MINNEAPOLIS – Behind the third kill-dig double-double of the season for
Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS), the Augsburg University volleyball team scored a three-set Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of Concordia College-Moorhead on Friday evening at Si Melby Hall.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. Concordia-Moorhead 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 26-24)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-12 overall (3-2 MIAC), Concordia 5-12 overall (1-4 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg hit .227 as a team, with 43 kills against 18 errors in 110 swings, while Concordia hit just .103 (30 kills, 18 errors, 116 attacks). The Auggies also took advantage of nine service aces, compared to five for the Cobbers.
• Triggs had a strong all-around night, with 14 kills on .407 hitting, adding 10 digs and three service aces. She was also perfect in 11 serve-receive opportunities.
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Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) had nine kills on .300 hitting, adding two block assists.
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Sierra Washington (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) and
Marley Mitchell (SO, Nevis, Minn./Nevis HS) had six kills each, with Mitchell claiming two blocks (one solo).
• Setter
Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) continued her outstanding all-around season, with 31 assists, eight digs, four kills and two blocks (one solo).
• Libero
Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had 14 digs and was perfect on 17 serve-receive opportunities, and
Elise Uphoff (JR, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS) had nine digs and was perfect on 12 serve-receive opportunities.
FOR THE FOES
• Annie Horan and Mallory Leitner had seven kills and one block assist each for Concordia.
• Betsy Schiltz had 22 digs, and Lauren Bangs had three blocks (one solo).
UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-Stevens Point (4 p.m.) and No. 7-ranked Wisconsin-Eau Claire (6 p.m.) at the UW-Eau Claire Tournament on Saturday (10/18) in Eau Claire, Wis.