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Sara Eisenhauer - St. Catherine Univ.
2
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 10-16, 1-9 MIAC
3
Winner Augsburg College AUG 21-4, 9-1 MIAC
St. Catherine Univ. SCU
10-16, 1-9 MIAC
2
Final
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Augsburg College AUG
21-4, 9-1 MIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 20 19 25 25 5 (2)
Augsburg College AUG 25 25 18 23 15 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Auggies sent to 5 sets, win over St. Catherine

MINNEAPOLIS -- The No. 22-ranked Augsburg College volleyball team was sent to five sets by St. Catherine University, but prevailed with a 3-2 victory in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall. Augsburg claimed its 10th straight victory in the process.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. St. Catherine 3-2 (25-20, 25-19, 18-25, 23-25, 15-5)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 21-4 overall (9-1 MIAC), St. Catherine 10-16 overall (1-9 MIAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• After St. Catherine rallied to tie the match at two sets each, Augsburg dominated the fifth set, jumping out to an 11-2 lead en route to the win. Augsburg hit .625 in the final set, with 11 kills against just one error in 16 attack attempts.
• Ashley Peper (JR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) had a match-high 17 kills, hitting .231, while adding 12 digs and four blocks.
• Colleen Ourada (SR, Omaha, Neb./Mercy HS) also had a kill-dig double-double, with 16 kills, 12 digs and three blocks. She hit .292 on the evening.
• Middle hitters Jessica Lillquist (JR, Sebeka, Minn.) and Taylor Linn (FY, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) combined for 17 kills in the match, with Lillquist collecting 11 kills and three blocks, and Linn collecting six kills with five blocks (one solo). Linn hit a team-best .385 in the match, while Lillquist hit .360.
• Ellen Sachs (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) claimed 11 kills, hitting .333, with a block.
• Setter Courtney Lemke (SO, Brownton, Minn./Glencoe-Silver Lake HS) claimed her 11th assist-dig double-double of the season, with 54 assists and 15 digs. She also had Augsburg's lone service ace of the match. Libero Mackensie Menke (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Shakopee HS) had 15 digs in the match.
• As a team, Augsburg recorded 10 blocks compared to the Wildcats' four.
• Augsburg hit .266 in the match, while St. Catherine hit .213. There were 19 ties and eight lead changes in the match.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg remains in a tie for first place in the MIAC standings with St. Thomas entering the final weekend of the regular season. Augsburg and St. Thomas tied for the MIAC's regular-season title last season.
• Augsburg has now won 10 matches in a row and 14 of its last 15 contests.
• Ourada claimed her 18th kill-dig double-double of the season and 47th of her career. She has recorded double-digit kill totals in 19 of her 23 matches this season.
• Peper claimed her 12th kill-dig double-double of the season and 37th of her career. She has recorded double-digit kill totals in 22 of her 25 matches this season.
• It's the 12th time Lemke has recorded 40-plus assists this year and her fourth time reaching 40-plus kills in her last five matches.
• It's the 12th time that Augsburg has collected eight or more team blocks, and the fourth time the Auggies have had nine or more blocks in their last five matches.
• Augsburg is now 5-0 in five-set matches this season.
 
FOR THE FOES
• Megan Lindenfelser (FY, Nowthen, Minn./Anoka HS) had 16 kills and five digs to lead the Wildcats, while Alyssa Besch (JR, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) had 12 kills, six digs and two blocks.
• Abigail Palmer (SO, Pequot Lakes, Minn.) had nine kills, 14 digs and a block, and Jana Christensen (SR, North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS) had eight kills and three blocks (one solo).
• Shanee Herd (SO, Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson HS) had a match-best 21 digs.
• Both St. Catherine setters had assist-dig double doubles, with Karsee Knutson (SR, New London, Minn./New London-Spicer HS) recording 34 assists and 10 digs, and Ashley Kahlow (SR, Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson HS) recording 15 assists and 10 digs.
 
UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes its regular season hosting Macalester on Saturday (11/1) at 11 a.m.
• St. Catherine closes its season with a match at Hamline on Friday (10/31) at 7 p.m.
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