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This Week in Peacock Volleyball… The Upper Iowa volleyball team will host a trio of Northern Sun Conference matches this week as they look to return to the win column and snap their current two-game skid. The Peacocks will welcome the Warriors of Winona State University on Tuesday night and the team has called for a WHITEOUT in Dorman Gym for the match with UIU's closest NSIC-foe. On Friday, the University of Minnesota Crookston will come to Fayette for a 7 p.m. match. Finally on Saturday, Bemidji State and Upper Iowa will line up against each other in a 4 p.m. match following the early afternoon Peacock football game.

The "Behnk"s Grand Opening... Senior Melanie Behnke tallied 20 kills in her first appearance back on the court for Upper Iowa this season. The 20 kills against Minnesota State came on just 29 attempts as the Seymour, Wis. native hit .621 for the match. Behnke sat out of the first 10 matches this season due to an off-court injury. The Peacock outside hitter was selected as a NSIC Second Team performer a season ago.

Killer Instinct… Sophomore Jennifer Mundt is enjoying a solid start to the season. The Utica, Minn. product is tenth in the NSIC in kills/set (3.17) and has racked up 133 in 11 matches. Her total kills are tied for seventh in the NSIC, but she is not all offense. In addition to her attack at the net, Mundt has registered 45 digs, 19 blocks and 8 aces.

Set to Lead… Junior Hailey Brown returns this season and going forward will be the main setter for Upper Iowa. So far this season as both a setter and outside hitter, she has 67 kills, 276 assists, 81 digs, 14 service aces and 11 blocks. The Elroy, Wis. native is one of three starters returning to Prochaska Court this season.

Freshman Orientation… Freshman Chelsea Berry has been solid for the Peacock offense and defense in the early going after stepping in for an injured Melanie Behnke. Berry has registered 109 kills, 129 digs, 14 blocks and 10 aces in her first eleven collegiate matches. Her kills and digs totals remain as the second highest on the team.

Last week for the Warriors… Bekah Saugen led the Winona State offense with 13 kills in a pair of losses to open conference play. Saugen had eight kills against Minnesota State and added five more against Concordia-St. Paul. The senior added 12 digs against MSU and seven more against CU to finish the week with 19. She also had an ace and a block. Elena Kruesel handed out a team-high 25 assists in a pair of Winona State losses this week. Kruesel averaged 4.17 assists per game, recording 13 against Concordia-St. Paul and 12 against Minnesota State. The senior also had 11 digs and an ace on the week. Katie Froehle led the Warrior defense charge with 22 digs in a pair of losses to Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul. Froehle averaged 3.67 digs per game for the Warriors, highlighted by a 17 dig performance against the Golden Bears. The senior also tallied ten kills on the week while handing out an assist and totaling two aces.

Last week for the Golden Eagles… Maggie Perrel averaged 24 kills last week versus No. 1 Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State. The Golden Eagle right side hitter tallied a season-high 20 kills, which tied the season-high by any UMC player so far, against St. Cloud State besting her previous high of 12 against Merrimack College. The freshman hit .415 on the night with just three errors. Versus Minnesota Duluth, Perrel had four kills.

Last week for the Beavers… Rachel Craig was Bemidji State University's top defensive player over this past week as they opened conference play against St. Cloud State University and University of Minnesota Duluth. Craig totaled eight blocks in the two matches. In the match against UMD, she had six total blocks, four of which were solo. Craig's four solo blocks was the second-highest single-match total in volleyball program history.