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LINK TO 2024 NSIC PRESEASON VOLLEYBALL COACHES’ POLL
MINOT, N.D. – Coming off a standout debut season for the Beavers, senior middle blocker Bailee Brommenschenkel was named an NSIC Preseason Player to Watch for volleyball as the league announced its Preseason Coaches’ Poll and Preseason Players to Watch on Thursday.
In 27 matches in 2023, the 6-foot-1, junior-college transfer pounded out 138 kills and had 58 blocks, giving her 770 kills and 397 blocks in her collegiate career.
Brommenschenkel leads the way for a Minot State team that will look to upset its league foes as the Beavers were picked to finish 15th in the 2024 NSIC Preseason Volleyball Coaches’ Poll with 14 points.
Minot State opens the 2024 season with a pair of home scrimmages, hosting an intrasquad Red versus White scrimmage at the MSU Dome on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 2 p.m., then hosting in-state rival the University of Mary in a preseason scrimmage on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, at 1 p.m.
The Beavers open their regular season at the Yellowjacket Invitational hosted by Montana State Billings on Sept. 6-7, then host Jamestown, Mayville State, Brandon, and Medicine Hat for the inaugural Live 1st Homecoming Classic at the MSU Dome on Sept. 13-14.
Defending NSIC regular-season champion Wayne State was a heavy favorite to repeat as the league’s top team with 194 points and 12 first-place votes, while Concordia, St. Paul and St. Cloud State were separated by just a single point for second and third, respectively. The Golden Bears earned 178 points and one first-place vote, and the Huskies garnered 177 points and two first-place votes.
Southwest Minnesota State was picked fourth with 150 points, Minnesota Duluth was picked fifth with 148 points, Winona State was picked sixth with 122 points, Northern State was picked seventh with 121 points, Sioux Falls was picked eighth with 110 points, Minnesota State, Mankato was picked ninth with 89 points, Augustana was picked 10th with 83 points, Bemidji State was picked 11th with 67 points, Mary was picked 12th with 48 points, Minnesota State Moorhead was picked 13th with 47 points, Minnesota Crookston was picked 14th with 27 points, and Minot State was 15th with 14 points.
St. Cloud State fifth-year senior outside hitter Kenzie Foley (6-foot-1) was named the NSIC Preseason Player of the Year. Foley was the 2023 NSIC Player of the Year along with the 2023 AVCA and D2CCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year.
2024 NSIC Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Rank Team Points
Note: First-place votes in parenthesis
1 Wayne State (12) 194
2 Concordia, St. Paul (1) 178
3 St. Cloud State (2) 177
4 SW Minnesota State 150
5 Minnesota Duluth 148
6 Winona State 122
7 Northern State 121
8 Sioux Falls 110
9 Minnesota State 89
10 Augustana 83
11 Bemidji State 67
12 Mary 48
13 MSU Moorhead 47
14 Minnesota Crookston 27
15 Minot State 14
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Publish date : 2024-08-08 22:20:02
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