An annual black out/pack the house night closed out a recent three-match stretch with a top-15 showdown for #2 Wayne State College.
Beginning with road action Oct. 23-24, #2 WSC won a four-set match at MSU Moorhead (28-26, 25-11, 18-25, 25-16) followed by a 3-0 sweep at Minnesota Crookston (25-19, 25-18, 25-15).
Back at Rice Arena on Oct. 27, the Wildcats had their 18-match win streak snapped against #15 Southwest Minnesota State (22-25, 18-25, 23-25). It marked the 19th Black Out/Pack The House Night which brought in 700 fans.
WSC is now 24-2/15-2 NSIC (9-1 at Rice Arena).
A three-match double-double was posted by Channatee Robles (13 kills/11 digs) at MSU Moorhead. It marked her sixth double-double of the season.
For the first time since 1991, #22 Wayne State College lost by a shutout in a true road outing after #5 Minnesota State-Mankato won 35-0 on Oct. 24 in Mankato, MN.
The 2026 Wildcats are now 6-2 (5-2 NSIC) and fell to 2-1 in the NSIC South Division.
WSC was held to 177 total yards on 57 plays.
A pair of home matches were on the docket for Wayne State College women's soccer now with one regular season match remaining in late October.
From the WSC Soccer Complex, WSC suffered a 1-0 loss against #3 Minnesota State-Mankato on Oct. 23 before falling 1-0 against St. Cloud State on Oct. 25.
The Wildcats are now 5-9-3 (4-7-3 NSIC) and have dropped three straight.
Morgan Mancuso paced Wayne State College with six shots (two on goal) over the two matches.
Alexa Hofstetter recorded 16 saves over the weekend.
With an off-week approaching before the NSIC Championships, members of the Wayne State College women's and men's cross country program competed at the Mount Marty Invite on Oct. 22.
From Fox Run Golf Course, the WSC women (69 pts) and men (86 pts) both finished third.
In the women's division, Addison Bertrand paced the 'Cats with a fourth place finish in 23:51.15 while Sara Maguire (14th - 24:32.9) and Allie Czapla (15th - 24:41.4) finished inside the top 15.
During men's action, Lucas Frazier was the top Wildcat in fourth during a time of 26:28.47 while William Keller placed 17th (27:37.21).
With season 2026-27 soon to begin for the Wayne State College women's basketball team, it was off to Lincoln for a pre-season exhibition outing.
From Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Oct. 23, WSC suffered a 90-41 loss to the Big 10 Huskers.
Wayne's Brooklyn Kruse finished as the lone double figure leader scoring 13 points (3-13 FG/0-1 3PT/7-10 FT) to go along with three rebounds, an assist and one block.
Eleanor Griffin followed with eight points as Abby Aslesen added seven points and five rebounds.
The Wayne State College women's basketball team will open their regular season schedule with a non-conference outing against Upper Iowa on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. The WSC men will be hosting Nebraska-Kearney to begin their season that night at 7 p.m. from Rice Arena.
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