Box Score
The Augustana volleyball team won its second game of the weekend Saturday night at the Elmen Center. The Vikings defeated the Wolves of Northern State, 3-1. Match scores were 25-22, 20-25, 25-19, and 25-13.
The win improves Augie to 7-8 overall and 2-1 in NSIC play. Northern State drops to 6-9 and 1-2 in the conference.
The teams traded points for the first set until a kill by Northern's Kayla Ysteboe tied the score at 20-20. Augie scored three unanswered points to gain the 23-20 advantage. Senior outside
Jenna Hultgren ended the set with a kill from freshman setter
Dani Haley.
Augie built a three-point lead in the second set when a Northern State service error made the score 10-7. Errors by the Vikings plus a kill from the Wolves put the score at 11-9 when Northern's Jordan Schaffer served six points in a row to earn Northern State the 15-12 advantage. Another scoring run by Whitney Morsching put the Wolves up 22-16 and Augie was unable to answer, losing the set 25-20.
The third set was close until Haley served four points in a row to give Augie the 15-9 lead. Northern pulled to within four at 22-18, but a service error plus a kill by freshman outside
Megan Bezdicek put the game out of reach, and the Vikings won 25-19.
Augie dominated set four, jumping out to a 5-0 lead after recoring five kills in a row. The Wolves would never make up the deficit and junior outside
Beth Talcott served six straight points to end the set 25-13.
Andrews led all hitters with 15 kills while Hultgren added 14 and Bezdicek contributed 11. Senior middle
Blythe Johnson collected four blocks to go along with her eight kills. Haley dished out 42 assists and had 10 digs. Freshman libero
Grace Sanders recorded a match-high 28 digs while sophomore defensive specialist
Melanie Twait added a career-high 15 digs.
The Vikings will host Wayne State on Sept. 25 in the Elmen Center. Match is scheduled for 7 p.m.
