THIS WEEK
The University of Mary Marauders head to Minnesota for their last two matches of the season this weekend. The Marauders will first go to Minnesota Duluth for a match at 6 pm on Friday, November 2. They will follow that up with their second match of the weekend at St. Cloud State at 2 pm on Saturday, November 3.
 
THE RECORD
The Marauders hold a record of 4-22 overall with a 1-17 record in NSIC play.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The last time the Marauders took the court they brought home their first conference win of the season in the MAC. The Marauders would take down the Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles in four sets. Katja Berge led the Marauders with 18 kills in the match. Morgan Schnabel added a double-double with 14 kills and 14 digs. The Marauders would fall to Bemidji State in four sets in their second match of the weekend. UMary would be led by Bailey Harms who posted 14 kills. Morgan Schnabel would add another double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. Julianna Hughes would post a game high of three aces.
 
OPPO RESEARCH – Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota Duluth comes into the match against the Marauders ranked #4 in the nation. The Bulldogs boast a 22-5 record and a 15-3 record in NSIC play. The Bulldogs have yet to falter at home this season holding an undefeated 9-0 record. Minnesota Duluth's setter Emily Torve ranks second in the NSIC averaging 12.54 assists per set. UMD has a team hitting percentage of .246.
 
LAST MEETING
The last time the Marauders took on the Bulldogs they lost in three straight sets on the home court. Madison Bergthold led all Marauders with six kills followed closely behind by Katja Berge with five.
 
OPPO RESEARCH – St. Cloud State
The St. Cloud State Huskies come into the match against the Marauders with a 13-11 record with a 9-9 conference record. Earlier this month the Huskies were able to upset the #10 SMSU Mustangs in four sets. SCSU ranks second as a team in digs in the NSIC averaging 18.01 digs per set. This is largely due to Clara Krenz leading the NSIC in digs averaging 5.28 digs per set. Rachel Linsey averages 3.83 kills per set to rank her sixth in the conference.
 
LAST MEETING
The last time the Marauders took on the Huskies they fell in three straight sets at the McDowell Activity Center. Katja Berge led the team with nine kills and four blocks. Sydney Murphy recorded a team high of 21 assists and Natalia Cruz posted a team high of 20 digs.
 
"SETTING" UP FOR SUCCESS
The Marauders continue to exploit teams with a dual attack when it comes to setters. The duo of Sydney Murphy and Brittany Brusven had their best matches of the season over the past weekend. Murphy averaged 6 assists/set and Brusven averaged 4.6 assists/set. Sydney Murphy ranks 14th in the conference in assists, averaging 6.55 per set.
 
"ACE" UP THE SLEEVE
The Marauders rank 11th as a team in service aces in the NSIC. This is in part to having two Marauders ranking highly in the conference for individual service aces. Murphy ranks 15th with 0.33 aces/set and Geovana Almeida ranks 17th (0.31). Murphy has recorded a team-leading 28 aces on the season. The Marauders have four other athletes who have recorded 15 or more aces. The list includes Natalia Cruz (18), Geovana Almeida (18), Anna Nietfeld (16), and Julianna Hughes (15). Hughes recorded a game high 3 aces against Bemidji State including back to back aces to swing the momentum of the set.
 
NOT IN OUR HOUSE
Madison Bergthold continues to lead the Marauders with 45 blocks on the season, averaging 0.66 blocks per set. Freshman, Bailey Harms has been seeing plenty of playing time late in the season and she has been taking full advantage of it. Harms is averaging 0.66 blocks per set in her 38 sets she has played this season. Her 0.66 blocks per set is tied for the team lead with Bergthold. Harms tied her career high of five blocks against Augustana, she previously set that record against defending national champs Concordia-St. Paul.
 
DIG IT UP, OH, OH
Outside hitter, Natalia Cruz took over as the leader of the team in digs averaging 3.20 digs/set. Cruz has been doing so well on defense that she made a position change to libero against SMSU and has continued in that position ever since. Almeida ranks second on the team in digs averaging 2.77 digs/set. Breanna Donarski has the second most recorded digs of the team with 236 on the season.
 
ATTACK AND KILL
Morgan Schnabel leads the team in kills with 168 on the season. Schnabel also leads the team in kills per set (2.58). Katja Berge jumped into second on the team in kills with 155, averaging 2.09 kills/set. Berge recorded a career high of 18 kills against UMC last weekend. Anna Nietfeld looks to break the 100 kills mark this weekend, she is currently sitting at 99 on the season. Julianna Kari leads the Marauders in hitting percentage posting a .231.
 
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