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MOORHEAD, Minn. – Minnesota State Moorhead dealt Augustana a 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-21) setback in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference volleyball Friday night in Moorhead, Minn.
The loss sets the Vikings back 9-10 (5-5 NSIC). MSMU moves to 10-8 (6-4 NSIC).
Grace Sanders recorded 17 digs in the evening.
Brooke Lewko led the Vikings with eight kills, while
Jordan Spatenka had seven.
Dani Haley tallied 24 assists.
Augustana only managed to hit .163 in the opening set, while MSUM had a .372 attack percentage. Augustana played point-for-point with the Dragons until at 6-6 the Vikings faced three errors, two MSUM kills and a MSUM service ace. The series of events quickly set the Vikings back 12-6, which was a large enough deficit that Augustana was not ever able to recover.
Again in the second set the Vikings experienced a series of errors that allowed an 11-11 tie in the score to slip away. In the seven points that followed after the knot in the score, Augustana only snatched one off an MSUM attack error. The Dragons were able to put together another run of four points to close the set 25-18.
The Dragons ran with momentum into the final set and never slowed. MSUM jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and then won another five consecutive points after the score was 4-2 to spring ahead of the Vikings 9-2. Augustana was led to a late rally behind the serve of
Kayla Wallerich but the effort would fall short as MSUM would finish off the sweep 25-21.
Augustana recorded 33 kills and was held to a .179 attack percentage.
MSUM's offensive was strong, striking 50 kills to hit .304.
Augustana will return to the court tomorrow night to square off against Minnesota, Crookston at 4 p.m.
