Box Score BEMIDJI, Minn. (BSU Gymnasium) [box] - The Bemidji State University volleyball team were swept by the Northern State Wolves at the BSU Gymnasium, three games to none. With the win the Wolves extend their win streak over the beavers to six matches and complete the season series sweep of the Beavers. Northern State earned the three game sweep by scores of 30-28, 30-20, and 30-25.

Northern State used 17 more kills and three less errors than the Beavers to earn the win. Northern State also out hit the Beavers in the match as the Wolves hit .145 (52k-28e-165at) while the Beavers hit .076 (35k-25e-132at). The Beavers are now 2-7 when having less kills than their opponents and are 0-3 when hitting below .100 in a match this season.

Brittney Burns (Sr., OH, LeSueur, Minn.) led the Beavers attack with 11 kills hitting at a rate of .241 (11k-4e-29at) and Nicole Olson (Fr., OH, Baudette, Minn.) was close behind as she finished the match with nine kills hitting .259 (9k-2e-27at) in the match. Jennifer Janckila (Jr., MB, Appleton, Wis.) tied a career-high with five blocks (3bs-2ba).

Brie Groskreutz (So., OH, Reedsburg, Wis.) led the Beavers in digs for the eleventh time this season as she recorded 22 digs in the match. Alicia Beaman (Sr., S, St. Paul Park, Minn.) and Burns also recorded double-digit digs. Burns had 12 digs in the match while Beaman recorded 10. With the twelve digs Burns eclipsed 1,000 digs in her career and joins Peggy Hammel-Moran and Diane Glampe as the only BSU players to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.

Allison Kunde (So., S, Burnsville, Minn.) paced the Beavers for the eighth time this season with 21 assists. Beaman chipped in with 10 assists. Burns and Beaman each recorded double-doubles in the match as Burns recorded her sixth double-double of the season and the 31st of her career while Beaman also garnered her sixth double-double of the season and her 36th of her career.

The Wolves were paced offensively by Kelsey Aden who recorded a match-high of 14 kills, hitting at a rate of .238 (14k-4e-42at). Stephanie Nygaard recorded 20 digs to lead the Wolves defensively, while Kelsey Aden controlled the net with five blocks (0bs-5ba). Megan Gilbraith recorded a match-high of 48 assists along with 10 digs, she was the lone Northern State player to record a double-double.

In a back-and-forth contest, which saw a total of 21 tie scores and nine lead changes the Wolves from Northern State were able to pick up the points when it counted. In game one the Wolves jumped out to a 3-0 lead but the Beavers battled back and forced the Wolves to take a timeout when the score was 6-5 in
favor of BSU.

Bemidji State pushed its lead to as large as four points at 13-9 and held the lead all the way up to when the score was tied at 23-23. Behind the serving of Heather Galich the Wolves pushed the score to 28-25 and never looked back as they took game one 30-28. Game two the Beavers held the lead at 2-0 but that was the only time they would lead as the Wolves tied the match at 2-2 and then coasted to a 30-20 game two win going into the intermission.

Game three both teams came out swinging as they both hit their highest percentage of the match. BSU hit .273 (14k-5e-33at) in game three while Northern State hit .240 (20k-8e-50at). Game three saw the majority of the lead changes as their were 15 tie scores and six lead changes throughout the game. The Beavers and Wolves traded points for much of the game until the Wolves pushed ahead at took a 19-22 lead forcing the Beavers to take a timeout. After the timeout the Wolves pushed its lead to 25-20 and was able to cruise to a 30-25 win for the game and the match.

The loss drops the Beavers record to 8-10 overall and 4-8 in the NSIC. The eight wins is the most wins since 2004 when the Beavers had ten wins.

With the loss to the Wolves the Beavers fall to 31-23 all-time versus Northern State. The loss drops BSU’s record to 13-8 all-time versus the Wolves at the BSU Gymnasium.

Bemidji State (8-10; 4-8 NSIC) will be back in action on Wednesday, Oct. 17 when the Beavers will travel to St. Paul, Minn. to take on the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. from the Gangelhoff Center.