Reusse: Stella Swenson

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Reusse: Gophers volleyball team resets with legacy setter Stella Swenson

Stella Swenson is the sister of four-time All-American Samantha Seliger-Swenson, and she’ll be joined by tall additions Jordan Taylor and Kelly Kinney.

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“Funny enough, it wasn’t Samantha’s influence that led me to be a setter,” Stella said last week at spring practice. “I remember the first day I played volleyball — I was 8, I got on my team and asked, ‘Which player touches the ball most?’ The answer was ‘setter.’ And I was a setter from then on out."

Stella’s twin, Olivia, is about an inch taller — at 6-3 — and is also a redshirt freshman as an outside hitter. She will be trying to get playing time with a group of excellent veterans.

There are also veteran options at setter, but it doesn’t take more than an hour stop at a spring practice to hear wide praise for Swenson’s talent at the position.

 

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