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Defending the goal: Ups and downs for the women’s soccer team

Medin Sehic November 9, 2023

The Augustana Women’s soccer team’s season came to a close after a recent defeat. Last Saturday, Oct. 28, the Vikings were defeated 1-0 in overtime by Millikin University in the CCIW quarterfinals.  This...

Best in the field: Women’s soccer kicking it into first place

Medin Sehic October 12, 2023

The women's soccer team is currently 1st place in the CCIW conference and has a record of 10-1-3. The women's soccer team is coming off a win over rivals Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 4, a tie against Millikin...

New leadership brings new opportunities for fall sports teams

Timothy Wallis May 11, 2023

Leadership can be defined as many things. In sports, every team needs to have a leader that can bring the team together to achieve the ultimate goal, winning. Though it differs from sport to sport, team...

Women’s soccer and women’s volleyball impress in 2022

Said Nonoal November 10, 2022

After ending the 2021 season with a record of 11-21, the women’s volleyball team was able to improve their ranking to 17-12 in 2022, ranking 5th among their CCIW counterparts. One of the more impressive...

Fall sports approach the midpoint of the season

Said Nonoal October 6, 2022

It is officially October, and that means that the fall athletics seasons are in full swing, as Augustana athletic teams are approaching the midpoint of their seasons. The men’s water polo team has...

Womens soccer has memorable senior night

Women’s soccer has memorable senior night

Nick Gainey April 15, 2021

The Augustana Vikings women’s soccer team took on North Central on a cold, rainy senior night at Thorson-Lucken Field on April 8. Despite the 1-1 draw against the Cardinals, it was a memorable night...

Womens Soccer Opens Spring Season

Women’s Soccer Opens Spring Season

Nick Gainey March 31, 2021

After experiencing a lengthy layoff of a year and a half, the women’s soccer team finally took to Thorson-Lucken on March 20 against the Illinois Wesleyan Titans where they fell by a score of 1-0. The...

Women’s Soccer Fights into Overtime in CCIW tournament Semi-Finals and Finals

Margaret Cecilio November 14, 2019

The Augustana women’s soccer team rounded out the 2019 season, defeating Wheaton in shoot-outs for semi-finals. The Vikings advanced to the CCIW championship against Illinois Wesleyan where the run fell...

Womens Soccer Prepares for Tough Match Against Olivet

September 21, 2017

After starting the season 2-0, the Vikings have stumbled a bit losing their last two games only scoring one goal in that stretch. The Vikings intend on turning that around with having three matches in...

Augustana Women’s soccer prepares for a game. Photo by Madison Williams

Women’s soccer prepares for redeeming season

September 14, 2017

Coming off a tough end of the season last year, the Augustana women’s soccer team (2-0) is ready to fulfill their usual goals for the season with a better sense of confidence. The team unfortunately...

Vikings fall to La Crosse

Madison Williams September 22, 2016

The Augustana women’s soccer team lost its first game this past weekend after starting the 2016-17 season with a 5-0 start. The Vikings lost 1-0 during their home game against the University of Wisconsin-La...

Keeper shuts out four teams

October 11, 2014

The Augustana women's soccer team is currently 7-3 this season. Of these wins, junior Meredith Chew has recorded four shutouts and only allowed nine goals on the season. “My goal is to keep the ball...

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