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Mustangs close fall season placing 18th at Central Region Preview

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. KEARNEY – The Southwest Minnesota State women's golf team concluded its fall season on a cool and rainy Tuesday shooting a final round 33-over-par 317 for a three-round total of 118-over 970, to finish in 18th place at the 20-team Central Region Preview played at the par-71 Meadowlark Hills Golf Club. SMSU, which played five freshmen during the tournament, carded scores of 314, 339 and 317 for its final total of 970. Nebraska-Kearney captured the team title with a score of 18-over 870, finishing 16 strokes ahead of second place ...

No. 11 SMSU continues home action against UMC and MSUM

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. THIS WEEK The No. 11 ranked SMSU volleyball team, after defeating Jamestown and Northern State, continues action inside the PE Gym this weekend. The Mustangs host Minnesota Crookston on Friday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m., before facing Minnesota State Moorhead the following Saturday at 2 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 to date on the Mustangs throughout the weekend by downloading the official SMSU Athletics app. SERIES ...

Mustang soccer travels to N.D., faces UMary and Minot State this weekend

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. THIS WEEK The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (2-8-3, 2-6-2 NSIC) continues Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches in North Dakota. The Mustangs travel to Bismarck on Friday, Oct. 16, to face UMary at 3 p.m. before heading to Minot on Sunday, Oct. 18, for a 1 p.m. match against Minot State. LAST WEEK'S RESULTS The Mustangs went 1-1 on the road last weekend, defeating Wayne State 1-0 on Friday before falling 7-0 to Augustana on Sunday. SMSU earned its second ...

Career-high from Jones leads SMSU past Northern State in five sets

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. MARSHALL, Minn. – The No. 12 ranked Southwest Minnesota State volleyball team (15-3, 9-2 NSIC) rallied to earn a 3-2 victory over Northern State (13-6, 8-3 NSIC) on Saturday afternoon at the PE Gym, winning by set scores of 21-25, 25-19, 17-25, 25-22 and 15-13. Leah Jones led the Mustangs offensively with a career-high 27 kills while hitting .375. Mollie Rupp added 11 kills and hit .292, while Ashley Peltier finished with 10 kills. Natalie Pilney contributed nine kills and led SMSU with eight total blocks. Sydney Thein directed ...

Minneota volleyball takes seventh at Milan Mader Tournament

LAKEVILLE — The Minneota volleyball team finished seventh out of 16 teams at the Milan Mader Volleyball Tournament, hosted by Lakeville North High School, after going 2-2 over the weekend. The Vikings improved their overall record to 21-4 while remaining unbeaten in conference play at 8-0. Minneota opened the tournament with a straight-set victory over Chanhassen, winning 25-23 and 25-22. Leah Coequyt and Eden Meagher led the offense with eight kills apiece, while Jaylyn Coequyt added seven. Sophie Gillund paced the Vikings with 18 assists, followed by Libby Sussner with 10. Autum ...

Canby volleyball drops two matches at STMA Fall Classic

ST. MICHAEL — The Canby volleyball team faced a challenging two-day stretch at the STMA Fall Classic, dropping four matches against LCA, Southwest Christian, Edina and Rockford on Oct. 9-10. Canby opened tournament play Oct. 9 against LCA, falling in straight sets, 25-15 and 25-16. The Lancers then faced Southwest Christian, suffering another two-set loss, 25-10 and 25-7. The tournament continued Oct. 10 with a matchup against Edina. Canby claimed the opening set, 25-21, before Edina rallied to win the second set, 25-21, and the deciding set, 15-8. Canby recorded 25 kills against ...