Hyllengren gets 1,000 career kills as Pipers fall to Luther

Hamline took control of the match early, capturing the first game 30-19, but they would seldom hold the lead after that point. Luther jumped on top early in the remaining three games, capitalizing on aggressive play on their side of the net and costly errors by the Pipers.

Luther took game two 16-30, and the third game 25-30. In game four, the Norse held a 17-24 lead at one point, but the Pipers fought back to tie the game at 28 on a kill by sophomore Tasha Simmons (Eagan, Minn.) off of a Jenny Nichols (Rockford, Minn.) set. Two attacking errors by Hamline after that cost them the game and the match.

Hyllengren’s 14 kills put her at 1,006 in her career. She is only the seventh player in school history to amass 1,000-plus kills.

The Pipers continued to distribute the workload equally, with four players once again accumulating double-digits in kills [junior Amanda Booth (Champlin, Minn.), Simmons, junior Emily Amici (Whitewater, Wis.) and Hyllengren] and in digs [Simmons, Amici, Nichols, and first-year Heidi Larsen (Andover, Minn.)].

Hamline is home again on Wednesday, September 14, to take on conference foe Bethel University at 7:00 p.m.

Hamline University belongs to the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, one of the most competitive conferences in the nation. Hamline supports 19 intercollegiate athletic teams for men and women. Find out more about Hamline athletics at www.hamline.edu/hamline_info/athletics.

Creative and innovative teaching and learning attract a diverse student body of nearly 4,600 undergraduate and graduate students to Hamline University. Challenged to create and apply knowledge in local and global contexts, Hamline students develop an individual and community ethic of social justice, civic responsibility, and inclusive leadership and service.

Ranked first in Minnesota among comprehensive master’s universities by U.S.News & World Report, Hamline is also Minnesota’s first university, founded in 1854, and among the first co-educational institutions in the nation.