DULUTH, Minn. – The 14^th-ranked University of Minnesota Duluth volleyball team hits the road on Wednesday for a midweek match against Winona State University in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) contest.
 
MATCH SCHEDULE
Wednesday
6 p.m. at Winona State
 
Watch: https://nsicnetwork.com/umdbulldogs/?B=600175
Live Stats: https://winonastatewarriors.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
 
About the Bulldogs
AVCA Ranking: 14
Record: 14-7, 7-6 NSIC
NSIC Standing: 7^th  
 

• UMD is coming off a pair of home losses to Minnesota State University on Friday and second-ranked Concordia University St. Paul on Saturday.
• The two home losses put them at 5-6 at Romano Gymnasium this season and marks only the second time since 2013 the Bulldogs have suffered more than four losses at home.
• On the other hand, the Bulldogs are 9-1 away from Romano Gymnasium this season and will play three of their final five matches of the regular season on the road.
• Cianna Selbitschka leads the team and ranks fourth in the NSIC with 242 kills.
• Selbitschka enters Wednesday's match 11 kills shy of 1,000 for her career.
• She would become the 23^rd Bulldog to reach the 1,000-kill milestone and the first since Kate Berg in 2021.
• Kaylyn Madison, who ranks third in the conference, averaging 4.94 digs per set, currently sits at 959 career digs.
• Setter Madison Gordon ranks 14^th in NCAA Division II, averaging 10.77 assists per set.
• Gordon sits three service aces shy from 100 for her career.
• Middle blocker Grace Daak is only four total blocks shy of 300 for her career.
• UMD is 2-7 when they have a sub .200 hitting percentage and 12-0 when above .200.
• Three of the final five matches of the regular season are against teams ahead of them in the NSIC standings.

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Scouting Winona State
AVCA Ranking: NR
Record: 16-5, 8-4 NSIC
NSIC Standing: T-5^th
 

• The Warriors are coming off road sweeps of the University of Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State University.
• Nine of the last 10 matches for Winona State have ended in just three sets with the Warriors going 6-3 during that stretch.
• Wednesday's match begins a four-match homestand for the Warriors, who are 4-1 at home this season.
• Winona ranks third in the league, averaging 16.82 digs per set and Rylee Vaughn ranks sixth in the conference averaging 4.54 digs per set.
• Kylie Welch leads the NSIC in aces (35) and aces per set (0.51), but as a team the Warriors rank 12^th in aces per set (1.38).
• Offensively, Winona is eighth in the conference with a .220 hitting percentage.
• Sidney Paulson leads the team, averaging 3.37 kills per set.
• Four of the Warriors' final six matches of the regular season are against top half of the NSIC teams (UMD, St. Cloud State, Northern State, Southwest Minnesota State).

 

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Previous Meeting: (All-Time Series: UMD leads 79-4)
The Bulldogs snapped a two-match losing streak to the Warriors last year up in Duluth, winning in three sets … Winona had won the previous two meetings at Winona and have won three of the last four meetings to take place outside of Duluth, including a 2016 NCAA Central Region Tournament victory over UMD in St. Paul.