Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · 2026 season

Southwest Minn. State

13–4

Overall

7–2

NSIC

.255

Hitting % · 28th in D2

.173

Opponents hit · 106th in D2

AVCA poll · Oct 5

Power rank of 281

57%

NCAA tournament chance
Projected Central seed 5.4

Next · Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT

vs. Jamestown 13–4

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How they play

Ranked against all 281 Division II teams, with the Lone Star rank alongside. The bar shows how much of the field they're better than; the tick marks the median.

What they do well

Assists per set13.66 · 1st in D2
Kills per set14.45 · 3rd in D2
Reception error %5.3% · 6th in D2
Digs per set17.47 · 21st in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.34 · 211th in D2

Attack

Hitting %

.25528th of 281

Kills per set

14.453rd of 281

Assists per set

13.661st of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

59.8%33rd of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.9081st of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.34211th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

43.8%174th of 281

Pass & defend

Reception error %Serves received that became aces · Lower is better

5.3%6th of 281

Digs per set

17.4721st of 281

Blocks per set

1.9582nd of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.173106th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Players

Full season. Ranks show the national top 100. Ranked players have played 75% of their team's sets (hitting % also needs 3 attempts per team set).


1	Mya Krystosek	OH	54	118	402	2.19	.174	0.35	0.33	0.26	2.93	2.68
2	Kennedy Drake	L/DS	35	0	0	0.00	—	0.09	0.09	0.00	0.51	0.09
3	Natalie Pilney	MB	54	135	312	2.50	.317	0.04	0.33	1.0261st D2	0.41	3.43
4	Sydney Thein	S	55	5	14	0.09	.357	5.36	0.18	0.00	1.76	0.27
5	Mollie Rupp	OH	55	140	333	2.55	.315	0.09	0.02	0.40	0.56	2.77
6	Reese Drake	OH	56	10	31	0.18	.194	0.18	0.34	0.02	0.86	0.53
7	Tatem Schmidt	S	57	2	16	0.04	.125	6.58	0.32	0.00	2.54	0.35
8	Maddy Range	OH	14	5	21	0.36	.095	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.43	0.39
9	Paige Steinmetz	OH	57	4	30	0.07	-.067	0.19	0.32	0.00	2.65	0.39
10	Leah Jones	OH	55	164	456	2.98	.217	0.02	0.02	0.35	0.62	3.18
11	Avery Fahl	MB	13	6	24	0.46	.167	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.31	0.54
12	Lindsay Kruse	MB	57	107	237	1.88	.34677th D2	0.04	0.00	0.82	0.32	2.37
14	Ashlynn Schroeder	L/DS	58	1	16	0.02	.063	0.86	0.00	0.00	4.12	0.02
17	Trevyn Smith	S	11	1	1	0.09	1.000	1.45	0.27	0.00	0.91	0.36
18	Josie Pundt	OH	13	15	36	1.15	.222	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.15	1.19
21	Makenzie Walsh	OH	22	28	78	1.27	.282	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.32	1.41
23	Ashley Peltier	OH	46	97	242	2.11	.289	0.07	0.00	0.76	0.50	2.51

Pressure and runs

Full season. Built from NCAA play-by-play.

Late in sets (20–20 or later)

Rallies won44.1% of 186
Sideout %50.5% · all rallies 59.8%
Point-scoring %35.8% · all rallies 43.8%
Late kills–errorsRupp 15–4 · Kruse 8–2 · Krystosek 8–3 · Peltier 6–1 · Jones 9–5 · Pilney 7–5 · Pundt 1–2

Runs and comebacks

Longest run7 straight · 25–10 in set 1 vs. Spring Hill 08/28
Longest run against12 straight · 8–25 in set 2 vs. Wheeling 08/28
Sets with a 5-point run19 for · 15 against · of 58
Comeback setsdown 5, won 25–22 in set 3 vs. Okla. Christian 09/05
Leads lostNone from 5+ up

Southwest Minn. St. news

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Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Wheeling	11–6	W 3–0 25-15, 25-8, 25-22
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Spring Hill	14–7	W 3–0 25-10, 25-16, 25-14
Sat, Aug 29	at West Florida	3–1	L 1–3 25-19, 16-25, 23-25, 22-25
Sat, Aug 29	at Wheeling	11–6	W 3–0 25-18, 25-13, 27-25
Thu, Sep 3	at Missouri Western	15–1	L 1–3 25-20, 23-25, 21-25, 21-25
Fri, Sep 4	at Rockhurst	11–5	W 3–0 25-16, 25-17, 25-10
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Northwest Mo. St.	6–9	W 3–0 25-20, 25-20, 25-18
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Okla. Christian	9–8	W 3–0 25-21, 25-21, 25-22
Fri, Sep 11	at Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	12–4	L 1–3 17-25, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Winona St. NSIC	2–13	W 3–1 25-12, 25-19, 19-25, 25-14
Fri, Sep 18	vs. St. Cloud St. NSIC	12–5	W 3–1 25-22, 25-15, 29-31, 25-23
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Minnesota St. NSIC	6–11	W 3–0 25-21, 25-17, 25-21
Thu, Sep 24	at Sioux Falls NSIC	6–11	W 3–2 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-7
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Augustana (SD) NSIC	9–8	W 3–0 25-13, 27-25, 29-27
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	16–1	L 0–3 20-25, 21-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 2	at Minot St. NSIC	4–14	W 3–0 25-21, 25-21, 25-18
Sat, Oct 3	at Mary NSIC	4–13	W 3–0 25-16, 25-15, 25-12
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Jamestown NSIC	13–4	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 82%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Northern St. NSIC	12–5	Oct 10, 2:00 PM CT 60%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–14	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. MSU Moorhead NSIC	10–8	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 88%
Fri, Oct 23	at Minn. Duluth NSIC	16–1	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 38%
Sat, Oct 24	at Bemidji St. NSIC	13–4	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 68%
Tue, Oct 27	at Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	16–1	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT 20%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Winona St. NSIC	2–13	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 97%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	12–4	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 51%
Fri, Nov 6	at Minnesota St. NSIC	6–11	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 86%
Sat, Nov 7	at St. Cloud St. NSIC	12–5	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 45%