Lakeview falls to MACCRAY in home match

September 16, 2026

COTTONWOOD — A strong first set wasn’t enough for the Lakeview volleyball team to escape with a win against MACCRAY on Tuesday. The Lakers claimed the first set 25-22, but they lost the next three 25-20, 25-23, 25-9 to fall in four sets in Camden Conference play. Jersey Stensrud’s 12 digs and Aubrey Pederson’s 11 helped the duo shine defensively in the loss. Josie Spaude also came up with a pair of ace blocks in the front row. Offensively, Nikki Schwartz and Khya Gawarecki each tallied 12 set assists, led by Taylor Hinz’s 11 kills. Lakeview drops to 4-5 with the loss, having ...

YME battles but drops conference game to KMS

September 16, 2026

GRANITE FALLS — The Yellow Medicine East volleyball team wasn’t able to pick up its first win of the season on Tuesday, falling 25-21, 27-25, 25-19 to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in Camden Conference play. Kourtney Peterson and Charlotte Paslawski put together solid defensive games in the back row, tallying 15 and 10 digs, respectively. Paslawski’s 18 set assists were also a team high. In the front row, Abbey Bones and Hanna Bjordnal contributed four and three blocks. Bones led the Sting attack with six kills. Yellow Medicine East falls to 0-5 on the year and travels to Madison ...

SMSU football takes on NSIC North Division foe Minot State on Saturday

September 16, 2026

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. THIS WEEK •The Southwest Minnesota State University football team (1-2, 0-2 NSIC) hits the road this Saturday, Sept. 19, with a match-up versus Minot State University (0-3, 0-2 NSIC) in Minot, N.D. The teams will kick-off at 2 p.m. at First Western Bank Field at Herb Parker Stadium. •SMSU is coming off a 30-3 home loss to Northern State on Saturday night and will look to snap a two-game losing skid. •MSU has dropped its first three games of the season by a combined 18 points, including a six-point season-opening home loss ...

Tigers bounce back with dominant win over St. Peter

September 16, 2026

ST. PETER — After back-to-back losses to top-5 opponents, the No. 2 Marshall volleyball team bounced back on Tuesday with a straight-sets victory over St. Peter in Big South Conference play. The Tigers fell to No. 3AAAA Maple Grove and No. 1AAA Benilde-St. Margaret’s at the Southwest Challenge over the weekend, but got right back on track with a 25-10, 25-10, 25-10 sweep. Leah Stelter distributed the ball evenly for a balanced attack for Marshall, tallying 26 set assists. Her nine digs trailed only Kezlyn Pinckney’s 13 and were just ahead of Jennifer Lee’s eight. Julia Fahl ...

SMSU soccer faces pair of NSIC North opponents on the road

September 15, 2026

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. HIS WEEK The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (0-4-1, 0-2 NSIC) continues Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play on the road this weekend. The Mustangs travel north facing Minnesota Crookston on Friday, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m., before coming up against Minnesota State Moorhead on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. LAST WEEK'S RESULTS The Mustangs dropped a pair of matches at home last weekend, falling 2-1 to Minnesota Duluth on Friday before suffering a 3-0 setback to Bemidji State on Sunday. SMSU opened NSIC ...

No. 14 SMSU volleyball makes home debut this weekend against SCSU and MSU

September 15, 2026

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. MARSHALL - THIS WEEK The No. 14 ranked SMSU volleyball team, after beginning NSIC play last weekend, hosts its first games inside the PE Gym in 2026. SMSU opens play with a match on Friday against No. 10 ranked St. Cloud State at 6 p.m. The Mustangs then face Minnesota State the following day at 2 p.m. In honor of ‘Alumni Weekend’, SMSU will be hosting a ‘Gameday Round Up’ at 12 p.m. All matches are listed in central time. MATCH COVERAGE Live stats and video for all matches will be available at SMSUmustangs.com Stay up ...