STEVENS POINT, Wis.- Abby Fregien became the fifth Titan to record 2,000 digs in UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball history on Saturday (Oct. 12) as Titans swept Augustana College (Ill.), 3-0.
 
The Titans (19-4, 2-1 WIAC) won with set scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-20. They also held leads over the Vikings (7-14, 1-3 CCIW) in most statistics: 42-32 in kills, .306-.106 in hitting percentage, 41-31 in assists, 8-1 in aces, 9-3 in blocks. The Vikings owned a 1-dig edge, 47-46.
 
Fregien (Sr. • Waukesha) recorded 10 digs in the contest, now sitting at 2,004. She joins Christina Cahoon (2,753, 2007-10), Mandy Trautman (2,646, 2012-15), Samantha Schmidt (2,275, 2005-07) and Rachel Gardner (2,098, 2016-19) in the exclusive 2,000-dig club.
 
Hannah Moe (Jr. • Oconto) recorded 11 kills and hit .588 on 17 total attacks. Kalli Mau (Fifth • Kimberly) registered 23 assists. Lauren Grier (So. • Fond du Lac) led the team with four blocks (one solo) and Sami Perlberg (So. • Chippewa Falls) led with 12 digs. From the service line, Robyn Kirsch (Sr. • Wausau) and Riley Kindt (Fifth • Brookfield) each notched two points.
 
The Titans scored eight of the first 10 points of the match on runs of three and five points. Lauren Grier (So. • Fond du Lac) began the run with a kill and Perlberg added two more. Oshkosh held the Vikings to one late run of four points while extending their lead with three runs of three points.
 
Grier started the second set's scoring with a block, followed up by Moe's fourth kill of the match. Augustana never led or scored more than twice in a row for the remainder of the set. Three straight offensive points gave the Titans a 9-6 edge and a 4-0 run made the score 16-11 before Augustana called a timeout. The deficit slowly grew the rest of the way, ending by way of an Izzy Coon (Jr. • Fond du Lac) ace.
 
UW-Oshkosh scored the first point of the third set and never looked back. The Titans pushed their lead with two runs of three points and one of four points before Augustana scored five straight to make the score 18-16. Oshkosh responded with a Kirsch kill and two consecutive aces followed by kills from Kindt and Olivia Breunig (Sr. • Sauk Prairie) to win.
 
The Titans restart their WIAC schedule on Wednesday (Oct. 16), hosting UW-La Crosse (6-15, 0-3 WIAC) at 7 p.m. for Play For A Cause Night. The Eagles will have been off for 12 days by Wednesday, last playing UW-Stevens Point on Friday, Oct. 4.