Rock Island, Ill. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse volleyball team dropped a non-conference match on Friday night to Augustana College (Ill.) 3-1.
THE BASICS
Final Score: Augustana College (Ill.) defeated UW-La Crosse 16-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-22
Location: Roy J. Carver Center for Physical Education, Rock Island, Ill.
Records: UWL 10-14, Augustana College (Ill.) 8-13
HOW DID IT HAPPEN
- UWL would score the first five points of set one before Augustana scored six unanswered. Trailing 12-10, the Eagles went on a 10-2 run to lead 20-14. Two kills and a solo block by Maddy Wilson along with three Sydney Marx kills sparked the Eagles run. After the Vikings scored two straight, UWL scored the final five points including two service aces by Megan Jasperson to win set one 25-16.
- In the second set, UWL scored three straight to take an early 9-7 lead. Three straight for the Vikings later in the set put Augustana up 15-13 before the Eagles tied it up at 15-15. Both teams would score three straight points as the match was tied 20-20. A Viking ball handling error would cut the Eagles deficit to 23-22 but Augustana would get a kill by Grace Lichthardt and a service ace from Alyssa Millan to take set two 25-22.
- Augustana would score the first six points of set three and extend their lead to 15-5. UWL would not get any closer than six (18-12) as they hit -.037 to fall in set three 25-16.
- A kill by Wilson and service ace from Lexi Champeau would give the Eagles an early 10-6 lead in set four. Augustana would stay in reach of UWL trailing 21-17 before making a final run of their own. The Vikings would score eight of the next nine points to win set four 25-22.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- UWL was held to a .043 hitting percentage as a team while Augustana hit .172.
- Wilson led the Eagles offensively with 12 kills while Champeau finished with 14 assists.
- Jaspeson and Megan Lund each finished in double digits in digs as Jasperson had 19 and Lund 13.
- Sophia Sommesi had 12 kills for the Vikings while Niya Mincheva had 25 assists and Lanah Queckboerner finished with 20 digs.
UP NEXT
- Day two of the Augustana Invitational will see the Eagles play Monmouth College (Ill.) at 10 a.m. and Central College (Iowa) at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
