MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Augsburg University volleyball defeated Concordia College-Moorhead in a four-set Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Friday at Memorial Auditorium.
Jovial King led the Auggies with her 12th assist-dig double-double of the season and the 32nd of her Auggie career, recording 39 assists with 17 digs, four blocks and three kills.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Augsburg def. Concordia-Moorhead 3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 25-23)
LOCATION: Memorial Auditorium, Moorhead, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-9 overall (2-2 MIAC), Concordia 8-9 overall (1-2 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Augsburg won the first two sets, and after dropping the third set, the Auggies took the lead in the fourth after trailing by one and closed the match with a 25-23 set win. The Auggies have registered at least eight service aces in four consecutive matches. They have recorded at least eight blocks in five consecutive matches.
In the first set, the Auggies moved in front 7-4 on early kills from
Taliah Triggs,
Ameerah Rogers and
Jovial King around an
Ava Carlson ace, but Concordia came back to lead 8-7 on back-to-back Tenley Bement aces. After the set was tied 9-9,
Aloaha Ricke's kill gave the Auggies the serve, and King served four straight points to 14-9 with two
Lilly Wynn kills, a Concordia attack error and an ace. The Cobbers answered with nine straight points, including three Wendi Peterson kills, to move ahead 18-14, and after the home team was still up 19-15, the Auggies scored the next four to tie it at 19-19 on a service error, a bad set, Rogers-Wynn block and an attack error. After Concordia moved back in front 23-22 on another Bement ace, the Auggies closed the set with a block by King and Rogers, a
Maggie Lile ace and King's block for a 25-23 win.
After Concordia took the first point of the second set,
Grace Hamilton tied it with a kill from King and the Auggies scored six straight points to move ahead 6-1 behind
Ava Carlson's serving. The Cobbers worked back into the set, getting within 8-6 and later pulling even at 13-13 on Annie Horan's kill before the teams traded points to 16-16. The Auggies moved back in front on a service error, then kills by Rogers and Triggs pushed the lead to 19-16, and
Aloaha Ricke's kill later made it 21-19.
Maggie Lile's kill gave the Auggies set point at 24-21, and after Concordia closed to 24-23, Ricke finished the set with a kill from King for a 25-23 Auggies win.
After falling behind 2-0 in the third set, the Auggies scored four straight points behind a Hamilton block, a Triggs kill and a Carlson ace to move ahead 4-2. The set stayed tight until the Auggies built a 12-9 edge on a Lile kill, but Concordia later scored seven straight points to turn a 13-11 Auggies lead into an 18-13 deficit. The Auggies cut back within 19-17 on kills by
Marley Mitchell and King and a block by Rogers and King, then later got within 21-20 on a
Lola Pilon kill. The Cobbers took the final four points, closing the set 25-20 on a Wendi Peterson kill.
Concordia moved in front early in the fourth set, using four straight points with Lauren Pearson serving to build a 6-2 lead before later stretching the margin to 13-7. The Auggies worked back with kills from King,
Gwynn Gorter, Triggs and Wynn, then trailed 18-13 before Mitchell had three kills in a five-point run that tied the set at 18-18. After the Cobbers went back ahead 19-18, Mitchell tied it with another kill and the Auggies scored three more points to take a 22-19 lead. Concordia cut the gap to 24-23, but Wynn finished the set with a kill from King to give the Auggies a 25-23 win.
AUGSBURG TOP PERFORMERS
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Jovial King: Team-high 39 assists, 17 digs, 4 blocks, including 1 solo, 3 kills on .375 hitting
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Maggie Lile: Season-high 26 digs, 3 service aces
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Taliah Triggs: Team-high 12 kills, team-high 13 points, 1 solo block
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Marley Mitchell: 10 kills (recorded at least 10 kills in back-to-back matches), 10 points
UP NEXT
The Auggies visit the University of Northwestern-St. Paul in a nonconference match on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. at the Ericksen Center in St. Paul, Minn.
