Auggies finish 1-1 at MIAC Tournament

Volleyball 11/3-4/00 -- Augsburg at MIAC Tournament

WINONA, Minn. (11/4/00) -- Augsburg College split its two matches in competition at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference postseason tournament at St. Mary's University on Friday and Saturday, dropping its opening match to Gustavus Adolphus in five games on Friday, then coming back to finish the season with a five-game win over the College of St. Catherine on Saturday.

Augsburg finishes its season 11-16 overall, the second season in a row with 11 victories.

After winning the first two games against Gustavus, the Gusties came back to capture the Friday-evening match. Game scores were 9-15, 11-15, 15-13, 15-10, 15-12.

Cassi Van Ausdall (Sr., White Bear Lake, Minn.) paced the Auggies with 16 kills and 21 digs, her 15th "double-double" of the season. Lisa Miller (So., Buffalo, Minn.) had 14 kills and a team-high six blocks (three solo), and Angie Rieger (Sr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS) had 10 kills, 16 digs and four blocks (two solo).

Kevina Nakiwala (So., Kampala, Uganda/Ashby, Minn., HS) notched nine kills and three blocks (one solo), while Paula Pogatchnik (So., Finlayson, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) recorded eight kills and four blocks (one solo). Emily Walen (Sr., Stillwater, Minn./Hastings HS) had 51 assists, 13 digs and eight kills.

On Saturday, Augsburg used 12 players in the match against St. Catherine, rallying back from a 2-0 deficit to claim the season-ending win. Game scores were 2-15, 9-15, 15-5, 15-4, 15-12.

Van Ausdall closed her career with double-double No. 16 of the season, with 10 kills, 10 digs and three blocks (two solo). Pogatchnik, Nakiwala and Miller had six kills apiece, with Nakiwala and Miller adding three blocks each. Rieger had five kills and five blocks (one solo), and Walen contributed 22 assists and four blocks (one solo).

Gustavus Adolphus (12-19 overall) def. Augsburg (10-16) 9-15, 11-15, 15-13, 15-10, 15-12
Augsburg leaders:
Kills -- Cassi Van Ausdall 16, Lisa Miller 14, Angie Rieger 10, Kevina Nakiwala 9, Emily Walen 8, Paula Pogatchnik 8.
Assists -- Emily Walen 51.
Blocks -- Lisa Miller 6 (3 solo), Angie Rieger 4 (2 solo), Paula Pogatchnik 4 (1 solo), Kevina Nakiwala 3 (1 solo).
Digs -- Cassi Van Ausdall 21, Angie Rieger 16, Emily Walen 13, Kevina Nakiwala 11.
Service Aces -- Emily Walen 2, Cassi Van Ausdall 2.

Gustavus leaders:
Kills -- Tona Schmidtke 12, Laura Burley 11, Linnea Arvidson 11, Courtney Lovejoy 6.
Assists -- Chrissy Homeier 49.
Blocks -- Courtney Lovejoy 8, Tona Schmidtke 6.
Digs -- Chrissy Homeier 2, Courtney Lovejoy 2, Nicole Nesseth 2.
Service Aces -- Laura Burley 20, Steph Siekman 16.

Augsburg (11-16 overall) def. St. Catherine (4-26) 2-15, 9-15, 15-5, 15-4, 15-12
Augsburg leaders:
Kills -- Cassi Van Ausdall 10, Paula Pogatchnik 6, Kevina Nakiwala 6, Lisa Miller 6, Angie Rieger 5.
Assists -- Emily Walen 22, Anna Piermantier 13.
Blocks -- Angie Rieger 5 (1 solo), Emily Walen 4 (1 solo), Cassi Van Ausdall 3 (2 solo), Kevina Nakiwala 3, Lisa Miller 3.
Digs -- Cassi Van Ausdall 10, Emily Walen 9, Tiffany Lynch 8, Angie Rieger 8.
Service Aces -- Emily Walen 2.

St. Catherine leaders:
None available.

