Auggies drop pair at UW-Eau Claire tourney

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College of Saint Benedict

10/22/2025 | 7 p.m.

Oct. 22 (Wed) / 7 p.m.

 College of Saint Benedict

History

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The Augsburg University volleyball team fell in a pair of matches against University of Wisconsin schools on Saturday at UW-Eau Claire, dropping a four-set match to UW-Stevens Point and a three-set match to No. 7-ranked UW-Eau Claire.

THE BASICSÂ
FINAL SCORES: UW-Stevens Point def. Augsburg 3-1 (25-12, 25-23, 22-25, 25-20); UW-Eau Claire def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-19)
LOCATION: Sonnentag Event Center, Eau Claire, Wis.
RECORD: Augsburg 8-13 overall

UW-STEVENS POINT 3, AUGSBURG 1
• Augsburg fell victim to a .106 hitting afternoon, with 48 kills and 31 errors on 160 attack attempts, while UW-Stevens Point hit .214. The Pointers also had seven service aces to the Auggies’ one.
• Setter Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) recorded her ninth assist-dig double-double of the season and 14th of her career, with 38 assists and 14 digs, to go along iwth two block assists and three kills.
• Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had a season-high 16 kills, to go along with eight digs.
• Marley Mitchell (SO, Nevis, Minn./Nevis HS) had nine kills and five digs, and Gwynn Gorter (SO, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) had eight kills and a block assist.
• Ameerah Rogers (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) had four blocks (one solo) to go along with five kills, and Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had six kills and two block assists.
• Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) and Lola Pilon (JR, Farmington, Minn./Mounds Park Academy HS) had 14 digs each.

UW-EAU CLAIRE 3, AUGSBURG 0
• The Blugolds, ranked No. 7 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III national poll, hit .362 as a team, with 43 kills against just nine erorrs in 94 swings, while Augsburg hit. 167. The Blugolds also had nine service aces and seven team blocks, compared to one ace and four team blocks for the Auggies.
• Gorter led the Auggie hitters with seven kills, hitting .353, adding two block assists.
• Grace Hamilton (JR, Eagan, Minn./School of Environmental Studies) had five kills, and Triggs, Hoehns and Sierra Washington (SR, Prior lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) had four kills each.
• King collected 24 assists with five digs and two blocks (one solo).

FOR THE FOES
• Samantha Kempinger had 14 kills, 15 digs and three blocks (one solo) for UW-Stevens Point against the Auggies.
• Bailey Leeke paced UW-Eau Claire against Augsburg with 14 kills and seven digs.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts the College of Saint Benedict in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Wednesday (10/22) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.

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