Southwest Minnesota State Box Score
Concordia St. Paul Box Score
The Augustana volleyball team lost its final two matches at the Radisson-Roseville Tournament on Saturday. The Vikings fell 3-1 to Southwest Minnesota State before losing in three to Concordia-St. Paul.
The losses drop Augustana to 5-7 on the season while Southwest Minnesota improves to 9-2 and Concordia-St. Paul remains undefeated at 11-0. The Vikings lost to No. 1 ranked Concordia St. Paul 25-21, 25-19, 25-15.
In the first set the Golden Bears jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead. Augie was able to pull to within one after a ball-handling error by Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara. The Vikings were down 22-15 when freshman setter
Dani Haley served five points in a row to make the score 22-20. Augie would only score one more point, losing the first set 25-21.
In the second set, the teams traded points until Concordia St. Paul's Megan Carlson served four points in a row to earn the 14-10 lead. Augie had 10 kills and six errors in the set, which prevented them from coming back, and they lost 25-21.
Set number three was all the Golden Bears. Mary Slinger served six points in a row to put Concordia St. Paul up 17-10. The deficit proved to be too much for the Vikings and they lost the set 25-17.
Senior right side
Ellen Andrews, senior outside
Jenna Hultgren, and freshman outside
Megan Bezdicek had eight kills each for the Vikings. Haley recorded 28 assists.
In the first match of the day, Augie got off to a rough start when the Mustang's Kenzie Nieche served six points in a row to earn them the 6-0 lead. A service ace from junior middle
Brianna Erickson plus a couple of Southwest Minnesota hitting errors moved the Vikings closer at 9-6. The Vikings were unable to makeup their earlier deficit and lost the first set, 25-23.
The second set was close the entire way, with the teams trading points throughout. A kill by Andrews tied the score at 24-24 before a block by senior middle
Blythe Johnson and Bezdicek gave the Vikings a one-point advantage. A bad set by Nieche gave the Vikings the 26-24 win.
The Vikings led for the first half of set number three before a service ace by Southwest Minnesota State's Tory Brouwer tied the score at 13-13. Augie never regained the lead and a kill by Southwest Minnesota's Devin Diedrich ended the set 25-23.
The Mustangs got off to a quick start in the fourth, building a 11-5 lead. The Vikings were unable to answer, losing 25-17.
Andrews had a team-high 14 kills, Haley dished out 50 assists. Freshman libero
Grace Sanders recorded 21 digs.
The Vikings will be back in action Tuesday as they travel to Mankato, Minn. for a 7 p.m. match against Minnesota State.
