Volleyball 9/13/00 -- Concordia-Moorhead 3, Augsburg 1

MINNEAPOLIS (9/13/00) -- Sam Scariano (Sr., Billings, Mont.) led all players with 18 kills and seven blocks (two solo) as Concordia College-Moorhead rallied from a first-game loss to claim a 3-1 game victory over host Augsburg College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's volleyball match Wednesday night at Si Melby Hall.

Game scores were 10-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-4 in favor of Concordia. The Cobbers improve to 5-1 overall with their fourth straight match victory. Augsburg drops to 2-7 overall. The match was the first in MIAC play for both teams this season.

Scariano paced a dominant Cobber attack, as four players accumulated more than 10 kills in the match. Katrina Wilberts (So., Breckenridge, Minn.) and Stacy Davis (Sr., Wadena, Minn.) had 13 kills each (Wilberts on just 17 attempts with only two errors), and Kristy Anderson (Jr., Willmar, Minn.) had 10.

Augsburg was paced by Angie Rieger (Sr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS), who had 15 kills and 11 digs, and Cassi Van Ausdall (Sr., White Bear Lake, Minn.), who had 14 kills and 34 digs. Jessica Norman (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.) had 14 digs, and Emily Walen (Sr., Stillwater, Minn./Hastings HS) had 44 assists and 16 digs.

Leah Sanden (Jr., Sioux Falls, S.D./Luverne, Minn., HS) had 49 assists and 12 digs for the Cobbers. Anderson had 14 digs and Scariano had 12 digs. Sarah Russell (So., Fargo, N.D./Oak Grove HS) notched 17 digs and Beth Clarke (Fr., White Bear Lake, Minn.) had 16. Wilberts added six blocks (two solo).

Augsburg plays at St. Benedict in its next match next Wednesday (9/20) at 7:30 p.m., while Concordia competes at the St. Benedict Holiday Inn-Vitational Friday and Saturday before returning to conference play with a home match against Macalester next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Concordia-Moorhead (5-1 overall, 1-0 MIAC) def. Augsburg (2-7, 0-1) 10-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-4
Concordia-Moorhead leaders:
Kills -- Sam Scariano 18, Stacy Davis 13, Katrina Wilberts 13, Kristy Anderson 10.
Assists -- Leah Sanden 49.
Blocks -- Sam Scariano 7 (2 solo), Katrina Wilberts 6 (2 solo), Kristy Anderson 4, Leah Sanden 3.
Digs -- Sarah Russell 17, Beth Clarke 16, Kristy Anderson 14, Sam Scariano 12, Leah Anderson 12.
Service Aces -- Kristy Anderson 2, Katrina Williams 2, Stacy Davis 2.

Augsburg leaders:
Kills -- Angie Rieger 15, Cassi Van Ausdall 14, Kevina Nakiwala 9, Lisa Miller 9.
Assists -- Emily Walen 44.
Blocks -- Kevina Nakiwala 2 (1 solo), Lis Miller 2, Angie Rieger 1 (1 solo).
Digs -- Cassi Van Ausdall 34, Emily Walen 16, Jessica Norman 14, Angie Rieger 11.
Service Aces -- Kevina Nakiwala 3, Emily Walen 2.

                                   ---------- Attack ---------    ---- Pass ----
Augsburg                   MP- GP  Att Kill   K/Gm    E    Pct    Att  RE    Pct
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Angie Rieger                1-  4   38   15  3.750    9   .158      0   4   .000
Cassi Van Ausdall           1-  4   49   14  3.500    6   .163      0   5   .000
Kevina Nakiwala             1-  4   30    9  2.250    4   .167      0   1   .000
Lisa Miller                 1-  4   25    9  2.250    6   .120      0   0   .000
Paula Pogatchnik            1-  4   30    6  1.500    7  -.033      0   0   .000
Emily Walen                 1-  4    7    3  0.750    1   .286      0   0   .000
Tiffany Lynch               1-  4    0    0  0.000    0   .000      0   5   .000
Jessica Norman              1-  4    0    0  0.000    0   .000      0   1   .000
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Augsburg                    1-  4  179   56 14.000   33   .128      0  16   .000
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                            ---------- Set -----------     --------- Serve ---------
Augsburg                    Att    A   A/Gm    Pct BHE     Att  SA  SA/Gm  SE    Pct
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Angie Rieger                  0    0  0.000   .000   1       0   1  0.250   0   .000
Cassi Van Ausdall             0    0  0.000   .000   1       0   0  0.000   0   .000
Kevina Nakiwala               0    0  0.000   .000   0       0   3  0.750   0   .000
Lisa Miller                   0    1  0.250   .000   0       0   0  0.000   0   .000
Paula Pogatchnik              0    0  0.000   .000   0       0   0  0.000   0   .000
Emily Walen                   0   44 11.000   .000   0       0   2  0.500   2   .000
Tiffany Lynch                 0    1  0.250   .000   0       0   0  0.000   0   .000
Jessica Norman                0    0  0.000   .000   0       0   1  0.250   1   .000
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Augsburg                      0   46 11.500   .000   2       0   7  1.750   3   .000
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                            - Defense -    ----- Block -----
Augsburg                    Dig  Dig/Gm    BS  BA   B/Gm  BE
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Angie Rieger                 11   2.750     1   0  0.250   0
Cassi Van Ausdall            34   8.500     0   0  0.000   1
Kevina Nakiwala               6   1.500     1   1  0.500   1
Lisa Miller                   2   0.500     0   2  0.500   1
Paula Pogatchnik              1   0.250     0   0  0.000   0
Emily Walen                  16   4.000     0   1  0.250   1
Tiffany Lynch                 8   2.000     0   0  0.000   0
Jessica Norman               14   3.500     0   0  0.000   0
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Augsburg                     92  23.000     2   4  1.000   4
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Game Scores

                       1   2   3   4 Wins
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Augsburg              15   9  12   4    1
Concordia-Moorhead    10  15  15  15    3
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Attendance:     80