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Derek Montgomery
0
Northland NC 3-24, 1-6 UMAC
3
Winner St. Scholastica CSS 11-15, 5-2 UMAC
Northland NC
3-24, 1-6 UMAC
0
Final
3
St. Scholastica CSS
11-15, 5-2 UMAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Northland NC 9 18 10 (0)
St. Scholastica CSS 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Carley Nadeau

Volleyball Defeats Northland on Senior Night

Notables:
-CSS leads Northland 65-15 all-time
-N. Elvehjem now has 204 kills; it is her third straight season with at least 200
-Kessler has hit 1,014 assists in her career as a Saint

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com)- The College of St. Scholastica volleyball team played to its strengths as it defeated Northland College in a conference match with a straight sweep of 3-0. This is the 13th consecutive sweep for the Saints against Northland and the 43rd straight win.

The Action
In the first set, a block by Noelle Elvehjem (Mora, Minn./Mora HS) and Amanda Belden (Esko, Minn./Esko HS) got the Saints on the board first for an early lead 1-0. The Saints would maintain this lead throughout the first set. This lead included a 10-point score streak that would include four different service errors by the LumberJills and six separate kills by the Saints. Northland became frustrated by this, as the score was 20-5, the Saints leading. CSS would go on to win this set 25-9.

St. Scholastica struggled in the second set. After the Saints won their first point, Northland stepped up their game, taking the lead at 7-2. St. Scholastica took a timeout to regroup, which helped gain some momentum back. CSS fought back after this timeout to take the lead again late in the set at 17-6. They would go on to win the set 25-18, with the final point being a kill from Christaia Houser (Esko, Minn./Homeschool).

The Saints dominated the third set. CSS again took the first point, and would continue to lead until the end of the set. The LumberJills fought back with a long last rally on the final point, but it was not enough to stop the Saints, who won this final set 25-10.

Belden led the Saints in kills with 11. Nikki Kienzle (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) was close behind with 10; Houser had nine. Espi Austvold (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer HS) had St. Scholastica's 20 out of 40 assists. Emily Kessler (Grand Rapids, Minn./Greenway HS (Itasca CC)) assisted 18 times. In digs, seniors Belden and Alex Barsody (Onamia, Minn./Onamia HS) tied with 10. Kessler had the second most, with five. The Saints had 13 service aces on the night led by McKenzie Orr (Rice Lake, Wis./Rice Lake HS) with four.

Up Next
The Saints (11-5, 5-2 UMAC) have their regular season finale at Crown College on Saturday at 3 p.m. If St. Scholastica wins this next match, it will be the No. 3 seed in the UMAC Tournament.
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