BOXSCORE

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Katelyn Berens (SO, Jordan, Minn./Prior Lake HS) recorded 24 digs, but the Augsburg College volleyball team dropped a three-set match to first-place Concordia College-Moorhead (25-18, 25-18, 25-14) on Wednesday evening at Concordia's Memorial Auditorium.

Augsburg (14-10, 6-4 MIAC) was unable to overcome 23 attack errors and a .031 hitting percentage against the Cobbers (22-3 overall, 9-1 MIAC), who are currently in a tie for first place in the conference race. The loss drops Augsburg into a tie for fifth place in the conference standings and means the Auggies will be seeded either fifth or sixth in the upcoming MIAC postseason playoffs.

Emily McCourt (SO, Sun Prairie, Wis.) recorded 24 assists and seven digs for Augsburg in the loss, while Nikolene Miller (JR, Tomahawk, Wis.) and Colleen Ourada (SO, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) recorded six kills each.

Maggie Zirk (JR, Dassel, Minn./Dassel-Cokato HS) added five kills for Augsburg, while Micha Sater (JR, Fridley,Minn./Centennial HS) recorded three kills and five digs.

Augsburg will close out the regular season this weekend, with the team's final home match of the season against Hamline University on Friday (10/28) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall, followed by a nonconference triangular on Saturday (10/29) in Mankato, Minn., against Upper Midwest Athletic Conference opponents Minnesota-Morris (1 p.m.) and Bethany Lutheran (3 p.m.).