SUNDAY'S SCORES
Auburn 3,
@SIUE 0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-23)
AUBURN 3, SIUE 0
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Cougars dropped a match to visiting Auburn 25-13, 25-15, 25-23. SIUE, 0-3, held Auburn, 4-0, to its lowest hitting efficiency of the season (.140).
SIUE's defense picked up seven blocks against the Tigers, including five from Kelsey Augustine and two each from Kristen Torre, Hilary Trevino, and Taylor Held.
Alicia Streetar, a freshman, led the Cougar offense for the second straight day. She finished with six kills. Torre added five. Johnson said the Cougars need to continue to get the ball to Torre on offense
Auburn, which was coming off a tournament win in St. Louis that included a victory over No. 10 Nebraska, used a 10-3 run in the first set and a 14-4 run in the second set to push past the Cougars.
SIUE was down by as many as eight points in the third set but made a solid run to close out the set. Auburn made nine of its 20 errors in the third set. Freshman Mallory Mangun kept the Cougars close late and served the final four points of the match for the Cougars.
SIUE libero Chelsea Colclasure led all players with 16 digs. Auburn collected 39 digs led by 12 from libero Sarah Wroblicky.
The Cougars next head to Omaha, Neb., for the Omaha Classic. SIUE plays Southern Utah and host Omaha next Friday as well as Bradley Saturday.