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2026 Volleyball Senior Night
Meredith Mahoney
0
Carleton CAR 15-11,6-5 MIAC
3
Winner Saint Benedict CSB 13-11,7-4 MIAC
Carleton CAR
15-11,6-5 MIAC
0
Final
3
Saint Benedict CSB
13-11,7-4 MIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Carleton CAR 11 21 21 (0)
Saint Benedict CSB 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Bennies Secure Senior Night Sweep over Carleton

Earn hosting rights for MIAC Quarterfinal Tuesday, Nov. 10

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - A perfect Senior Night for the College of Saint Benedict volleyball team ended with securing one more game inside Claire Lynch Hall, as the Bennies swept Carleton College Saturday night, Nov. 7. The win locked in the No. 4 seed in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoffs, granting CSB hosting rights for the MIAC Quarterfinal Tuesday night, Nov. 10. Saint Benedict boosted its overall record to 13-11 (7-4 MIAC) with the sweep, downing the Knights (15-11, 6-5 MIAC) behind set scores of 25-11, 25-21, 25-21. 

Following the sweep, the Bennies celebrated their five seniors, Kate Stadum (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd), Brooke Andries (Marshall, Minn./Marshall), Ingrid Noha (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), Libby Burns (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer), and Kali Jones (Annandale, Minn./Annandale), alongside student assistant coach Morgan Eggert.

As a team, Saint Ben's put on a show for the home crowd, recording 48 kills on a .291 clip, while limiting Carleton to 29 kills on a .123 showing. CSB also snagged the upperhand in assists (48-29), digs (60-49), and aces (7-4), while CC logged the edge in blocks, 4-3.

 Jones led the stellar attack, as the senior was dominant with 19 kills across the three sets on an astonishing .350 attack percentage. Stadum finished second with 11 kills on a whopping .364 clip, while Andries and sophomore Karley Dunham (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd) chipped in five apiece.

Junior Izzy Torve (Loretto, Minn./Orono) and sophomore Ginny Schuler (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) orchestrated the potent attack with 20 and 17 assists, respectively. Stadum led the team from the service line with three aces.

On the defensive end, three Bennies finished with double-digit digs. Stadum notched a double-double with 15 digs, followed closely by Torve with 14. Sophomore Brooke Siegle (Norwood Young America, Minn./Waconia) added 10. Jones and Dunham led the net defense with a pair of blocks apiece.

CSB quickly jumped out in front in the opening set, rattling off six straight points. Torve found Dunham and Jones for back-to-back kills, and Stadum roped an ace to follow a Knights miscue. Saving the rally with a tight set, Torve hit Jones for a crosscourt kill that left spectators in Claire Lynch in awe. Dunham downed a dish from Torve to cap off the opening run, 6-1.

Ahead by four, Saint Benedict put the opening set out of reach via a 9-2 stretch. Schuler set Stadum for a kill to ignite the offense, followed by Dunham smashing one down to send Carleton calling a timeout. Out of the break, Wollum tallied a kill, and Stadum made it 17-8 after a CC error with another kill. Following two straight Knights points, the Bennies continued to bolt in front with a Dunham hammer. Siegle found Jones for a kill on the ensuing point, and Torve connected with Wollum to make it a 10-point lead. Carleton committed another error on the next point, as the Knights burned their final timeout of the set, 21-10.

After a sideout following the break, CSB claimed the last four points of the set. Jones and Dunham teamed up for a block before a Burns ace put the set within reach. Jones tipped a shot off the block for a kill to cue set point, and sophomore Sydney Elliott (Saint Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) finalized the opening set for the home team, 25-11. 

A closer second set saw Saint Ben's pull ahead near the halfway point with four straight points, as a Stadum kill was followed by three straight Carleton mistakes to make it 16-11. The Knights came back to make it a one-point lead, 18-17, but Jones ended a long rally with a kill to distance the Bennies by a pair. Andries followed with a shot down the line and Jones used the tape for an ace to force CC to call timeout, 21-17.

The Knights did not go down without a fight, coming back to make it 21-20, as CSB called its first timeout of the match. Schuler fed Stadum for a kill out of the stoppage of play, followed by Andries finding a wide open line to make it 23-20. Stadum punched one through the block to push set point and Torve locked in the second set, 25-21, with an ace. 

Trailing 12-10 in the third, Saint Benedict rattled off five straight points to swing momentum. Dunham dropped a shot into the middle following a timeout from head coach Nicole Hess, and Jones tied the score at 12 with a kill to the back corner. After a bad set by Carleton, Stadum ripped back-to-back aces to make it 15-12 in favor of the home team. 

Carleton jumped back out in front late in the set, 20-19, but Andries perfectly placed a shot to the back corner to level the score, forcing a Knights timeout. The kill sparked a 6-1 run for the Bennies to close out the match, as Stadum tooled a block before Elliott smashed down a set from Schuler to make it 22-20. The visitors responded with a kill of their own, which would be their final point of the night, as a kill from Andries was sandwiched by attack errors to lift CSB to the sweep, 25-21.

Saint Benedict will turn its attention to postseason play, beginning with a bout with fifth-seed Concordia College Tuesday night, Nov. 10. First serve is slated for 7 p.m. inside Claire Lynch Hall, with the first 200 students (Bennie or Johnnie) earning free admission courtesy of CSB Student Senate.
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