MINOT, N.D. – For four Minot State University volleyball players the match against St. Cloud State would be their last at home.
 
In a dramatic five set series (17-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23, 11-15) with 11 lead changes and 20 ties the Beavers fell to the Huskies despite a high level performance from that group of four and the rest of the team.
 
Seniors Mallory Sall (OH, Port Coquitlam British Columbia) and Tarah Dabovich (MH, Phoenix, Ariz.) finished with 19 and seven kills, respectively. Sall also led the team with 16 digs while Dabovich contributed to three blocks.
 
Juniors Taylor Butters (OH, Spokane Valley, Wash.) and Shaunessy Dauwalder (MH, Stanley, N.D.) also played in their final home match as they are graduating early. Butters finished the match with 15 kills while Dauwalder ended with 14 of her own adding six total blocks.
 
"For as emotional as they were I thought they played pretty under control," said head coach Ben Kaszeta. "There were a few early mistakes in the first game, but the rest of the time they were under control. They played like seniors today, they played hard and I liked that."
 
Playing with emotions wasn't the only hurdle Minot State had to overcome as they were playing without standout freshman libero Logan Desorcy (St. Andrews, Manitoba) who was sitting out due to an injury.
 
With 85 total digs, the most all season in a single match, five Beavers ended with over 10 digs while Desorcy's replacement, Rachel Fagerburg (Tempe, Ariz.) recorded 15.
 
"I thought Rachel stepped in and did a great job in her role," Kaszeta said. "She worked her tail off. We had practiced it a couple times during the season just in case and it showed. She stepped right in and was ready to go like it was nothing."
 
Freshman setter Kelsey Dewulf (Huntley, Ill.) recorded 14 digs of her own while tallying a season-high 53 assists.
 
Minot State has two games remaining on its schedule with the first to be played at Minnesota, Crookston on November 13 at 7 p.m.

About Minot State
Minot State University is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and NCAA Division II offering 14 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletics programs. The NSIC is a premier NCAA DII, 16-member conference featuring teams in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. The Beavers are the only public NCAA Division II institution in the state of North Dakota.