ST. PAUL, Minn. – Marley Mitchell (SO, Nevis, Minn./Nevis HS) claimed a team-high 15 kills, leading the Augsburg University volleyball team in a five-set Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss at St. Catherine University on Friday evening.

THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: St. Catherine def. Augsburg 3-2 (25-14, 22-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-8)
LOCATION: Butler Center, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-17 overall (4-5 MIAC), St. Catherine 9-15 overall (5-4 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Mitchell recorded 15 kills -- her third double-figure kill performance in her last four matches -- with six digs and two block assists, leading the Auggie hitters.
• Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had 10 kills with a season-best 18 digs and two block assists -- her sixth kill-dig double-double of the season and third in her last four matches.
• Setter Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 33 assists with a team-leading 21 digs and three block assists, notching her 12th assist-dig of the year and 18th of her Auggie career.
• Middle blocker Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) had seven kills with six block assists and five digs.
• Libero Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had 16 digs.

FOR THE FOES
• St. Catherine was led by Marta Haugen, who had 13 kills and two block assists, and Madison Fagan, who had 10 kills and five block assists.
• Addison Preuss had 25 assists, while Jalyn Wolle had 22 assists.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg faces St. Olaf College in an MIAC match on Saturday (11/1) at 5 p.m. in Northfield, Minn.