DULUTH, Minn. – The Augsburg University volleyball team opened Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a five-set loss at the College of St. Scholastica on Tuesday evening.

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: St. Scholastica 3, Augsburg 2 (11-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10)
LOCATION: Reif Gym, Duluth, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-8 overall (0-1 MIAC), St. Scholastica 8-7 overall (1-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg was paced by Ava Carlson (FY, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS), who had 16 kills on .333 hitting, adding two block assists and seven digs.
• As a team, the Auggies hit .202 in the match, paced by a .348 attack percentage in the first set. But St. Scholastica hit .360 in the final set and had 11 team blocks in the match to Augsburg's five.
• Taylor Hoehns (JR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had 10 kills and two block assists, while Madison Gully (SR, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) had nine kills and Elizabeth Oster (SO, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) had eight kills. Bri Van Well (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) had five kills, three service aces and eight digs.
• Angel Vo (SR, Blaine, Minn./Mounds View HS) had 21 assists and 12 digs, while Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 20 assists and three digs. Maggie Lile (SO, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had eight digs and Elise Uphoff (SO, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS) had seven digs.

FOR THE FOES
• St. Scholastica was led by Kaitlyn Jones, who had 13 kills, 11 digs and three block assists.
• Ava Swangstue had 11 kills and eight blocks (four solo).

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Saint Benedict in an MIAC match on Friday (9/27) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.