ST. PAUL, Minn. – The #3 Concordia Golden Bears volleyball team (14-2, 7-1 NSIC) collected their sixth sweep in a row and seventh win in a row as they took all three sets (25-9, 25-14, 25-14) against Minot State (0-15, 0-8 NSIC) on homecoming at Gangelhoff Center.
 
Concordia remained unbeaten in the all-time series as they moved to 13-0 against the Beavers, making it 39 set wins out of 41.
 
One night after putting up their best hitting percentage since 2018 at .453, CSP surpassed that mark with an incredible mark of .535 in the win over Minot State. The Golden Bears needed just 71 swings to collect 43 kills while they committed just five errors. The mark was seventh-best in the DII era at CSP. On the other side, Concordia held Minot State to .050 hitting with 21 kills and 17 errors on 80 attempts.
 
CSP also won the serving and blocking battle as they held a 9-2 edge in aces as well as an 8.0-1.0 edge in blocks. They also doubled up MiSU in digs at 40-20.
 
All 17 Golden Bears saw action in the match as a dozen collected at least one kill and nine had at least one dig in the victory. Makenna Berger was the only CSP player to reach double figures in either as she finished with 11 digs, four kills, two aces and two assists while Emma Schmidt hit .750 with nine kills on 12 swings to go along with three blocks on the night.
 
Payton Stier put up nine digs as well as two aces and two assists while Ellie Sieling followed close behind with eight digs, four kills and a pair of aces. Jasmine Mulvihill chipped in seven kills while Katie Mattson had five. Jamie Guptill paced the squad with four blocks while collecting kills on both of her swings in her one set of play. Teagan Starkey picked up 27 assists in two sets while Halle Bemmels had 10 in her one set.
 
Concordia wasted little time setting the tone as they scored the first five points of the match as they led from start to finish in the opening set. The margin remained five at 13-8, but CSP allowed just one point for the Beavers the rest of the way as they closed on a 12-1 run to win the set 25-9.
 
The Golden Bears carried the momentum into the second set as they used an early 4-0 burst to take a 10-4 lead. CSP slowly added to their lead throughout as they eventually took the set by a score of 25-14.
 
It was all CSP from the start in the third set as they opened on a 10-0 run, their second 10-0 run to start a set this season, before ballooning their lead even further at 14-2. Minot State cut it back to single digits a few times down the stretch before the Golden Bears closed it out at 25-14.
 
Concordia has a quick turnaround with a Tuesday night road trip to Minnesota State before hitting the road to Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston on the weekend.