Kari Gibb/MDN The Lady Beavers celebrate a point against the Lady Blue Hawks. The MSU volleyball team hosted Dickinson State University at the MSU Dome on Tuesday, October 29, in a rare mid week contest.

The Minot State University (MSU) volleyball team got the job done in three sets to knock off the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks, 25-19, 25-15, 25-14 in non-conference action Tuesday, October 29, at home in the MSU Dome.

The non-conference win boosted the Beavers’ overall record to 2-19 on the season. This was the first meeting between the former Dakota Athletic Conference rivals since 2018, and the win stretches the Beavers win streak to seven straight over Dickinson State.

MSU now returns to NSIC play, hitting the road for matches at Minnesota Duluth on Friday, November 1, and St. Cloud State on Saturday, November 2.

The Beavers were led by a double-double from Madelynn Boop, who registered ten kills and ten digs on the day. Bailee Brommenschenkel also added 12 kills to help the offense. MSU attackers were helped by a match-high 37 assists from Jaina Macaulay.

On the defensive end, Viktoria Sedova chipped in for with 19 digs to go with four blocks from Brommenschenkel.

“I feel like our service receive was on point and our hitters were just putting the ball away, and I feel like it all just started to blend together,” said Brommenschenkel.

Minnesota Crookston 3, MSU Volleyball 1

The MSU volleyball team jumped ahead 1-0, but couldn’t hang on and lost to Minnesota Crookston 26-28, 25-20, 25-19, 25-17 Saturday, October 26, at home at MSU Dome in NSIC action.

The loss dropped Minot State’s record to 1-19 overall and 0-13 in NSIC action.

Paulina Kowalska finished with 16 kills on the day to lead the Beavers attack while finishing with a hitting percentage of .256. Defensively, MSU had three players reach double figures in digs, including Madelynn Boop’s 14, 13 from Jaina Macaulay and 13 more from Viktoria Sedova. From the front row, Mia Thompson contributed five blocks.

Bemidji State University 3,

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The MSU volleyball team fell to Bemidji State University (BSU) 25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20 in the “Battle of the Beavers” on Friday, October 25, at home at MSU Dome in NSIC action.

The loss dropped Minot State’s record to 1-18 overall and 0-12 in NSIC play.

The Beavers were led by a double-double from Madelynn Boop, who registered 14 kills and 13 digs on the day. Paulina Kowalska also added nine kills to help the attack. On the defensive end, Viktoria Sedova chipped in with a career-high 23 digs to go with four blocks from Mia Thompson.