MINNEAPOLIS – The Augsburg University volleyball team rallied from a first-set loss to capture three straight sets and claim a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference-opening victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. St. Scholastica 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 25-16, 25-19)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-5 overall (1-0 MIAC), St. Scholastica 7-6 overall (0-1 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg dropped the opening set 25-21, hitting just .027 (12 kills, 11 errors in 37 attacks). But the Auggies hit .200 in the remaining three sets (40 kills, 18 errors in 110 attacks), including a .385 attack percentage in the fourth set, to claim the conference victory. Augsburg also recorded a season-best 14 team blocks in the match.
• Outside hitter
Ava Carlson (FY, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) claimed her 12th career kill-dig double-double and sixth of the year, with 13 kills and 11 digs, adding a block assist and service ace.
• Setter
Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 40 assists and 11 digs, to go along with five service aces, five kills and four block assists. The double-double was the fifth of this season and 10th of her career.
• Middle blocker
Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) had 10 kills, to go along with five block assists and four digs.
Sierra Washington (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) had eight blocks (one solo), with three kills.
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Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had nine kills and three block assists, and
Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had nine kills and two block assists.
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Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) recorded 20 digs, while
Elise Uphoff (JR, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS) had 11 digs.
FOR THE FOES
• Lindsay Baribeau had nine kills and five block assists to lead St. Scholastica.
• Setter Natalie Yackley had 29 assists, two block assists and four kills.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Wartburg College Invitational in Waverly, Iowa this weekend, starting on Friday (9/26) at 5 p.m. with a match against Carthage College (Wis.).
