| The Cardinals enter Saturday's season-openers against Augsburg and Concordia on the heels of a 15-13 season in 2019 — including a 5-6 showing in conference play. … Saint Mary's has now finished 15-13 overall in back-to-back seasons. … Saint Mary's owned four, three-set wins in 2019, while going 8-4 in four-setters and adding three, five-set victory. On the flip side, seven of Saint Mary's 12 losses were 3-0 sweeps. The Cardinals also dropped two, five-set matches. … Saint Mary's won three five-set matches in 2019 — including two in which they rallied from 2-0 deficits. … Lillian Braun (Mantorville, Minn.) closed out her senior season with a team-leading eight double-doubles — including double-doubles in two of the Cardinals' last three matches. … With the 29th of her 46 assists against St. Catherine on Oct. 26, Braun became the fourth player in program history to eclipse the 3,000 career assist mark. Braun, who closed out the season with a single-season career-high 1,113 assists, cracked both the 2,000- and 3,000-career assist marks in 2019 — reaching 2,000 career assists with her sixth helper against UW-Superior on Aug. 30 and surpassing 3,000 career assists vs. St. Catherine on Oct. 26. … Braun's 1,113 assists this season are the most by a Cardinal in a season since 2013, when Lexi Assimos dished out 1,197. … Braun is now the first Cardinal to reach the 3,000 career assist mark since Brittney Cherwinka closed out her collegiate career with 3,164 assists in 2010. … Lexi Barth (Byron, Minn.) picked up her seventh double-double in her final collegiate match against Gustavus on Nov. 2, recording 11 kills and 13 digs. … Linnaea Wallis (Dresser, Wis.) finished the year third on the team with five double-doubles, while Elise Amerongen (Woodbury, Minn.) posted her first double-double in a Cardinal uniform with a 10-kill, 17-dig showing against Beloit on Sept. 14. … Barth completed her senior year in 2019 leading team in kills with a single-season career-best 282, followed by Wallis (250) and Rachel Kedl (Lamberton, Minn. / 225). … The Cardinals finished the year with 159 service aces, led by Braun (27) and DeJaye Baab (Wabasha, Minn. / 25). … Baab owned a team- and career-high 549 digs in 2019, while Braun was second with 247. … Baab recorded a career-high 42 digs in the Cardinals' loss to Hamline on Sept. 18 — it was the most digs in a match since Theresa Perrini had 41 against Augsburg in 2008, and was just six digs shy of Perrini's single-match school-record 48, set against Loras, also during the 2008 season. … Saint Mary's posted four players in double figures in kills twice in 2019, while notching a season-high five players in double figures in digs against Concordia on Oct. 12. … Hayley Weber (Gladbrook, Iowa) recorded a career-high 21 digs against Carleton on Oct. 26. … Lime's 14 kills against Concordia on Oct. 12 were a season high. … Hannah Skroch (Prior Lake, Minn.) delivered a career-best 15 digs against Saint Benedict on Oct. 11 and equaled that mark against Concordia the following day. … Mandy Schmidt (Mitchell, S.D.) dished out a career-high 35 assists against Beloit on Sept. 14. … Wallis' 17 kills against UW-Superior on Aug. 30 and 19 digs vs. UW-River Falls the following day were both career highs. … With their 2-2 showing at this year's season-opening Ground Round Sugar Loaf Classic, the Cardinals are now 13-3 in their last four Sugar Loaf Classics, while going 19-5 in their last six. |
| The Auggies put together a 23-7 overall record in 2019 — including an NCAA Division III national tournament berth. Augsburg dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to UW-Stevens Point in the opening round of the 2019 national tournament. … Augsburg's last two matches in 2019 were 3-2 losses — along with their loss to UW-Stevens Point, the Auggies also suffered a five-set loss to St. Thomas in the MIAC Playoff semifinals. … Augsburg closed out 2019 boasting six players with 100 or more kills, led by Kayla Gierde with 289 and Corrina Evans with 274. Megan Quam (197), Maddie Nierengarten (191), and Jade Fullerton (151) also eclipsed the 100-kill mark a year ago. … Izzy Barr and Lexie Lang shared the setting details for the Auggies in 2019, with Barr dishing out 552 assists, followed closely by Lang with 508. … As a team, Augsburg served up 207 aces in 2019, led by Barr with 67 and Nierengarten with 36. … Jaelin Rios posted a team-best 414 digs, with Gierde (301), Nierengarten (274), Barr (265), and Lang also recording 250+ digs. … The Auggies finished 2019 going 11-2 in three-set matches, while going 7-2 in four-setters and 53 in matches extended to a fifth set. |
The Cobbers have already gotten two matches under their belts, falling to Bethel 3-0 in their season-opener on March 20 and to Saint Benedict 3-0 on Wednesday. … Concordia closed out the 2019 season with a 7-19 overall record, including a 4-7 mark in conference play. … The Cobbers dropped their final two matches of the 2019 season to the same two teams they opened this season — falling to Bethel 3-1 and Saint Benedict 3-0. … Mariah Ahrndt posted a team-leading eight kills and Kendra Wiggs added six in the Cobbers' loss to Saint Benedict on Wednesday. Chloe Markovic recorded a team-leading 21 digs and Ann Brakke and Karlie Goschen each added 10, as the trio combined to record 48 of the team's 59 digs against the Bennies. … Wiggs enters Saturday's matches against Saint Mary's and Augsburg owning a team-high 12 kills through two matches, two more than both Brakke and Brook Carney. … Jill Klaphake and Lexi Turn have shared the setting duties for the Cobbers, dishing out 27 and 23 helpers, respectively. The duo have accounted for 50 of the team's 57 assists through two matches. … Concordia has recorded four aces in its first two matches, with all four coming from a different player. … Markovic boasts a team-leading 30 digs (5.0 dpg), with Brakke close behind with 26 (4.33 dpg). … As a team, the Cobbers recorded a season-best 33 kills against Saint Benedict Wednesday, while also posting season-highs in assists (31) and digs (59).
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