ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — The Augsburg University volleyball team dropped a three-set Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the College of Saint Benedict on Saturday at Claire Lynch Hall. The Auggies hit .079 with 33 kills and 24 attack errors, while Saint Ben's finished at .202 with 36 kills.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Saint Benedict def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-22)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-14 overall (3-5 MIAC), Saint Benedict 12-9 overall (6-2 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Auggies opened the first set with a
Grace Hamilton-
Lilly Wynn block and later pulled even at 3-3 on Hamilton's kill and
Ava Carlson's ace, but Saint Ben's kept answering and moved in front 8-5 after a Ginny Schuler ace. The Bennies stretched the gap to 13-7 with kills by Kate Stadum and Sydney Elliott and a Libby Burns ace before the Auggies answered with two
Aloaha Ricke kills, another Hamilton-Wynn block and a
Jovial King ace to get within 14-11. Saint Ben's countered with four straight points, including a Stadum kill and a Karlie Wollum kill, and after the Auggies cut a 20-12 deficit to 20-16 behind
Taliah Triggs, Wynn and a Wynn-
Ameerah Rogers block, the Bennies took five of the final six points to close the set 25-17.
The Auggies traded points through the first half of the second set, getting four early kills from Wynn and a
Maggie Lile ace to move in front 8-7 and later 10-8. Saint Ben's pushed ahead 17-14 before the Auggies started back with a Bennies attack error, then Lile served four straight points as
Ava Carlson put down consecutive kills, Hamilton and King combined on a block, and Lile added an ace for a 19-17 lead.
Maggie Lile's kill made it 20-18, but Saint Ben's scored the next five points, including two Izzy Torve aces and a Kate Stadum-Karley Dunham block, to take a 23-20 lead. The Auggies got back within 23-21 on a Hamilton-Wynn block before the Bennies closed the set with consecutive kills for a 25-21 win.
Saint Ben's moved ahead 4-1 early in the third set before the Auggies worked back behind Triggs kills and a Hamilton ace. The Auggies tied it at 8-8 on a block by Carlson and Hamilton, then moved in front 12-10 after back-to-back Hamilton kills and a Bennies attack error before Ingrid Noha's ace helped tie the set at 12-12. The Auggies went back up 16-13 on a Rogers kill and still led 18-16, but Saint Ben's scored the next four points to take a 20-18 lead. Carlson kills kept the Auggies within 21-20, but the Bennies took four of the final five points, closing the set and match 25-21 on a Kali Jones kill.
AUGSBURG TOP PERFORMERS
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Jovial King: 29 assists, 13 digs, 1 service ace
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Lilly Wynn: Team-high 9 points, 7 kills, 4 blocks
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Grace Hamilton: 5 blocks, 4 kills on .333 hitting, 1 service ace, 7.5 points
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Taliah Triggs: 7 kills, 7.5 points, 3 digs
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Maggie Lile: 2 service aces, 8 digs
UP NEXT
The Auggies host St. Catherine University in an MIAC match on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis.
