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The 2019 MCAC Volleyball season is well underway in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference and the Minnesota West CTC Lady Jays look to lead the way as teams head into the long holiday weekend. 

Head Coach Brittney McNab, a former NJCAA All-America selection in Worthington, and assistant coach CJ Nelson have their squad clicking on all cylinders as MnWest stands 5-0 currently.  The Lady Jays swept through the MCAC Crossover last week, dropping only two sets total in 3-2 win over Mesabi Range. Since then, McNab's team has swept Northland, Rainy River, Hibbing and NJCAA Division II Iowa Lakes Community College.  MnWest is off this weekend and will open up MCAC Southern Division play on Wednesday, September 4 at Riverland. 

Also unbeaten in the MCAC Southern Division are nationally-ranked Rochester Community & Technical College and M State-Fergus Falls, each 4-0 on the season. Both squads will also be competing at the College of DuPage Chaparral Invitational this weekend, with each facing multiple nationally ranked teams. The Yellowjackets are led by returning All-American Carrie Rutledge who leads the MCAC in kills-per-set (5.50) and Hayley Dessner who is second in the Conference in the same category at 4.17. The Spartans are getting it done on defense, with Bailey Marty leading the MCAC in Digs-per-Set at 5.07. 

St. Cloud Technical & Community College also will feature at the College of DuPage tournament, where they will lead off with Rock Valley College on Friday. The Cyclones are also off to a strong start at 3-1 and the SCTCC team has strong depth with 15 players on the roster this fall, including current MCAC Athlete-of-the-Week Kamryn D'Heilly. 

Read more about Week One Volleyball honors at:https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2019-20/releases/20190827ixs6bo 

SCTCC will see some strong opposition at DuPage, taking on Rock Valley College, Madison College, host COD and Harper College.   For more on the College of DuPage Invite, go to: https://gochapsgo.com/sports/womens-volleyball

Rounding out the South, Ridgewater College is 2-2 so far in 2019; the Warriors and first-year coach Erica Smith are off this weekend and will face M State Fergus Falls on Wednesday.  Western Technical College will open up their season against Century College on Friday; this fall is Century's first season in varsity volleyball and will join the MCAC Southern Division teams in 2020.  Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Riverland Community College are both idle this weekend before opening up their seasons on September 4th. 

All Northern Division volleyball teams are idle this weekend, but several competed on Wednesday, heading into the holiday weekend.  Mesabi Range College dispatched Rainy River Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Barron County in the Norse Triangular in Virginia to move to 3-3 on the year.  Nationally-ranked Central Lakes College beat the JV team from Mayville State College and fell to North Dakota State College of Science 3-0; the Raiders are also 3-3 in 2019.  Raider Sydney Berg is tops in the MCAC in total kills, notching 86 so far; teammate Maggie Fellerman is 3rd in the Conference at 60. 

Itasca Community College beat Century 3-0 in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, opening up the season at 1-0.  Brianna Sutherland was strong for ICC as she led the Vikings to their first win of 2019 with a balanced effort. 

(photos courtesy of MnWest, RCTC, SCTCC & CLC Athletics)

For the complete MCAC Volleyball Schedule, visit and bookmark this link: https://www.mcacsports.org/sports/wvball/2019-20/schedule

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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, as well as select member colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin.  The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions.  The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.

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