RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The Augsburg University volleyball team split a pair of nonconference matches on Saturday at Don Page Arena as part of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Quadrangular. The Auggies were swept by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, then topped the host Falcons in five sets.
THE BASICS
SCORES: UW-Whitewater def. Augsburg 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-7); Augsburg def. UW-River Falls 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 15-10)
LOCATION: Don Page Arena, River Falls, Wis.
RECORD: Augsburg 6-13 overall
UW-WHITEWATER RECAP
Augsburg erased a 24-20 deficit in the opening set against UW-Whitewater with four straight points, including kills by
Aloaha Ricke and
Taliah Triggs and an
Ava Carlson ace, before the Warhawks won 27-25. Augsburg pulled within 17-16 in the second set, but UW-Whitewater closed out a 25-21 win before taking the third set 25-7.
Triggs had a team-high nine kills with a .400 hitting percentage against Wis.-Whitewater.
Jovial King finished with 20 assists, six digs and one service ace, extending her streak of matches with at least 20 set assists to 18.
New New recorded a team-high nine digs.
UW-RIVER FALLS RECAP
Against UW-River Falls, a team receiving votes in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III national poll, Augsburg answered set losses of 25-16 and 25-17 by winning the second set 25-21 and the fourth set 25-21. The Auggies won five of six rallies from a 20-20 tie in the fourth, with
Lola Pilon serving two aces before ending the set with a kill off a King assist.
In the fifth set, back-to-back
Grace Hamilton service aces helped Augsburg take a 6-2 lead. UW-River Falls tied the set at 6-6, but three Falcons attack errors with New serving extended Augsburg's lead to 11-7. Pilon added a late kill as the Auggies finished the match with a 15-10 win.
Hamilton recorded 15.5 points, eight blocks, four service aces and six kills on .364 hitting against UW-River Falls. King had 32 assists and a season-high 21 digs for her 14th assist-dig double-double of the season and 35th of her collegiate career.
Maggie Lile collected 24 digs, while Ricke had 10 kills and two blocks.
UP NEXT
The Auggies travel to Mankato, Minn., for a nonconference match at Bethany Lutheran College on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at North Gym.
