100114-ourada-2
Don Stoner
1
St. Olaf College STO 7-8, 1-3 MIAC
3
Winner Augsburg College AUG 13-4, 3-1 MIAC
St. Olaf College STO
7-8, 1-3 MIAC
1
Final
3
Augsburg College AUG
13-4, 3-1 MIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Olaf College STO 17 26 11 12 (1)
Augsburg College AUG 25 24 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Ourada sets career block record in Auggie win

MINNEAPOLIS -- Colleen Ourada (SR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) broke Augsburg College's career record holder for total blocks, leading the Auggies in a four-set victory over St. Olaf College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference volleyball match on Wednesday night at Si Melby Hall. 

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. St. Olaf 3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-11, 25-12)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-4 overall (3-1 MIAC), St. Olaf 7-8 overall (1-3 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ourada recorded five blocks in the match to bring her career total to 298, surpassing Nikolene Miller's (2009-12) previous record of 294.
• Ourada led the Auggies with 20 kills and 19 digs. Ourada's 20 kill performance was her second in a row, and she hit a blistering .370 with just three attack errors in 46 attempts.
• Ashley Peper (JR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) claimed 15 kills, to go along with 12 digs, for her sixth kill-dig double-double of the season and fourth in her last five matches. Peper hit .275, with four errors in 40 attack attempts.
• Libero Mackensie Menke (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Shakopee HS) recorded 16 digs, while also contributing two service aces.
• Setter Courtney Lemke (SO, Brownton, Minn./Glencoe-Silver Lake HS) recorded a match-best 52 assists, to go along with four digs.
• Jessica Lillquist (JR, Sebeka, Minn.) recorded eight kills and two blocks for the Auggies, while Taylor Linn (FY, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) had three kills and three blocks, Ellen Sachs (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) had six kills, three digs and one block.
• The Auggies used a 9-0 run in the middle of the third set to swing the momentum back in their favor after a second-set loss, and carried that monmentum over into the fourth set, jumping out to a 7-2 run, and never looked back to win the third and fourth sets in convincing fashion.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• With her five blocks, Ourada is now Augsburg's career record holder for total blocks with 298. She ranks second in school history with 85 solo blocks and third in school history with 213 block assists.
• Ourada's 20-kill, 19-dig performance almost marked her second career and second consecutive 20-plus kills and 20-plus digs performance in a single match. It's her 41st career kill-dig double-double.
• Augsburg hit .254 as a team, including a .433 and .364 attack percentage in the third and fourth sets respectively. St. Olaf hit .015 in the match, recording its highest mark, .133, in its second set win.

FOR THE FOES
• Kersten Bork recorded a team-high 15 assists, to go along with 15 digs, while Abby Slack finished with a team-high 20 digs.
• Devon Flohrs led the Oles with eight kills, while Maggie Prunty recorded seven kills and eight digs.
• Sophie Schwartz picked up two blocks (one solo and three kills for the Oles.  

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH JANE BECKER
• "We didn't play our best in the first two sets, but it was good to see the resiliency in our girls, their ability to turn it back on, contributions from everyone, and ultimately, to earn the win. Every conference win is extremly important, so we're very happy to improve to 3-1. I'm excited to get back to practice tomorrow and start preparing for an extremely tough road trip to Iowa this weekend. It will be fun to see how we stack up against some great regional competition."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to Waverly, Iowa for the Wartburg Triangular, where the Auggies will face Coe (Iowa) at 1 p.m. and Wartburg (Iowa) at 3 p.m. on Saturday (10/4). Both Coe and Wartburg are in the "others receiving votes" category of the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III volleyball coaches poll, while the Auggies are ranked No. 24. 
• St. Olaf will also be traveling to the Wartburg Triangular this weekend. 
Print Friendly Version