WAVERLY, Iowa -- The Augsburg University volleyball team opened up at the Wartburg Invitational on Friday evening with two matches, dropping the first match 3-1 to Coe College and the second match 3-0 to #10 Wartburg College.
AUGSBURG VS. COE COLLEGE
FINAL SCORE: Coe (Iowa) def. Augsburg 3-1 (17-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-19)
LOCATION: Levick Arena, Waverly, Iowa
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-5 overall, Coe College 10-4 overall
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Despite winning the first set handedly and out-hitting Coe .208-to-.154 in the match, the Auggies fell 3-1 to the Kohawks. Augsburg struggled with serve reception, giving up 14 aces in the match.
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Kayla Gjerde (SR, Afton, Minn./Stillwater HS) earned her sixth kill-dig double-double of the year with 11 kills and 15 digs.
Lexie Lang (SR, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) had an assist-dig double-double with match-best 41 assists and 17 digs, also adding five kills.
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Brianna Van Well (SO, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) led the Auggies with 13 kills -- hitting at a .400 clip -- and had four digs and a solo block.
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Kevin Boysen (SR, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) and
Jade Fullerton (SR, Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS) finished with 10 and nine kills, respectively. Fullerton had a strong defensive showing at the net, earning four blocks (3 solo).
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Angel Khang (SO, Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul HS) had team-best 22 digs, while
Maddie Nierengarten (SR, Foley, Minn./Princeton HS) chipped in eight digs.
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Mikayla Coops (SO, Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine HS) finished with eight five digs, four kills and assists, a solo block and two service aces -- the only Augsburg aces of the match.
FOR THE FOES
• Kate Tidman earned match-best kills with 15, also adding eight digs, three service aces and two solo blocks.
• Madi Parson finished with 17 digs, 11 kills and two aces; while Majda Suljic had 18 digs, five assists and four service aces. Elli Teeple dished out 39 assists for Coe.
AUGSBURG VS. WARTBURG COLLEGE
FINAL SCORE: Wartburg (Iowa) def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-15)
LOCATION: Levick Arena, Waverly, Iowa
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-6 overall, Wartburg 15-0 overall
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Auggies struggled to find their offensive rhythm, hitting only .138, falling to an undefeated No. 10-ranked Wartburg 3-0, for the second time this season.
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Kevin Boysen led Augsburg with 11 kills, while adding three blocks (two solo) and two digs.
Kayla Gjerde finished with six digs and five kills.
• Finishing with three kills each was
Corrina Evans (SR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS),
Jade Fullerton and
Brianna Van Well. Evans and Fullerton had two block assists and a dig each, while Van Well had two digs and a block assist.
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Lexie Lang collected her second assist-dig double-double of the day, and eighth of the year, with 20 assists and 11 digs.
Maddie Nierengarten finished with seven digs.
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Angel Khang and
Izzy Barr (SR, River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS) had 10 and six Auggie digs, respectively, while they both had a single kill, assist and service ace each.
FOR THE FOES
• Earning match-best kills was Kylie Bildstein with 12, hitting at a .550 clip. picked up match-high 34 assists.
• Claire Marsh earned an assist-dig double-double with 34 assists and 14 digs.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes the Wartburg Invitational on Saturday (9/25), facing off against Augustana College (Ill.) at 12 p.m.
