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Saint Benedict CSB 12-11,6-4 MIAC
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Winner Bethel (MN) BU 24-4,10-0 MIAC
Saint Benedict CSB
12-11,6-4 MIAC
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Bethel (MN) BU
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Saint Benedict CSB 19 25 18 (0)
Bethel (MN) BU 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Bennies Drop Three-Set Bout at Bethel

Saint Ben’s returns home to host Carleton for Senior Night

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. - The College of Saint Benedict volleyball team fell in straight sets at Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) leader Bethel University Wednesday night, Nov. 4, dropping the match with set scores of 25-19, 27-25, 25-18. The loss drops CSB to 12-11 on the season, 6-4 in MIAC play, while the Royals improve to 24-4 and remain perfect in MIAC play at 10-0.

Senior Kali Jones (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) led the attack with 14 kills on an impressive .343 attack percentage. Fellow seniors Kate Stadum (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) and Brooke Andries (Marshall, Minn./Marshall) followed with eight and seven kills, respectively. Sophomore Ginny Schuler (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) posted a team-best 16 assists, while junior Izzy Torve (Loretto, Minn./Orono) added in 10. 

On the defensive end, Jones and Torve notched double-digit performances, as each tallied 10+ digs. Jones led the Bennies with 16, followed by 10 from Torve. Stadum chipped in eight. Sophomore Sydney Elliott (Saint Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) notched the team-lead in blocks with three, while Jones tallied a pair of rejections.

Saint Benedict recorded 40 kills on a .202 showing, while Bethel also finished with 40 kills but did so on a .259 attack percentage. BU boasted the advantage in assists (38-35), aces (8-3), and digs (53-48), while both teams totaled four blocks. 

CSB snagged an early lead in the opening set behind four straight points. First-year Karlie Wollum (Canby, Minn./Canby) downed back-to-back kills to get the Bennies on the board and Stadum dropped in an ace to give the visitors a slim lead. Sophomore Brooke Siegle (Norwood Young America, Waconia) set Jones for a kill on the ensuing point to give the Bennies a two-point cushion, 4-2. 

Remaining in front early, Schuler dished one to Jones for a kill and a Royals error made it 9-6 in favor of Saint Ben's. After a service error gave BU a break, Stadum smashed down a set from Schuler to bring the score to 10-7. Once again, the Royals were gifted a sideout with a service error, but gave CSB the ball back on a miscue of their own to make it 11-8. It would be Saint Benedict's last lead of the set, though, as Bethel took the next six points to swing momentum, ultimately taking the set 25-19. 

Down early to begin set two, the Bennies built momentum thanks to an 8-1 run to shift the lead. Andries followed a BU service error with kill before Schuler snagged an ace to cut the gap to two. After a Royals kill, Saint Ben's responded with a kill from Elliott. Jones went back to the line for a serve, placing an ace right on the sideline. A bad set by Bethel erased the Bennies' early deficit, 9-9, forcing the home team to burn a timeout.

Out of the break, Elliott downed a ball sent over prematurely to keep Saint Benedict going, and another BU miscue followed to give CSB a two-point lead, 11-9.

After Bethel responded with a run of its own to go up 20-14, Saint Ben's tried to mount a comeback by stealing six of the next eight points. Torve fed Dunham and Jones for back-to-back kills to ignite the visitors, followed by a bad set from Bethel. Elliott roped down a set from Torve to trim the gap to two, 20-18. Bethel pushed its lead back to four with two straight kills before an attack error gave CSB the ball. Elliott and Jones teamed up for a block to bring it back within two, 22-20. 

A Bethel kill put the set within reach, 23-20, but the Bennies were not going down without a fight. An Andries kill was followed by a solo stuff from Elliott to make it a one-point difference as BU burned a timeout, 23-22. The Royals responded with a block out of the break to bring up set point, 24-22, but three straight points from the Bennies put them in front. Stadum dropped in back-to-back kills to level the score at 24, and a block from Andries and Dunham gave CSB set point, 25-24. Saint Benedict could not find a way to close the set, as Bethel took the last three points to steal set two, 27-25. 

Trailing the majority of the set, Saint Benedict used three straight points to tie the score at 11 in the third. Jones kills sandwiched a block from her and Elliott to erase an early four-point deficit. In a string of runs, CSB went down 14-12 before taking five of the next six points. Schuler found Andries for a kill and an attack error neutralized the set at 14. Following errors by both teams, Schuler set Stadum and Andries for two straight kills to catapult Saint Benedict in front, 17-15, as Bethel called timeout to try to halt the visitors.

The stoppage of play worked in favor of the home team, as the Royals closed on a run to take the final set, 25-18.

Saint Ben's returns home to host Carleton College for the regular season finale Saturday, Nov. 7. The Senior Night match will begin at 7 p.m.
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