ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Augustana dropped a hard-fought five set thriller to Coe in non-conference women's volleyball action on Wednesday, September 26 at home in the Carver Center. The Vikings won the first set in the match 25-18, dropped the second 20-25 and won the third 25-18 before falling 22-25 and 8-15 in the final two sets as the Kohawks picked up the victory.
 
Augustana was ahead 2-1 in sets and in a decisive spot in the fourth the Vikings trailed 10-6 when junior Madi Glatz (Morton HS, Morton, Ill.) served seven straight points to give Augustana a 13-10 edge and momentum. However, Coe got a kill rom Adysen Wintermote to stop the Viking run and the Kohawks tied the set 13-13.
 
The lead see-sawed back and forth and things were tied 20-20 when Coe surged ahead and used kills by Wintermote and Lindsey Koch to secure the set 25-22. In the decisive fifth set Coe broke a 6-6 tie and never looked back as the Kohawks scored nine of the final 11 points of the game to win 15-8.
 
Senior Emily Uglem (Moorhead HS, Moorhead, Minn.) and junior Grace Bialobok (Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Homewood, Ill.) led the Vikings in kills with 15 apiece. Uglem added five digs and Bialobok had three assisted blocks.
 
Freshman Sierra Erke (Quincy HS, Quincy, Ill.) picked up seven kills, three blocking assists and two digs while junior Taylor Steger (Red Wing HS, Goodhue, Minn.) had six kills with six digs and two blocking assists.
 
The digs leader for Augustana was Glatz with 31 while senior McKenzie Zambrano (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) posted 23 setting assists and 10 digs. Freshman Olivia Doak (Crystal Lake Central HS, Crystal Lake, Ill.) had 19 setting assists and 19 digs and led the team with three service aces.
 
Coe, which played just seven players in the entire match, had three in double digits in kills with Wintermote leading the way with 14 and Koch chipping in with 13. Morgan Kluesner had 11 kills. Elli Teeple picked up 49 setting assists for the Kohawks while Madi Miller had 32 digs.
 
Coe moved to 13-5 with the win while Augustana fell to 9-7. The Vikings will be in action again on Saturday, September 29 against Carthage in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin battle is slated to start at 6:00 p.m.