ST. PAUL, Minn. – The fourth-ranked Concordia-St. Paul volleyball team (22-2, 13-2 NSIC) claimed all three sets (25-11, 25-20, 25-8) against Northern State (17-7, 9-6 NSIC) on Friday night at Gangelhoff Center.
 
The Golden Bears wrap up their regular season home slate tomorrow afternoon as they host MSU Moorhead on Senior Day. CSP's six seniors, Makenna Berger, Jasmine Mulvihill, Katie Mattson, Kora Kritzberger, Emma Schmidt and Jamie Guptill, will all be honored with a brief on-court ceremony prior to first serve.
 
Concordia improved to 39-10 in the all-time series with the Wolves as they won their 37^th in the past 40 meetings between the two schools.
 
It was a dominant offensive effort for the home squad as CSP tallied 47 kills and just six errors on 86 attempts to finish with an efficient .477 hitting percentage. It was the third consecutive match that the Golden Bears cleared .450 hitting after hitting .540 against BSU and .465 against UMC last weekend. Concordia also held NSU to .130 hitting with 28 kills and 16 errors on the night. CSP's serving provided another huge advantage as they collected 10 aces compared to two for the Wolves.
 
Three different Golden Bears reached double figures in kills in the win as Jasmine Mulvihill led the way with 12 kills while Sophia Andersen and Emma Schmidt had 10 apiece. Mulvihill hit .474 while adding seven digs and a pair of blocks on the night. Andersen and Schmidt finished with nearly identical lines as Andersen went 10-0-20 with five digs, two aces and a .500 hitting percentage while Schmidt went 10-0-21 with seven digs, two aces and a .476 hitting percentage.
 
Jamie Guptill added a .444 hitting percentage with five kills and a match-best four blocks while Katie Mattson had seven kills and a .385 hitting percentage in the win. Teagan Starkey converted three of her four swings into kills while filling the box score with 39 assists, seven digs and three blocks. Ellie Sieling led all players with 13 digs while Payton Stier had a match-high three aces.
 
Keri Walker collected 21 assists and 10 digs for a double-double in the loss for the Wolves.
 
The Golden Bears turned an early 2-1 deficit into a 5-2 lead with a quick four-point burst in the opening set and they did not look back from there. A 6-1 run midway through the set ballooned the lead to double figures at 19-8 before the lead grew to 14 at the final margin of 25-11.
 
The second set proved to be more evenly contested as it featured 12 ties and five lead changes throughout. The Wolves jumped ahead with four straight points to make it 11-8 in their favor, but a 5-0 run the other way a few points later put CSP in front 14-12. They would not trail again as the two teams traded points until the Golden Bears scored the final four points to win the set 25-20.
 
The momentum carried over into the third set as Concordia scored seven of the first eight points and led from start to finish. The decisive run was a huge 10-0 burst that pushed the lead to 21-6 before the Golden Bears completed the sweep with a 25-8 set win.