Box Score

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – After a five-set morning win over Hamline, Augustana took on host Wisconsin-Platteville in the afternoon Saturday and won in straight sets to hand the Pioneers just their fourth loss against nine wins this year. The victory lifted Coach Kelly Bethke's Vikings to 6-6 on the season.
 
The opening game was nip-and-tuck early, with neither team leading by more than two points until a 3-0 run put Platteville up 13-10. The Pioneers still led 19-18 after a kill by Allison Jensen, but Augustana won seven of the last nine points--with six coming via UWP attack errors
--to win 25-21. A Courtney Ward (Crystal Lake Central HS, Lakewood, Ill.) kill accounted for the other.
 
After dropping the first point of game two, the Vikings won the next three and led the rest of the way in a 25-18 win. Junior Taryn VanEarwage (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) delivered four kills in the set.
 
Platteville took a 16-12 lead in the third set, but a Grace Bialobok (Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Homewood, Ill.) kill and a Brooke Keegan (Hall HS, Ladd, Ill.) service ace fueled a 4-0 Augustana run that tied it at 16-all. A VanEarwage kill put the Vikings up 20-19 and another gave her team the lead for good at 22-21. The Pioneers fought off two match points before a UWP attack error ended it 25-23 in favor of Augustana.
 
VanEarwage finished with 10 kills and senior Emily Westermeyer (Huntley HS, Huntley, Ill.) added seven. Keegan had a dozen assists and junior Zambrano (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) chipped in with 10. Westermeyer led three Vikings with double-digit digs. She had 13. Senior Claire Martin (Mother McAuley HS, Orland Park, Ill.) added a dozen, along with three aces.