---------- Attack --------- ---- Pass ----
Augsburg MP- GP Att Kill K/Gm E Pct Att RE Pct
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Cassi Van Ausdall 1- 5 54 16 3.200 11 .093 0 1 .000
Lisa Miller 1- 5 27 14 2.800 6 .296 0 0 .000
Angie Rieger 1- 5 31 10 2.000 7 .097 0 1 .000
Kevina Nakiwala 1- 5 26 9 1.800 4 .192 0 3 .000
Paula Pogatchnik 1- 5 39 8 1.600 7 .026 0 0 .000
Emily Walen 1- 5 15 8 1.600 0 .533 0 0 .000
Tiffany Lynch 1- 5 1 0 0.000 0 .000 0 1 .000
Jessica Norman 1- 5 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 4 .000
Anna Piermantier 1- 1 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 0 .000
Alli Burgess 1- 2 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 1 .000
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Augsburg 1- 5 193 65 13.000 35 .155 0 11 .000
Gustavus Adolphus 1- 5 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 0 .000
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---------- Set ----------- --------- Serve ---------
Augsburg Att A A/Gm Pct BHE Att SA SA/Gm SE Pct
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Cassi Van Ausdall 0 4 0.800 .000 1 0 2 0.400 1 .000
Lisa Miller 0 1 0.200 .000 1 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Angie Rieger 0 0 0.000 .000 1 0 1 0.200 2 .000
Kevina Nakiwala 0 2 0.400 .000 1 0 1 0.200 0 .000
Paula Pogatchnik 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Emily Walen 0 51 10.200 .000 0 0 2 0.400 1 .000
Tiffany Lynch 0 2 0.400 .000 1 0 1 0.200 0 .000
Jessica Norman 0 0 0.000 .000 1 0 0 0.000 4 .000
Anna Piermantier 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Alli Burgess 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
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Augsburg 0 60 12.000 .000 6 0 7 1.400 8 .000
Gustavus Adolphus 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
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- Defense - ----- Block -----
Augsburg Dig Dig/Gm BS BA B/Gm BE
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Cassi Van Ausdall 21 4.200 0 0 0.000 0
Lisa Miller 2 0.400 3 3 1.200 0
Angie Rieger 16 3.200 2 2 0.800 0
Kevina Nakiwala 11 2.200 1 2 0.600 0
Paula Pogatchnik 4 0.800 1 3 0.800 1
Emily Walen 13 2.600 0 0 0.000 0
Tiffany Lynch 8 1.600 0 0 0.000 0
Jessica Norman 8 1.600 0 0 0.000 0
Anna Piermantier 1 1.000 0 0 0.000 0
Alli Burgess 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0
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Augsburg 84 16.800 7 10 2.400 1
Gustavus Adolphus 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0
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Game Scores

1 2 3 4 5 Wins
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Augsburg 15 15 13 10 12 2
Gustavus Adolphus 9 11 15 15 15 3
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---------- Attack --------- ---- Pass ----
Augsburg MP- GP Att Kill K/Gm E Pct Att RE Pct
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Cassi Van Ausdall 1- 4 25 10 2.500 4 .240 0 0 .000
Angie Rieger 1- 4 14 5 1.250 3 .143 0 4 .000
Paula Pogatchnik 1- 5 30 6 1.200 5 .033 0 1 .000
Kevina Nakiwala 1- 5 22 6 1.200 5 .045 0 2 .000
Lisa Miller 1- 5 17 6 1.200 4 .118 0 0 .000
Emily Walen 1- 4 12 4 1.000 0 .333 0 0 .000
Tiffany Lynch 1- 4 2 1 0.250 1 .000 0 1 .000
Aimee Cartwright 1- 1 2 0 0.000 1 -.500 0 1 .000
Anna Piermantier 1- 4 1 0 0.000 0 .000 0 0 .000
Jessica Norman 1- 4 1 0 0.000 1 -1.000 0 2 .000
Alli Burgess 1- 1 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 0 .000
Amy Lashinski 1- 1 2 0 0.000 0 .000 0 1 .000
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Augsburg 1- 5 128 38 7.600 24 .109 0 12 .000
St. Catherine 1- 5 0 0 0.000 0 .000 0 0 .000
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---------- Set ----------- --------- Serve ---------
Augsburg Att A A/Gm Pct BHE Att SA SA/Gm SE Pct
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Cassi Van Ausdall 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 1 0.250 3 .000
Angie Rieger 0 2 0.500 .000 0 0 0 0.000 1 .000
Paula Pogatchnik 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Kevina Nakiwala 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Lisa Miller 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Emily Walen 0 22 5.500 .000 1 0 2 0.500 0 .000
Tiffany Lynch 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 1 0.250 2 .000
Aimee Cartwright 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 1 .000
Anna Piermantier 0 13 3.250 .000 0 0 0 0.000 1 .000
Jessica Norman 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 1 0.250 2 .000
Alli Burgess 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
Amy Lashinski 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 1 .000
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Augsburg 0 37 7.400 .000 1 0 5 1.000 11 .000
St. Catherine 0 0 0.000 .000 0 0 0 0.000 0 .000
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- Defense - ----- Block -----
Augsburg Dig Dig/Gm BS BA B/Gm BE
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Cassi Van Ausdall 10 2.500 2 1 0.750 0
Angie Rieger 8 2.000 1 4 1.250 1
Paula Pogatchnik 3 0.600 0 0 0.000 0
Kevina Nakiwala 7 1.400 0 3 0.600 0
Lisa Miller 1 0.200 0 3 0.600 0
Emily Walen 9 2.250 1 3 1.000 0
Tiffany Lynch 8 2.000 0 0 0.000 0
Aimee Cartwright 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 1
Anna Piermantier 6 1.500 0 0 0.000 0
Jessica Norman 6 1.500 0 0 0.000 0
Alli Burgess 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0
Amy Lashinski 2 2.000 0 0 0.000 0
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Augsburg 60 12.000 4 14 2.200 2
St. Catherine 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0
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Game Scores

1 2 3 4 5 Wins
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Augsburg 2 9 15 15 15 3
St. Catherine 15 15 5 4 12 2
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