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Macalester hosted Augsburg on “Dig Pink Night” at the Leonard Center and was defeated 3-0 by the Auggies, who pulled out close decisions in the first and third sets. Scores were 25-23, 25-13 and 25-22 as Augsburg improves to 13-9 overall and is in a four-way tie for second at 4-1 in the MIAC. Macalester is now 6-11 on the year, 0-5 in the MIAC.

Augsburg attacked at a .210 rate, compared to .094 for the hosts.

The first set was closely-contested all the way through until the Auggies pulled ahead for set point at 24-20. Mac fought back with three unanswered points to get within one before Augsburg took the final point. A 9-1 Augsburg run midway through set two led to a 2-0 lead in sets, and in the third set hit at a .294 percentage. The third set was deadlocked 24-24 before the guests put the finishing touches on the victory.

Majra Mucic (Jr,. Zenica, Bosnia / St. Louis Park – Minn.) hammered down 13 kills to lead the Macalester attack. Anna Trier (Fy., Sun Prairie, Wis.) and Taylor Tinkham (So., St. Louis Park, Minn.) spiked eight kills apiece.

Danielle Dweck (So., Sea Cliff, N.Y. / North Shore) distributed 34 assists and Kiera Coulter (Jr., Davis, Calif.) led the defensive performance with 20 digs. Dweck added 12 digs.

Amanda Unze led Augsburg with 10 kills and Barbara Simmons had five blocks.

Mac's next three matches are on the road, beginning with a match next Wednesday (Oct. 14) at Carleton.