MINNEAPOLIS -- Jane Becker became the second coach in Augsburg University volleyball history to reach the 200-victory plateau, and her Auggies clinched a home match in the upcoming Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs with a three-set sweep of St. Catherine University on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall.

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. Bethel 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-15)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 22-4 overall (8-2 MIAC), St. Catherine 14-10 overall (4-6 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Augsburg, the No. 12-ranked team in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III national poll, used a balanced attack to claim the victory, hitting .277 as a team in the match. The Auggies hit an impressive .414 in the final set, with 16 kills and just four errors in 29 swings. Meanwhile, St. Catherine was limited to a .146 attack percentage in the match.
• Maddie Nierengarten (JR, Foley, Minn./Princeton HS) led the Auggies with 10 kills, hitting .375, to go along with six digs. Corrina Evans (JR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) recorded seven kills with six block assists, and Katie O'Rourke (FY, New Brighton, Minn./Irondale HS) tied season-highs with seven kills and five digs, while also netting a season-best three service aces.
• Jade Boysen (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) had six kills and four blocks (one solo), and Jade Fullerton (SO, Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS) had six kills. Megan Quam (SR, Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon-Wanamingo HS) had four kills with two block assists.
• Izzy Barr (SO, River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS) had 16 assists, nine digs and three service aces. She currently leads the MIAC with 61 aces, a league-best 0.64 per-set average. Lexie Lang (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) added 14 assists and five digs.  

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Becker reached the 200-win plateau in her 10th season as Augsburg's head coach. She is now 200-93 at Augsburg, and including the first three seasons of her career at Luther (Iowa), she is now 260-135 as a collegiate head coach. 
• Becker is just the second Augsburg coach to reach the 200-win mark in the 48-season history of Augsburg volleyball, joining Marilyn Pearson Florian '76, who had 271 victories from 1981 to 1998 (271-373 record).
• Evans is now one block away from tying Augsburg's career record for total blocks, 329, set by Colleen (Ourada) Enrico '14. Evans now has 328 total blocks (47 solo, school-record 281 block assists) in her three seasons at Augsburg. Evans ranks second among MIAC players with a 1.24 blocks per-set average.
• With the win, Augsburg clinched a top-four finish in the MIAC standings, which means at least a home first-round playoff game next Tuesday (11/5) at 7 p.m. St. Thomas clinched the MIAC regular-season title with a win over Saint Benedict on Wednesday.
• Should the Auggies beat St. Thomas in the teams' regular-season finale this Saturday (11/2), they would clinch the No. 2 seed in the MIAC playoffs and receive a first-round bye to host a semifinal game next Thursday (11/7) at 7 p.m. Should the Auggies lose to the Tommies and either Saint Benedict or St. Olaf (but not both) win their regular-season finales, the Auggies would be the No. 3 seed, and if the Auggies lose and both Saint Benedict and St. Olaf win, the Auggies would be the No. 4 seed. St. Olaf hosts Carleton on Friday (11/1), while Saint Benedict hosts Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday.

FOR THE FOES
• Emma Nelson led St. Catherine with nine kills and 13 digs, while Erin Cutts had six kills.
• Marissa Gilbertson had 14 assists and Abbi Harker had 11 assists.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Thomas on Saturday (11/2) at 3 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
• St. Catherine plays at Bethel on Saturday at 6 p.m.