Northern State 2, Southwest Minnesota State 3 · Volleyball, Sat, Oct 10, 2026

Final · Sat, Oct 10 · NSIC

Northern State17–7 · Strength #23 going in

Southwest Minn. State19–5 · Strength #11 going in

	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
Northern St.	25	19	25	22	13	2
Southwest Minn. St.	21	25	17	25	15	3

How it played out

Southwest Minnesota State beat Northern State in five, taking the fifth 15–13.

Southwest Minn. St. was the favorite at 65% going in (Strength No. 11 vs. No. 23).

Northern St. 35%Southwest Minn. St. 65%

Set 1: longest run 4–0 by Northern St.
Set 2: longest run 5–0 by Southwest Minn. St.
Set 3: longest run 5–0 by Southwest Minn. St.
Set 4: longest run 5–0 by Northern St.
Set 5: longest run 4–0 by Southwest Minn. St.

Team stats

Northern St.		Southwest Minn. St.
.19052–21–163	Hitting %	.21568–28–186
52	Kills	68
47	Assists	65
9	Aces	7
3	Service errors	14
7	Reception errors	9
77	Digs	80
9	Blocks	12

Leaders

Northern St.		Southwest Minn. St.
18 #2 Katelyn Schroeder	Kills	27 #10 Leah Jones
45 #9 Ava Nilsson	Assists	28 #4 Sydney Thein
20 #17 Ashley Yost	Digs	25 #14 Ashlynn Schroeder
7 #1 Victoria Persha	Blocks	8 #3 Natalie Pilney
3 #9 Ava Nilsson	Aces	4 #1 Mya Krystosek

Box score

SP sets played · K kills · E errors · TA attempts · A assists · SA aces · SE service errors · RE reception errors · BS/BA block solos and assists. Select a column to sort.

Northern State


1	Victoria Persha OH	5	10	4	29	.207	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	14
2	Katelyn Schroeder OH	5	18	7	54	.204	0	3	1	0	18	0	1	21.5
3	Avery Douglas L/DS	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lydia Nelson OH	5	5	3	13	.154	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	7
5	Sara Moberg L/DS	5	1	0	1	1.000	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	2
6	Margaret Smith S	5	2	0	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
7	Michalina Grudzien OH	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ava Nilsson S	5	1	0	5	.200	45	3	1	0	8	0	3	5.5
10	Addie Leach L/DS	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0
11	Logan Fredrickson MB	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Avery Maasdorf OH	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Morissen Samuels OH	5	6	5	34	.029	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	7.5
15	Sidonia Wattier S	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Isabella Leaf MB	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Ashley Yost L/DS	5	0	0	0	—	2	1	0	1	20	0	0	1
18	Linnea Nesheim OH	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Cara Cyr MB	5	9	2	18	.389	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	9.5
	Team	5	52	21	163	.190	47	9	3	7	77	1	16	104

Southwest Minn. State


1	Mya Krystosek OH	5	6	6	37	.000	1	4	3	3	13	0	3	11.5
2	Kennedy Drake L/DS	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Natalie Pilney MB	5	9	5	19	.211	0	1	4	0	5	1	7	14.5
4	Sydney Thein S	5	1	0	1	1.000	28	0	2	0	7	0	0	1
5	Mollie Rupp OH	5	11	4	24	.292	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	13.5
6	Reese Drake OH	5	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Tatem Schmidt S	5	0	0	1	.000	26	1	2	0	14	0	0	1
9	Paige Steinmetz OH	5	0	0	0	—	2	1	2	2	8	0	0	1
10	Leah Jones OH	5	27	6	56	.375	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	28
11	Avery Fahl MB	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lindsay Kruse MB	5	4	2	18	.111	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6.5
14	Ashlynn Schroeder L/DS	5	0	0	0	—	6	0	0	1	25	0	0	0
18	Josie Pundt OH	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Makenzie Walsh OH	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ashley Peltier OH	5	10	5	30	.167	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10
	Team	5	68	28	186	.215	65	7	14	9	80	2	20	103

Northern St. Southwest Minn. St. NCAA game center

Box score from NCAA.com. Win chances are from CORA's Strength rating, fitted only on matches before this one.