ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul women's volleyball team (18-2, 11-1 NSIC) extended their streak to 31 consecutive sets won as they won their 11^th match in a row with a sweep (25-16, 25-12, 25-19) of #6 St. Cloud State (16-4, 8-4 NSIC) on Friday night at Gangelhoff Center.
 
The Golden Bears continued to dominate the all-time series with the Huskies as they moved to 31-2 overall and 13-0 at home against SCSU.
 
Serving once again proved to be key for CSP as they collected nine aces with just one service error while consistently pushing SCSU out of system on the night. The result was a huge .360-.149 edge in hitting in addition to an 8.0-2.0 edge in blocks in the win. Concordia and their nation-leading offense made it nine matches in a row over .300 hitting and six in a row over .340.
 
Sophia Andersen collected nearly half of CSP's 38 kills on the night as she finished with 16 on 25 swings to collect a .520 hitting percentage. Ellie Sieling was the lone Golden Bear in double figures in digs as she put up 11 to go along with two aces in the win.
 
Teagan Starkey contributed a career-best five blocks in addition to 33 assists and seven digs while Katie Mattson matched her with five blocks of her own. Kennedy Brady hit an efficient .700 with seven kills on 10 attempts while Emma Schmidt filled the stat sheet with seven digs, six kills and four aces.
 
Linsey Rachel paced St. Cloud State with 13 kills and a .407 hitting percentage while Keely Kurschner led all players with 13 digs in the loss.
 
It was the Huskies that got off to a quick start with six of the first eight points to open the match before CSP turned it around to even it up at 7-7. The lead traded hands four times over the next 13 points as SCSU held a 14-13 lead before the Golden Bears rattled off a 6-0 run to take the lead for good at 19-14. Another 5-0 run a few points later gave Concordia a 25-16 win in the first.
 
That momentum carried over into the second set as they opened on a 5-1 run before ballooning the lead even further from there. With the score at 6-3, the Golden Bears scored 14 of the next 15 points, capped by nine straight on a dominant Schmidt serving run to make it 20-4. The Huskies rebounded a bit from there, but it was too big of a hill to climb as Concordia took a 2-0 lead with a 25-12 set win.
 
The third set featured seven ties and five lead changes through the first 19 points before CSP took control with a 3-0 run to jump in front 11-9. Concordia continued to add to their lead as they pushed it to six at 18-12 and eight at 23-15 before settling with a 25-19 win to complete the sweep.
 
It's another top-10 matchup at Gangelhoff Center tomorrow night as #3 Concordia hosts #5 Minnesota Duluth for Roast the Dogs. The first 100 students receive a free Roast the Dogs t-shirt and the 200 fans will receive a free hot dog near the entrance outside of the Gangelhoff Center on a first come, first serve basis. Available while supplies last.