Box Score

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Augustana bounced back from a 25-21 first-set loss to Colorado College Friday night, winning sets two and three against the nation's ninth-ranked team by scores of 25-22 and 25-20. Unfortunately, the Vikings couldn't maintain that momentum and fell 25-11 in the fourth and 15-5 in the fifth. Coach Kelly Bethke's outfit finished play at the Colorado Classic with a 1-3 record, while the hosts finished 4-0.
 
The Tigers won the first three points of the match and stretched their lead to 7-1. Augustana slowly worked its way back into the game, eventually drawing to within 18-16 with Maissie Musick (Camp Point Central HS, Camp Point, Ill.) on the serve. The Vikings were still within two at 22-20, but Colorado College took three of the last four points for the win.
 
Augustana fell behind in the second set as well, but fought back and pulled even at 12-all on a block by Musick and senior Kaycee Kallenberger (Pleasant Valley HS, Bettendorf, Iowa). Bethke's bunch took the lead for good at 17-16 and Musick finished off the set with a kill off a McKenzie Zambrano (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) assist.
 
The Vikings went up 2-1 with a 25-20 win in game three. They took the lead at 4-3 on an Emily Westermeyer (Huntley HS, Huntley, Ill.) kill and wouldn't relinquish it. The advantage reached 24-15 on a kill by sophomore Grace Bialobok (Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Homewood, Ill.), but the Tigers fought off five set points before Zambrano finally fed Bialobok for the game-winning kill.
 
Colorado College jumped in front 4-0 in set four and cruised to a 25-11 win. Anna Gurolnick's kill finished it off.
 
The Tigers were up 8-0 at the turn-around of the decisive fifth set and match point came on a Marguerite Spaethling kill.
 
Musick, Bialobok and junior Taryn VanEarwage (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) each had a team-high eight kills for Augustana. Bialobok also had seven blocks and Musick five in the match. Setters Zambrano and sophomore Brooke Keegan (Hall HS, Ladd, Ill.) recorded 18 and 14 assists, respectively. Senior Claire Martin (Mother McAuley HS, Orland Park, Ill.) had a team-high 14 digs and a pair of service aces.
 
For Colorado College, Reagan Folaron led with 16 kills. Lizzie Counts distributed 45 assists and Gurolnick had match highs of 19 digs and five aces. Myca Steffey-Bean was in on a team-best seven blocks.
 
On Tuesday, September 5, the Vikings visit Coe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa beginning at 7:00 p.m.