Volleyball seniors
The Blazer seniors: Callie Neumann, Kelly Davenport, Taya Kockelman, Lexi Rinde, Sophie Stangl, Victoria Nass, Bailey Rykken
0
Hamline University HU 12-10, 4-6
3
Winner Saint Benedict CSB 19-8, 8-2
Hamline University HU
12-10, 4-6
0
Final
3
Saint Benedict CSB
19-8, 8-2
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Hamline University HU 12 13 17 (0)
Saint Benedict CSB 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Leah Rado, Athletic Media Relations Director

Blazers sweep Hamline on senior night

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – The College of Saint Benedict volleyball team wrapped up its regular-season home schedule with a 3-0 sweep of Hamline Wednesday night.
 
The Blazers celebrated senior night with 25-12, 25-13 and 25-17 wins over the Pipers to push their record to 19-8 overall and 8-2 in the MIAC. CSB, which has already secured a spot in the postseason tournament, is in third in the conference behind St. Thomas and Augsburg. The Tommies lead the conference race with a 9-1 mark and the Auggies are second at 8-2. The Blazers are ahead of Bethel, which is in fourth with a 7-3 record. St. Thomas, Augsburg, CSB and the Royals have all secured playoff spots.
 
No. 23 Saint Benedict and Hamline played a close first set until Laura Schmitt served six straight points to put the Blazers up 14-9. Kelly Davenport served four more points to make it 19-11, and a strong Blazer offense pulled away for the 25-12 win.
 
Taya Kockelman served the first 10 points of the second set to push the Blazers out to a 10-0 lead before the Pipers (12-10, 4-6) scored their first point of the set. The Blazers were able to capitalize on Hamline errors to hold the Pipers to 13 points in the second set.
 
The final set was the closest of the three, but timely kills from Sophie Stangl and Callie Neumann kept the Blazers on top throughout the match.
 
Stangl finished with 10 kills to pace the Blazer offense, which had 37 kills to Hamline's 22. Schmitt and Lexi Rinde both added six kills and Bailey Rykken finished with five. Kockelman had 28 assists and Victoria Nass paced the defense with 16 digs. Schmitt added 12 digs and Kockelman finished with 11. Mary Franz added six total blocks.
 
The Blazers' seven seniors were honored following CSB's win. Wednesday marked the final regular-season home game at Claire Lynch for Kockelman, Stangl, Rinde, Nass, Rykken, Neumann and Kelly Davenport.
 
CSB wraps up the regular season Saturday, Nov. 1, when it travels to Moorhead, Minn., to take on Concordia at 3 p.m. Seedings and first-round pairings for the MIAC tournament will be announced Saturday night.
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