MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Behind the strong efforts of Kayla Gjerde (SO, Afton, Minn./Stillwater HS) and Jade Fullerton (SO, Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS), the No. 16-ranked Augsburg University volleyball team earned a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match victory over Hamline University on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall. Gjerde had a match-best 15 kills, while Fullerton led the Auggies with eight blocks (two solo). 

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. Hamline 3-1 (25-27, 25-17, 25-14, 25-21)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 14-4 overall (4-2 MIAC), Hamline 11-7 overall (2-3 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• After dropping a close first set to the Pipers 25-27, the Auggies found their rhythm and won the next three sets. Augsburg had 14 team blocks, its second-best block effort of the season. Six different Auggies collected double-digit digs in the victory.  
• On top of her 15 kills, Gjerde added 14 digs for her ninth kill-dig double-double of the season. She also had four block assists and a service ace. Megan Quam (SR, Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon-Wanamingo HS) added 12 kills -- hitting at a .375 clip -- and three block assists. 
• Fullerton finished with eight kills to her eight blocks, her second-best block total of the season. Corrina Evans (JR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) collected nine kills, six block assists, five digs and four assists. 
• Both Lexie Lang (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) and Izzy Barr (SO, River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS) earned assist-dig double-doubles -- Lang with 18 assists and 13 digs, Barr with 26 assists and 13 digs. 
• Maddie Nierengarten (JR, Foley, Minn./Princeton HS) had 10 digs, six kills, two block assists and two service aces. Jade Boysen (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) finished with six kills, three digs and three block assists. 
• First year Angel Khang (North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul HS), earned her career-best dig effort with 12, while Jaelin Rios (SR, Champlin, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) led the Auggies with 18 digs. 

FOR THE FOES
• Sydney Larson and Morgan Coleman led the Pipers with 10 and eight kills respectively. 
• Megan Rubbelke earned a 34 assist, 14 dig double-double.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Friday (10/11) for a 7 p.m. nonconference match. 
• Hamline hosts St. Scholastica on Friday (10/11) at 7 p.m.