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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College volleyball team closed out the 31st annual Augsburg Invitational with two more four-set victories on Saturday to finish with a perfect 4-0 record during the weekend. The Auggies defeated St. Scholastica 3-1 Saturday morning to begin the day, before closing the event with another four-set win against Northwestern College in the final match of the event.
The 4-0 record marks the first time since 1985, a span of 27 seasons, that Augsburg has finished its own tournament with a perfect weekend record and the tournament title.
Colleen Ourada (JR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) and
Ashley Peper (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) earned All-Tournament team honors while leading the Auggie offense throughout the weekend. Ourada recorded a total of 74 kills (4.62 per-set) in the four matches, while Peper totaled 54 kills (3.38 per-set) with a .303 hitting percentage. Ourada averaged a tournament-best 4.63 kills-per-set average and recorded the second-highest dig total on the team with 64, while Peper added 31 digs and nine blocks.
Emily McCourt (JR, Sun Prairie, Wis.) recorded a tournament-best 189 assists (11.81 per-set) and tied for the tournament best with 10 service aces, while
Emma Sievers (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) led Augsburg with 70 digs.
Nikolene Miller recorded a team-high 15 blocks (two solo) over the weekend.
Friday, Sept. 7
Augsburg def. Coe (Iowa) 3-1 (25-20, 25-11, 23-25, 25-15)
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Augsburg hit an impressive .357 as a team in the match, with 53 kills and just 12 errors in 115 attempts, and three players hit better than .400 in Augsburg's four-set win over Coe (Iowa).
Colleen Ourada (JR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) had one of the best hitting performances of her collegiate career, collecting 20 kills with only one error in 31 attempts for a .613 attack percentage -- her second .600-plus hitting performance and third 20-plus kill performance of her career. Ourada recorded her third straight kill-dig double-double with 18 digs, adding two block assists.
Ashley Peper (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) hit .433 for the Auggies, with 16 kills and three errors in 30 attack attempts. She also added six digs, a block assist and a service ace.
Nikolene Miller (SR, Tomahawk, Wis.) hit .429, contributing six kills in 14 attempts. She also led the Auggies with five blocks (two solo), her fourth match with four-plus kills so far this season.
Micha Sater (SR, Fridley, Minn./Centennial HS) had seven kills and four digs, while
Tabby Roh (SO, La Crosse, Wis./Central HS) had four kills and two block assists.
Emily McCourt (JR, Sun Prairie, Wis.) had 46 assists and two service aces, while
Emma Sievers (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) had 14 digs and two service aces, and
Mackensie Menke (SO, Prior Lake, Minn./Shakopee HS) had 11 digs and a service ace.
Augsburg def. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24)
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Colleen Ourada (JR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) led the way again for Augsburg in the four-set win over Wisconsin-Stevens Point, recording her fourth straight kill-dig double-double with 19 kills, 14 digs, four blocks (three solo) and a .310 attack percentage.
Ashley Peper (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) also had a strong performance for the Auggies, contributing 11 kills, seven digs, three service aces and two block assists.
Nikolene Miller (SR, Tomahawk, Wis.) had eight kills, hitting .438, with two block asissts.
Micha Sater (SR, Fridley, Minn./Centennial HS) had eight kills and a block assist, and
Tabby Roh (SO, La Crosse, Wis./Central HS) contributed six kills and four blocks (one solo).
Emily McCourt (JR, Sun Prairie, Wis.) had 44 assists with nine digs, three blocks (two solo) and a service ace.
Emma Sievers (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) recorded 16 digs and a service ace, and
Mackensie Menke (SO, Prior Lake, Minn./Shakopee HS) had eight digs.
Saturday, Sept. 8
Augsburg def. St. Scholastica 3-1 (25-19, 25-15, 23-25, 27-25)
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Colleen Ourada (JR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) continued her spectacular play throughout the invitational, leading the Auggies with a team-high 17 kills to go along with 20 digs in Augsburg's four-set win against the Saints.
Nikolene Miller (SR, Tomahawk, Wis.) added 11 kills and three blocks, while
Ashley Peper (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) recorded 13 kills, five digs, and three blocks in the win.
Emily McCourt (SR, Sun Prairie, Wis.) had a tournament-high 55 assists with 11 digs, and a game-best five service aces, while
Emma Sievers (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) added a season-high 29 digs.
Augsburg def. Northwestern-Roseville, 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-19, 25-15)
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Colleen Ourada (JR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) and the Auggies finished off their perfect weekend record by dispatching Northwestern in a four-set match to finish with a 4-0 weekend record. Ourada recorded a match-best 18 kills and 12 digs for her sixth straight kill-dig double-double, while Peper added 14 kills and a team-high 13 digs.
Emily McCourt (JR, Sun Prairie, Wis.) recorded a match-high 44 assists, 10 digs and two service aces, while
Emma Sievers (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) and
Mackensie Menke (SO, Prior Lake, Minn./Shakopee HS) added 11 and 10 digs respectively.
Jamila Lee (SR, Richfield, Minn.) collected a team-high six blocks, while
Nikolene Miller (SR, Tomahawk, Wis.) and
Micha Sater (SR, Fridley, minn./Centennial HS) recorded five and four blocks respectively.
