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PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Coach Kelly Bethke's Augustana volleyball team continued its impressive play of late, downing Nebraska Wesleyan and Wisconsin-Platteville Friday at the Platteville Tournament. The Vikings have now won five in a row for the third time this season and sport a 19-5 record on the year. They'll be back in action in Wisconsin on Saturday, October 15, looking to extend their winning streak against Northland at noon and Central at 2:00 p.m.
 
AUGUSTANA 3, NEBRASKA WESLEYAN 0 (25-20; 25-12; 25-22)
 
Augustana won its opener over the Prairie Wolves in straight sets. Behind nine kills each from Amy Kalkhoff (Clear Creek Amana HS, North Liberty, Iowa) and Emily Westermeyer (Huntley HS, Huntley, Ill.) and eight from Jacqueline Kibir-Evans (Trinity HS, Forest Park, Ill.), the Vikings won 25-20, 25-12 and 25-22.
 
Sophomore Taryn VanEarwage (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) and senior Nicole Morrissey (Lake Zurich HS, Lake Zurich, Ill.) each added a half-dozen kills. Senior Hannah Lindaman (North Scott HS, Eldridge, Iowa) had 29 assists and three service aces, while sophomore McKenzie Zambrano (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) contributed 16 and three, respectively.
 
Defensively, VanEarwage and Kakhoff led the way with 19 and 16 digs, respectively. Sophomore Sierra Rood (Lena-Winslow HS, Lena, Ill.) had a dozen and Lindaman 11. Kibir-Evans was in on a match-high five blocks.       
 
AUGUSTANA 3, UW-PLATTEVILLE 1 (25-16; 25-19; 18-25; 25-21)
 
The Vikings took four straight points after a 4-all tie and were never really challenged in set one against the host Pioneers. A Kalkhoff kill off a Lindaman assist gave the visitors their biggest lead of the game at 19-8. Set point in a 25-16 win came on a VanEarwage kill with Zambrano assisting.
 
With Lindaman serving, Augustana won the first five points of game two. Morrissey had a pair of kills in the team's hot start. UW-Platteville eventually cut a seven-point deficit to three, but consecutive kills by Kibir-Evans, senior Rachel Butter (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.) and Kalkhoff finished off a 25-19 Viking win.
 
The Pioneers prevented Augustana's second sweep of the evening, winning set three by a score of 25-18. They broke a 7-all tie by winning five straight points. The Vikings battled back to tie it at 18-all on a Zambrano ace, but Platteville captured the final seven points.
 
Augustana bounced back to clinch the match with a 25-21 fourth-set win. The Vikings never trailed and broke the game open with five straight points that extended their lead from 13-11 to 18-11. Kibir-Evans had a pair of kills in the run. Trailing 20-12, the Pioneers responded by winning eight of 10 points to get within 22-20, but Morrissey came through with two kills before one by Kibir-Evans provided match point.
 
Kalkhoff finished with 11 kills, Morrissey 10 and Kibir-Evans, VanEarwage and Westermeyer eight each. Lindaman had another 30 assists and three more aces, while Zambrano added 14 and two, respectively. Rood (16), VanEarwage (14) and Kalkhoff (14) led in digs.