MINNEAPOLIS – The Augsburg University volleyball team dropped another heartbreaker on Saturday evening, falling in five sets to St. Catherine in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play at Si Melby Hall.

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: St. Catherine def. No. 20 Augsburg 3-2 (25-16, 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 13-15)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORDS: No. 20 Augsburg 15-7 overall (4-5 MIAC), St. Catherine 15-7 overall (6-3 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Tied at 13 in the first set, the Auggies rattled off five straight points to make it 18-15. Still leading by three at 19-16, Augsburg won six straight to finish the set and seal the 25-16 win.
• Augsburg was in control for most of the second set, holding a 21-13 lead late. The Wildcats won seven of the next eight to cut the deficit to just two at 22-20, but the Auggies finished strong again and won the last three points to take the set 25-20.
• Set three was tightly contested until the Wildcats opened up some breathing room with three consecutive points to take a 22-16 advantage. The Auggies fought their way to 20, but that was all they could do as St. Catherine took the set 25-20.
• The fourth set was eerily similar to the third with the Wildcats holding a 21-14 lead late after a back-and-forth battle early on. The Auggies mounted the beginnings of a rally, but it proved to be too little, too late once again as St. Catherine evened the match at 2-2 with another 25-20 set win.
• In the fifth set, the Auggies dug their way out of a 5-8 hole to even the set at eight. The teams went blow-for-blow with ties at 10, 11, 12, and 13 before the Wildcats finished the set with two straight kills to win the set 15-13 and complete the reverse sweep.
 • Kevin Boysen (SR, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) led the way with 14 kills and five digs for Augsburg. Kayla Gjerde (SR, Afton, Minn./Stillwater HS) finished with a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs in the match.  Brianna Van Well (JR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) was the only other Auggie with double-digit kills at 11.
 • Angel Vo (SO, Blaine, Minn./Mounds View HS) was the defensive leader with 17 digs while Torrie Rehder (So, Goodhue, Minn./Goodhue HS) finished with nine. Katie O'Rourke (SR, Columbia Heights, Minn./Irondale HS) led the Auggies with 26 assists.
 • Augsburg hit .166 as a team with 51 kills and 26 errors on 151 attempts while the Wildcats hit .201 with 62 kills and 29 assists on 164 attempts.

FOR THE FOES
• Tiffany Tellez finished with a match-high 17 kills for the Wildcats.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg will host Carleton College on Wednesday (10/26) at 7 pm in its penultimate game of the regular season.