University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics

Crookston, Minn. -- Minnesota Crookston volleyball closed out the season on Saturday afternoon at home for senior day against Northern State.

The Golden Eagles played tough in the first two sets, but ultimately fell to Northern State in straight sets (22-25, 21-25, 14-25).

Minnesota Crookston closed out the regular season with a 3-25 record.

Set One

Set one started out fast for the Wolves, taking an early 5-0 lead.

Minnesota Crookston would get on the board with a kill from Carizma Muth (Sr., OH, Randolph, Wis.) and a block from Lexi Scharold (Jr., MH, Alexandria, Kent.).

NSU would stretch their lead to 14-10, but Adrienne Venditto (So., DS, Bovey, Minn.) would go on a 4-0 run at the service line to knot things up at 14.

Later in the set, NSU would take a 22-18 lead, but Madison Carsten (Sr., OH, Wadena, Minn.) would finish a kill to make it 23-21.

The Golden Eagles would fall by three.

Set Two

It would be a role reversal in set two, as the Golden Eagles would get off to a much better start, taking a 5-2 lead and forcing a Wolves timeout.

Following the timeout, the set would be tied on three different occasions, until NSU took a 13-10 lead.

Back-to-back kills from Carsten would make it 14-13 and Emma Malek (Sr., MH, Plainfield, Ill.) would collect a kill to make it 15-14 in favor of NSU.

Muth would get the Golden Eagles within two at 22-20, but the Wolves would pull away for the four point win in set two.

Set Three

The Wolves would start fast once again in the third set, but Venditto would collect her first ace of the match to make it 6-3.

The Wolves would stretch their lead to 20-11 and the Golden Eagles would pull as close as seven, but the Wolves would pull away for the sweep.

Individual Stats

Playing in their final match, the seniors were outstanding, as Carsten finished with 11 kills, while Muth and Malek added eight and six, respectively. Scharold also finished the match with eight kills.

The Golden Eagles hit .191 in the match.

Thank You Seniors

The Golden Eagles celebrated six fantastic seniors in Carsten, Muth, Malek, Kailee Waasdorp (Sr., DS, West Fargo, N.D.), Megan Schoenfelder (Sr., MH, Zumbrota, Minn.) and Penelope Vertin (Sr., MH, Wayzata, Minn.). We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.