MINNEAPOLIS – The Augsburg University volleyball team suffered a three-set loss to Bethel University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall.

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: Macalester def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-12, 25-23, 28-26)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-16 overall (4-4 MIAC), Bethel 13-8 overall (6-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The match featured 23 ties and 12 lead changes, but Bethel hit .231 (35 kills, eight errors in 117 attacks), compared to a .198 average (42 kills, 17 digs, 126 attacks) for the Auggies. Bethel also took advantage of 10 service aces, compared to seven for the Auggies.
• Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) recorded her 11th assist-dig of the season and 17th of her Auggie career, with 29 assists and 17 digs, adding two block assists and five kills.
• Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) led the Auggie attackers with 10 kills, adding three digs and two service aces.
• Marley Mitchell (SO, Nevis, Minn./Nevis HS) had nine kills, and Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) recorded eight kills with three service aces and a block assist.
• Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had three block assists.
• Defensively, Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had 16 digs, Lola Pilon (JR, Farmington, Minn./Mounds Park Academy HS) had 11 digs and Elise Uphoff (JR, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS) had eight digs.

FOR THE FOES
• Peyton Howie led Bethel with nine kills and four blocks (one solo), while Hannah Penke had nine kills and 18 digs.
• Sophia Rubio had 29 assists and 18 digs, and Grace Therrien had 17 digs and four service aces.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face St. Catherine University in an MIAC match on Friday (10/31) at 7 p.m. in St. Paul, Minn.