative Live Stats)

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About the Saints
Record: 13-9, 8-1 UMAC

  • The Saints are coming off a solid weekend, sweeping the University of Minnesota Morris on Friday night and defeating Crown College in four sets on Saturday.
  • CSS will enter Tuesday's match on a four-match winning streak, their first such streak since starting the season 4-0.
  • The Saints lead the conference, averaging 17.1 digs per set and have three players over 200 digs this season, led by Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)), who has 261.
  • CSS has 43 more total blocks than its opponents this season.
  • Zyvoloski has 327 kills on the year and is currently ranked fourth in program history in career kills, despite playing just three seasons at CSS after transferring from Minnesota-Duluth.
  • Kortney Morrin (Grantsburg, Wis./Grantsburg HS (Northern State)) is second on the team with 128 kills and Taylor Tyllia (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) is right behind her with 125 kills.


About the Blazers
Record: 21-4, 6-1 MIAC

  • Saint Benedict will enter Tuesday's match on a nine-match winning streak, after sweeping through the University of Wisconsin-Stout Invite over the weekend.
  • The Blazers are sitting just outside the AVCA Division III Top 25 poll, but may move into the poll before the match Tuesday after defeating 19th-ranked UW-Stevens Point on Friday.
  • St. Ben's is currently second in the MIAC standing behind the University of St. Thomas.
  • Two of the Blazers four losses this season have come against fellow UMAC School Northwestern College.
  • Lexi Alm leads the team with 321 kills this season. Alex Rinde (247) and Sophie Stangl (235) also have over 200 kills on the year.
  • Victoria Nass has 522 digs and is averaging 6.07 digs per set.
  • Nass is ranked 23rd in NCAA Division III in digs per set and the Blazers as a team are ranked sixth in the nation in digs per set.
  • Setter Taya Kockelman is ranked 12th in the country in assists per set (10.94).

Series History: (CSS is 16-7 vs. Saint Benedict)
  • The Blazers swept the Saints earlier this season at the Augsburg Invitational.
  • Alexa Rinde had 12 kills in the win, while Zyvoloski had 12 kills in the loss.
  • The Saints defeated St. Ben's in five sets in the 2011 NCAA Tournament First Round match in Moorhead, giving the Saints their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory.
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