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Minneota volleyball returns veteran core with high hopes

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MINNEOTA — Coming off a 27-7 season in 2025-26, Minneota volleyball returns with plenty of experience and high expectations for another successful campaign. The Vikings return nine letterwinners from last season’s squad while losing just two players to graduation, giving head coach Kaley Buysse a veteran group to work with. “We have quite a few returning starters and many girls with years of experience on varsity, so I feel like that will be a strength of ours both defensively and offensively,” Buysse said. Among the team's returning veterans are Leah Coequyt and Jaylynn ...

MCC looks to reload after historic state run

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SLAYTON — Coming off their first run to the state semifinals in a quarter-century, the Murray County Central football team will look to build on last season’s success with a fresh group of faces in 2026. “We obviously want to compete for the section, we want to be in that section championship,” MCC head coach Patrick Freeman said. “We have a really tough schedule. Guys that are in our district, our section are well-coached football teams, and we respect that. But the ultimate goal is that we want to be playing our best football by the end of the year. If we stay true to the ...

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

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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 ...

SMSU soccer faces pair of NSIC North opponents on the road

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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 ...

SMSU women's golf sixth place following round one of the 13-team Maverick Brawl

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HUDSON – The Southwest Minnesota State women’s golf team carded a score of 43-over-par 327 on Monday and is currently in sixth place after round one of the 13-team Maverick Fall Brawl hosted by Minnesota State University at the par-71 Troy Burne Golf Club. SMSU trails fourth place, Minnesota State and Pittsburg State (Kan.), by two shots while sitting four strokes behind third place Concordia-St. Paul. St. Catherine and Wisconsin-Stout are tied atop the leaderboard with a 35-over 319. SMSU’s Katelyn Storbeck finished the first round in a tie for 10th place in the 76-player field ...

SMSU volleyball ranked No. 14 in recent AVCA poll

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MARSHALL - The Southwest Minnesota State volleyball team (7-2, 1-1 NSIC) dropped two spots to No. 14 in the recent AVCA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, released Monday afternoon. SMSU split the first two NSIC matches of 2026 over the weekend. On Friday, the Mustangs suffered a four-set defeat to No. 5 ranked Concordia-St. Paul, before defeating Winona State on Saturday in four sets. SMSU is one of five teams from the NSIC represented in the top 25. Wayne State remains at No. 2, while CSP remains at No. 5, having been in a tie for fifth last week. St. Cloud State falls two spots to No. 10 ...