Box Score

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – After dropping it first two games with Hamline  Saturday morning at Williams Fieldhouse, Augustana roared back to take three straight and improve to 5-6 on the year. Senior Emily Westermeyer (Huntley HS, Huntley, Ill.) led the way with 13 kills and an additional four Vikings added nine apiece.
 
Hamline took the opening game 25-22 and outlasted Augustana 28-26 in the second.
 
Coach Kelly Bethke's team responded with a decisive 25-10 win in the third set and took the fourth 25-20 before clinching the match with a 15-13 fifth-set victory.
 
In addition to Westermeyer's baker's dozen, senior Maissie Musick (Camp Point Central HS, Camp Point, Ill.), junior Emily Uglem (Moorhead HS, Moorhead, Minn.) and sophomores Grace Bialobok (Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Homewood, Ill.) and Courtney Ward (Crystal Lake Central HS, Lakewood, Ill.) chipped in with nine kills apiece. Junior Taryn VanEarwage (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) added eight.
 
Musick was the most efficient Viking on the attack, posting a percentage of .438 for the match. Uglem and Ward had matching marks of .412. Augustana hit .248 as a team, with 60 kills and 20 errors in 161 attempts.
 
Junior McKenzie Zambrano (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) recorded 26 assists and sophomore Brooke Keegan (Hall HS, Ladd, Ill.) added 18. Westermeyer, VanEarwage and senior Claire Martin (Mother McAuley HS, Orland Park, Ill.) each had a pair of service aces.
 
Martin led the Vikings with 22 digs—four more than VanEarwage—and Bialobok was in on a team-high four blocks.
 
Bethke's club opens CCIW play on Tuesday, September 19, traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin to face Carthage in a 7:00 p.m. match.