WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota volleyball team closes out the home portion of its 2015 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, hosting Augsburg in a 7 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Saint Mary's Gym.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-1 MIAC | 16-7 Overall) vs. Augsburg Auggies (4-3 MIAC | 15-5 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals came up empty in their four matches at the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament last weekend in Naperville, Ill. Saint Mary's fell to North Central (Ill.) and Coe by 3-1 scores last Friday, while losing 3-0 to both 11th-ranked Carthage and No. 1-ranked Washington (Mo.) | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
• Augsburg: The Auggies used stellar team defense, recording 11 blocks and 48 digs in handing St. Thomas a 3-0 conference setback Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Augsburg—A Year Ago:
• October 25, 2014 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals gave the 25th-ranked Auggies all they could handle, but every time they seemed to gather a little momentum, Augsburg would steal it right back in handing Saint Mary's a 3-1 conference setback at the Saint Mary's Gym | Recap
• November 6, 2014 * Minneapolis, Minn.: Ashley Peper hammered out 13 kills and Colleen Ourada added 10—and the Auggies rallied from early deficits in all three sets in handing the Cardinals a 3-0 setback in the MIAC Tournament semifinals at Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis, Minn. | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals do not play again until Oct. 23, when they hit the road for a 7 p.m. conference match against Bethel in Arden Hills, Minn.
• Augsburg: The Auggies are off until next Wednesday, when they host Hamline in a 7 p.m. MIAC match at Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
• Wednesday's match against Augsburg is the final regular-season home match for the Cardinals. … Saint Mary's losses to North Central (Ill.) and Coe last Friday marked the first time all season the Cardinals had lost back-to-back games, while their current four-match losing streak is the longest since dropping four in a row early in the 2014 season. … The Cardinals' 3-2 loss to Saint Benedict on Oct. 2 snapped their season-high seven-match winning streak. … Alex Peterson (Harmony, Minn.) and Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) shared the team lead with 33 kills each during the Cardinals' four matches at last weekend's Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament. … Maddie Hess (Lewiston, Minn.) and Brittney Hanson (Janesville, Iowa) collected 56 and 35 assists, respectively, in the Cardinals' four tournament matches last weekend, while Lex Krogstad posted a team-high 67 digs. … Peterson delivered a team-high 17 kills vs. St. Olaf last Wednesday. The 17 kills were one shy of Peterson's season high. … Fadness, who leads the team with 264 kills, has recorded 10 or more kills in 17 of the team's 23 matches. … Fadness, who has notched a season- and career-high 18 kills three times this season, is one of five Cardinals who have eclipsed the 100-kill plateau this season—Peterson (193), Cassidy Bittle (Winona, Minn. / 172), Jenna Sullivan (Woodbury, Minn. / 165), and Molly Urban (Roseville, Minn. / 145) are the others. … Sara Lind (Peterson, Minn.) banged out a career-high 15 kills to pace the Cardinals against Saint Benedict on Oct. 2. … Urban's 14-kill effort vs. the Saint Benedict on Oct. 2 were a career high. … Hanson and Tayler MacVey (Dodge Center, Minn.) each finished with 20 or more assists vs. St. Olaf last Wednesday—Hansen recorded a team-best 29 helpers, with MacVey chipping in 20. … Hanson added 10 digs to her 29-assist effort vs. the Oles in earning the sophomore her first double-double of the season. … MacVey notched season-highs of 29 assists and 17 digs vs. Saint Benedict on Oct. 2 for her team-leading fifth double-double of the season—one more than Sullivan. … Hanson, who posted a season-high 31 assists vs. Saint Benedict on Oct. 2, heads into Wednesday's showdown with Augsburg with a team-best 426 assists, 62 more than MacVey. … Hanson has recorded 20 or more assists 13 times this season, while MacVey has reached the 20-assist plateau 10 times. … Sullivan equaled her season high with a team-best 22 digs against St. Olaf last Wednesday. The senior also posted a 22-dig night against Wisconsin Lutheran on Sept. 4. … The 22 digs were one shy of Sullivan's career-high 23-dig showing against the University of Chicago on Oct. 10, 2014. … Sullivan has recorded 10 or more digs in 17 of the team's 23 matches. … Hess dished out a career-best 19 assists vs. Coe last Friday at the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament. … Hess posted 17 assists and a career-best 12 digs en route to her first collegiate double-double against St. Thomas on Sept. 26. … Krogstad posted her first double-double of the season vs. Hamline on Sept. 23, notching 16 digs and 11 assists. … Krogstad, who equaled her career-high with 36 digs against St. Norbert on Sept. 18, has collected 405 digs through 23 matches and is second all-time with 2,008 career digs. Krogstad is just the second player ever to reach the 2,000-dig plateau and just 184 digs shy of school record-holder Theresa Perrini. … Saint Mary's win over St. Olaf last Wednesday was just its third five-set match of the season—the Cardinals beat Loras 3-2 on Sept. 14 and fell to Saint Benedict 3-2 on Oct. 2. … The Cardinals are 7-3 in both three- and four-set matches, while going 2-1 in five-setters. … With their 3-1 win over St. Thomas on Sept. 26, Saint Mary's snapped a 14-match losing streak against the Tommies, dating back to a 3-1 triumph on Oct. 2, 2002—also on the Tommies' home court. … The Cardinals finished a combined 10-6 in their four tournament matches this season. … The Cardinals put together their best 19-match start to the season in program history, going 16-3. … With their 3-1 win over UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 1, the Cardinals are now 5-0 in their last five season openers.
 
Scouting The Augsburg Auggies:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
• With their 3-0 sweep of St. Thomas, the Auggies pushed their winning streak to three straight. It's the third time this season Augsburg has won three or more matches in a row. Augsburg kicked off the season with three consecutive victories, before putting together a season-high eight-match win streak later in the year. … Augsburg has now won back-to-back matches against St. Thomas—the Auggies snapped a 23-match losing streak to the Tommies when they won a five-set thriller at Schoenecker Arena a year ago. … Augsburg's 3-0 sweep of UST Saturday was its first since beating the Tommies 3-0 on Oct. 7, 1985. … Ashley Peper became the third player in Augsburg history to eclipse both the 1,000 career kills and digs plateaus on Sept. 26. … Pepper heads into Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's with 1,607 kills and 1,071 digs—including 323 kills and 236 digs this season. … Peper has recorded 10 or more kills in 19 of the Auggies' 20 matches—the lone exception a nine-kill effort against Gustavus on Sept. 30. … The Auggies have five players with 100 or more kills—Peper (323), Jessica Lilliquist (136), Jordan Weeding (132), Jaelyn Arndt (112), and Taylor Linn (111). … Courtney Lemke and Morgan Mailey have combined for 786 of the Auggies' 912 assists—Lemke owns a team-high 542 helpers, with Malley adding 226. … Augsburg has served up 120 aces, led by DeeDee Miller with 41, Marcey Terhell with 22, and Malley with 20. … Terhell boasts a team-best 370 digs and is one of six Auggies with 100 or more digs this season. … Augsburg's sweep of St. Thomas last Saturday was its seven 3-0 win of the season—the Auggies are 7-1 in three-set matches, 5-3 in four-setters, and 3-1 in matches going the maximum five sets. … Augsburg is 5-2 on its home court, 5-2 on the road, and 5-1 on neutral-sit courts.