INDIANLOA, Iowa – For the third time this season, the College of Saint Benedict volleyball team heads home undefeated in tournament play after a weekend road trip to Iowa.
 
After picking up a 3-1 win over UW-River Falls Friday night, CSB swept host-school Simpson Saturday morning at the Simpson Invitational in Indianola, Iowa. The team was also scheduled to play Principia, but Principia didn't have enough players, so that match was declared a no contest by the NCAA.
 
Saturday's win pushes CSB's overall record to 15-1. This is the team's best start since at least the 1994 season. The team started the year 12-2 and pushed its record to 17-2 to start the 2004 season, but this is the longest the team has gone with a single loss. CSB's 12-match winning streak is the longest since 2012, when it went on a 15-0 streak from mid-season heading into the MIAC title game.
 
CSB made quick work of Simpson (7-8) Saturday morning, winning 25-14, 25-13 and 25-13. CSB hit .315 as a team with just nine attack errors while the Storm hit .000 with 24 attack errors to 24 kills.
 
For the second time this week, junior Madison Weiss paced CSB with 12 kills. She hit .750 after recording 12 kills and no errors on 16 attempts. Hunter Weiss added seven kills and Gabby Heying finished with six. Hunter also had four block assists and Madison and Emily Marso each added three.
 
Katie Koch finished with 25 assists and seven digs in the three-set win, and Haley LaValle led the defense with 14 digs. Mary Wenisch added 14 digs for CSB, which had five service aces and just one reception error.
 
CSB returns to Minnesota and gets back to MIAC play Wednesday, Oct. 2, when it travels to St. Paul to take on Macalester. The team is at home for the first time in a month Saturday, Oct. 5, when it hosts Augsburg at 3 p.m. in a key MIAC matchup.