WAVERLY, Iowa—The Wartburg volleyball team (3-1 overall) returns to the Twin Cities to compete in Augsburg's Invitational. The Knights will face St. Thomas (3-1) Friday at 8 p.m., host-Augsburg (4-0) Saturday at 10 a.m. and UW-Eau Claire (4-0) at noon.

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The Series
The Tommies hold the all-time series lead at 16-5, but the Knights were victorious (3-2) in last year's meeting in the NCAA Tournament. The Orange and Black hold the narrow lead at 7-6 against the Auggies, which includes last year's 3-2 win at this tournament. The Blugolds lead 5-2-1, but the programs have not me since 2012.
 
Wartburg
Senior Lizzy Blough (Dike) leads the Knights with 62 kills and 4.43 kills/set. Freshman Jayme Willemssen (Waverly) follows with 40 kills and a team-best .373 hitting percentage. Senior Mallary Erbes (Urbandale) has 127 assists and team-high 10 service aces. Sophomore Katie Foster (Charles City) leads the defense with 85 digs.

St. Thomas
Madie Kroehler leads the team with 36 kills and 2.77 kills/set. Ellie Meyer leads the team with 15 service aces.

UW-Eau Claire
Madelyn Pashibin leads the team with 50 kills, 4.17 kills/set, and a .396 hitting percentage. Taylor Scalia has a team-high nine service aces.

Augsburg
Three players lead the team with 33 kills: Megan Quam, Kayla Gjerde, Sydnie Zachary. Lexie Lang has a team-best seven service aces.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 12 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 47^th in digs per set (18.21), 50^th in blocks per set (2), 52^nd in team total blocks (28), 53^rd in kills per set (12.79), 64^th in team attacks per set (36.79), 67^th in hitting percentage (.223), 79^th in assists per set (11.57), 79^th in team kills (179), 85^th in opponent hitting percentage (.097), 86^th in team digs (255), 93^rd in team assists (162), and 100^th in match won-loss percentage (.75).
 
Individually, five Knights rank in the top 100 of thirteen statistical categories: Blough ranks 3^rd in attacks per set (14), 6^th in total attacks (196), 19^th in kills per set (4.43), 22^nd in total kills (62), and 31^st in points per set (4.82); Erbes ranks 60^th in total assists (127), 71^st in assists per set (9.07), and 81^st in service aces (10); Foster ranks 28^th in digs per set (6.07) and 36^th in total digs (85); sophomore Kylie Bildstein (Dyersville) ranks 65^th in total blocks (14) and 75^th in blocks per set (1); and Willemssen ranks 81^st in hitting percentage (.373).