MINNEAPOLIS – The Augsburg University volleyball team finished a 3-1 weekend at its own invitational on Saturday with a pair of three-set sweeps, beating Lakeland University and Grinnell College at Si Melby Hall.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORES: Augsburg def. Lakeland (Wis.) 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-18); Augsburg 3, Grinnell (Iowa) 0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-19)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORD: Augsburg 4-4 overall
AUGSBURG 3, LAKELAND 0
• Augsburg hit .244 as a team, while limiting Lakeland to negative-.033 hitting in the match, which took just 67 minutes to complete.
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Ava Carlson (FY, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) led the way for the Auggies, with 12 kills on .409 hitting, while adding eight digs and a solo block.
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Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had 12 kills on .350 hitting, adding three digs and a block assist.
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Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) and
Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had three kills each, with Oster adding two service aces and a block assist.
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Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 33 assists, five digs, two kills and a block assist, and
Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had 18 digs.
AUGSBURG 3, GRINNELL 0
• Augsburg had three hitters with double-digit kill totals, hitting .267 in a match that lasted just 79 minutes.
• Triggs paced Augsburg with 13 kills on .323 hitting, adding three block assists.
• Carlson had 12 kills, three service aces, six digs and a block assist, and Oster collected 10 kills on .444 hitting, adding six block assists.
• King recorded her third assist-dig double-double of the season and eighth of her career, with 38 assists, 10 digs and two block assists.
• Lile collected 16 digs for the Auggies.
FOR THE FOES
• Kenzie Jackson had five kills and a block assist to lead Lakeland.
• Millie Leonard led Grinnell with 12 kills on .349 hitting.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes in two matches at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Subway Stinger Classic on Friday, Sept. 19, facing Knox College (Ill.) at 5 p.m. and the host Yellowjackets at 7 p.m.
