Blue Devil Volleyball Drops Four Set Match to Augsburg

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 1– Augsburg 3 (23-25, 25-22, 16-25, 29-31)
Record: Blue Devils (11-9, 2-2), Auggies (13-10, 4-2)
Location: Johnson Fieldhouse – Menomonie, Wis.

The Blue Devils dropped a back-and-forth four set match to Augsburg Friday night. In total the match saw 34 ties and 15 lead changes. Stout fell behind early in the first set 9-4. Four straight Auggie attacking errors allowed Stout to draw even at 14. Tied at 18m Augsburg went on a 4-1 run to go up 23-19. Stout tried to rally and pulled within one, but Augsburg closed on a kill to take the first set 25-23. The second set saw 13 ties and seven lead changes. Tied at 21, Stout closed on a 4-1 run to the match at a set a piece. Tied at 10 in the third set Augsburg pulled away and easily won 25-16. The fourth set saw 14 ties and six lead changes. Stout held leads of 10-6 and 13-9, but Augsburg fought back to take a 17-16 lead. Stout responded and led 20-18. Tied at 21, Stout scored three straight to take a 24-21 advantage. But the Auggies again rallied at tied the match at 24. Stout had three chances to win and force a fifth set, but ultimately fell 31-29.

Top Performers

• Brooke McCune had a game-high 20 kills, four digs and two blocks.
• Macayla Thompson tied a career-high with eight blocks.
• Brynn Hessel had eight kills and six blocks
• Sloan Horgan had six kills and six blocks.
• Kennedy Barrett  had a game-high 39 assists and 15 digs.
• Terrah Moshier had 19 digs and four assists.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Stout hit .134 as a team and totaled 74 digs, while Augsburg hit .144 had 81 digs.
• Stout had 15 total blocks.
• Augsburg had 30 attacking errors.

Up Next
The Blue Devils are off until next Saturday, Oct. 26 when they travel to Eau Claire, Wis. to face the Blugolds at 2 p.m. Stout will then play St. Olaf at 4 p.m. Both matches are set to be played in the McPhee Activity Center.