Wayne State 3 Minnesota State 0
Jennifer Hefner’s match high 15 kills helped #18 Wayne State take down #10 Minnesota State 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-23) Friday night at Rice Auditorium in Wayne. The win makes the Wildcats 22-4 overall and 10-2 in the NSIC and the loss drops Minnesota State to 21-4 overall and 11-2 in the NSIC.
The Wildcats took control early in game one jumping out to a 21-13 lead. WSC held MSU to a .056 hitting percentage in game one. In game two the Wildcats held the Mavericks to a .022 hitting percentage. Minnesota State took a early 6-2 lead over Wayne State, but the Wildcats battled back to tie the score at 13-13. Both teams battled in the third set, but the Wildcats pulled out a 25-23 win to take the match.
Hefner led the Wildcats offensively with 15 kills on the night. Sophomore Mindy Moody added eight kills for WSC and setter Diedra Artz added five kills. Artz was also credited with 26 set assists on the evening. Defensively, Jennifer Hefner had seven blocks on the night, Artz added four more and sophomore Tali Fredrickson added three. Leigh Connot had 27 digs in the game followed by Fredrickson with 18 and Artz with 12.
Minnesota State was led offensively by Chelsea Fogarty and Amanda Beekman each with nine kills on the night. Setter Brittany Stamer was credited with 28 set assists for MSU. Defensively, Kimber Kuhl had five blocks with Fogarty adding four. Samantha Dale and Stamer each had 25 digs to lead the Mavericks.
The Wildcats will be at home tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. when they host #15 Southwest Minnesota State in a NSIC matchup. Tomorrow, the Wildcats will be wearing pink jerseys as part of ‘Cats Against Cancer.’