Box Score Kearney, Neb. – The 2nd-ranked Nebraska-Kearney volleyball team recorded 11 blocks and served up eight aces to roar past the St. Cloud State Huskies (-6, -17, -9) Thursday night at the Health & Sports Center.
 
This was the first match of the 2012 New Victorian Inn & Suites/Runza Fall Classic and the home opener for the Lopers (4-0).
 
UNK took a part a young St. Cloud squad in the first set, hitting .417 (11-1-24), recording four team blocks and serving up three aces.  Of the Huskies six points in the set, three came via kill, one came on a block and the other two were the result of Loper service errors.
 
For the match, St. Cloud hit -.136 as they had 16 kills and 31 errors in 110 attempts. UNK cooled off after the first set and ended up at .207 (30-11-92).
 
Nine different Lopers registered at least one kill with three players having six a piece. One of those was junior middle Katie Sokolowski (Kearney Catholic), who also supplied eight blocks and four digs.
 
Next, freshman right side MJ Massanet (Manhattan, Kans.) hit .500 and dug up eight balls with senior libero Kaleigh Anderson (Lincoln SW) at a team-best 16 digs.

St. Cloud was led by Rachel Burke's seven kills and 11 digs.
 
UNK plays Maryville, Mo. (12:00 p.m.) and Northern State (6:00 p.m. tomorrow with matches also being played at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.