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Match Info
Opponent: Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Date: Nov. 9, 7 p.m.
Location: Moorhead, Minn.
Arena: Nemzek Hall
Live Stats: http://web.mnstate.edu/livestats/volleyball/xlive.htm
Opponent: Northern State University
Date: Nov. 10, 3 p.m.
Location: Aberdeen, S.D.
Arena: Wachs Arena
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/northern/wvball/scoreboard.aspx
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• Setting Things Up For The Future
    The Golden Eagles are out of the playoff hunt this season as they are currently in a tie for 10th place and are four games behind Wayne State, Winona State, Augustana and Northern State for a tie for fifth place as only the top eight teams make the tournament. However, the Golden Eagles do have something to play for as they look to send this season out on a good note as they look to build for the 2013 season in which they will return almost their entire team outside of Swann, who will be a big loss but the Golden Eagles will return six starters in 2013 and will be led by a senior class of six student-athletes (Lindsey Rees, Alexandra Skeeter, Alyssa Schneider, Chelsea Wiesner, Katie Miedtke and Paige Mitchell).

• Swann Song
    Amanda Swann (Sr., OH, Rochester Hills, Mich.) has put up a very strong senior season and she will play the final two games of her career this weekend. Swann is currently second on the team with 226 kills and is averaging 2.66 kills per set. Swann has accumulated 849 kills in her four years. Swann is averaging 12.1 kills per set in the team's seven victories in conference this season. In the team's 11 conference losses Swann has been held to 8.09 kills per set. Swann had a great “Senior Day” performance two Saturday's ago as she had 16 kills, her second-best kills performance of the season, against U-Mary.

• One More Win
    One more win and the Golden Eagles will surpass their highest overall win total during the Lee Anderson era which they set last season at 12. UMC will end up short of 14 wins, which was the program-high during their 14 years in the NSIC. The Golden Eagles won 14 matches in 2004. UMC's win versus U-Mary two Saturday's ago gave them seven wins in the league which surpasses the program's high of six during the 14 years of the school in the NSIC. The team had six conference wins in both 2004 and 2011.

• Chart Climber
    Chelsea Wiesner (Jr., Lib., Rochester, Minn.) has 416 digs this season for the Golden Eagles. Wiesner is getting closer and closer to becoming the team's all-time leader for digs. She currently needs just 117 digs to surpass Jaclyn Slepicka's mark of 1,471. Wiesner has 1,355 digs in her career. She tallied over 20 digs for the eighth time this season with 21 digs last weekend against No. 5 University of Minnesota Duluth last weekend.

• Acing It!
    The University of Minnesota, Crookston is currently second in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in service aces with 145 so far this year. Brittany Looker (So., OH, Rochester, Minn.) leads the team with 33 and is also third in the conference. The Golden Eagles are ranked 69th nationally for aces per set. In the conference, Alexandra Skeeter (Jr., OH, Milwaukee, Wis.), Paige Mitchell (R-Jr., S, West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Chelsea Wiesner (Jr., Lib., Rochester, Minn.) are also ranked in the top 10.

• The Roaring 20's
    20 has been a key number for UMC this season. The Golden Eagles are 25-6 this season in sets where they reach 20 before their opponents. The only six set losses came in the first match of the season against Northern Michigan University, in a set versus Ferris State University, against Augustana College, against Upper Iowa and Winona State. In addition, UMC has come back and won eight sets in which the opponent reached 20 first, including the third set against Minot State.

• Doubling Up
    Brittany Looker has been one of UMC's strongest players offensively and defensively this season. It has shown in the matches this season as Looker has 11 double-doubles this season. Looker had 12 kills and 13 digs versus U-Mary two weeks ago, as that was her last double-double.

The Scoop

Previewing the Golden Eagles

    The University of Minnesota, Crookston Golden Eagles will wrap up the 2012 season Friday and Saturday as they head to Minnesota State University, Moorhead and then Northern State
University. The Golden Eagles are 11-14 (7-11 NSIC) this season and are seeking their 12th win this season which would match their win total from last season and tie for the most wins under current head coach Lee Anderson.
   
    UMC has been led this season on offense by the play of Brittany Looker (So., OH, Rochester, Minn.) and Amanda Swann (Sr., OH, Rochester Hills, Mich.). Looker leads the team with 230 kills and is averaging 2.77 kills per set. Swann is close behind with 226 kills while averaging 2.66 kills per set. UMC's setter role has been shared this season as Paige Mitchell (R-Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla.) is averaging 5.01 assists per set and Lindsey Rees (R-Jr., Bronson, Mich.) is averaging 4.07 assists per set.
   
    The Golden Eagles have been led this year on the defensive end by Chelsea Wiesner (Jr., Lib., Rochester, Minn.) is averaging 4.89 digs per set, which is third in the NSIC. Alexandra Skeeter (Jr., OH, Milwaukee, Wis.) and Looker are each also averaging over three digs per set. The UMC block has been led this season by Morgan VanGerpen (So., MH, Overland Park, Kan.), who is averaging 0.82 blocks per set.

Previewing the Dragons

    The Minnesota State University, Moorhead comes into the weekend 15-12 (7-11 NSIC) and are in a tie with the Golden Eagles for 10th place in the NSIC. The Dragons defeated UMC 3-1 in Crookston earlier this season. MSU Moorhead has five different players averaging over two kills per this season. Annie Palmquist leads the team with 2.90 kills per set while Heidi Lensing has 2.77 kills per set. Maggie Gruber, Kaitlin VanWinkle and Meredith Egeland also are averaging over two kills per set for the Dragons. At setter, Anna Olson is averaging 6.88 assists per set.

    Defensively, Katy Ness, the NSIC Libero of the Year, leads MSU Moorhead as she has
averaged 6.34 digs per set this season. The MSU Moorhead block has been led by Kaitlin
VanWinkle's 1.12 blocks per set.

Previewing the Wolves

    Northern State University has a 16-10 mark on the season and is 11-7 in the NSIC. The Wolves are currently tied for fifth in the NSIC standings with Winona State University, Minnesota State University, Mankato and Augustana College. Northern State has been led by three players this season who are averaging over two kills per set. Kaleinani Kabalis leads the team with 3.18 kills per set while Macey Finizio is averaging 2.85 kills per set and Kelsey Chambers is averaging 2.66 kills per set. At setter, Northern State has been led by freshman Drew Smith, who is averaging 10.99 assists per set.

    The Northern State Wolves have been led defensively by four players who are averaging over two digs per set. Ella Campbell leads the team with 3.72 digs per set while Kabalis is averaging 3.14 digs per set. Sami Nygaard and Kelsey Chambers are also averaging over two kills per set.