University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics

Minot, N.D. -- Senior Madison Carsten (Sr., OH, Wadena, Minn.) made history on Friday night in a loss to Minot State, finishing with 12 kills, giving her 1,007 in her illustrious career.

The senior is just the second Golden Eagle ever to have 1,000 career kills and digs.

Minot State used timely service errors from the Golden Eagles to sweep Minnesota Crookston and return the favor from earlier this season (16-25, 25-23, 25-23).

Minnesota Crookston falls to 3-22 on the season.

Set One

Set one would be all Beavers, who would jump out to an early 8-0 lead before Lexi Scharold (Jr., MH, Alexandria, Kent.) would get the Golden Eagles on the board.

Trailing 16-6, the Golden Eagles would score four straight, highlighted by a Scharold kill and an Ellery Ehresmann (So., S, Albany, Minn.) service ace.

Minot State would win the set by nine.

Set Two

Minnesota Crookston would start much better in the middle set, using a kill from Carsten and a massive block from Carsten and Emma Malek (Sr., MH, Plainfield, Ill.) for a 5-3 lead.

Later, Minot State would take a 12-10 lead, but the Golden Eagles would answer with five in a row for a 15-12 lead after another Carsten kill.

Minnesota Crookston would continue with a three point lead down the stretch, until Carizma Muth (Sr., OH, Randolph, Wis.) would collect one of her five kills for a 23-19 lead.

Minot State would score six straight points down the stretch to win the set and take a two set to none lead in the match.

Set Three

Needing to win set three, it would be another early two point lead at 4-2.

Minot State would go on a 7-1 run for a 9-5 lead.

Slowly but surely, Minnesota Crookston would start to chip away and eventually tie the set at 18 following a Minot State attacking error.

Minnesota Crookston would take another two point lead at 23-21, following a long rally and a block from Scharold and Malek.

Much like the second set, Minot State would score the sets last four points to win their first conference match of the season.

Individual Stats

Carsten finished with a massive match, 12 kills and a new career-high of 24 digs. Scharold added eight kills on 28 total attacks.

Hannah Nesdahl (Fr., DS, Sioux Falls, S.D.) had a great match in the back, as well, finishing with 13 digs.

The Golden Eagles hit just .089 in the match.

What's Next

The final road match of the season tomorrow awaits the Golden Eagles at the University of Mary for a 1 PM first serve.