st. Paul, minn. - the concordia university volleyball team extended their winning streak to 16 matches in a 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-16) win over the golden eagles of minnesota, crookston (1-12, 1-3 nsic) on friday evening. The match took 56 minutes from the first serve to the final kill. Concordia (16-1, 5-0 nsic) plays their 2008 homecoming match tomorrow at 5:00 pm against msu moorhead.

the golden bears hit well over their season average in the quick win, swinging for .360 while holding the golden eagles to just .041. Crookston climbed into positive hitting number in only the final set of the match. Junior raina hein led the squad with 13 kills and was followed by emily palkert with 11 kills and three blocks (1s, 2a). maria steinhagen had four block assists on the evening to go with an efficient hitting performance, killing eight of 13 attempts for a .615 average.

despite the quick nature of the night, maggie mcnamara still came up with 39 assists. She also had ten digs and three block assists. mary slinger matched the setter with ten digs. On the evening, the golden bears had 8.5 blocks.

minnesot, crookston was led in hitting by top gun amber meyer, who had eight kills. Jaclyn slepicka topped the roster with eight of the team's mere 19 digs.