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One last lap: Seniors reflect on athletics, friendships and farewells

Elisabeth Ruggiero May 8, 2025

As the spring season winds down, Augustana’s senior athletes step off the field, mat and track one final time, leaving behind more than just statistics. They walk away with lasting friendships, hard-won...

Sophomore David Larraga closes out the final set in the CCIW Championship Semifinal against the Carthage Firebirds at Lincoln Park on May 2, 2025.

Men’s tennis falls just short during CCIW title pursuit

Kellan King May 8, 2025

After the conclusion of what was a dominant season by the men’s tennis team, the Vikings headed into the weekend of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) tournament looking to cap off...

Balancing excellence: Vikings award 110 Academic All-Conference selections

Medin Sehic May 8, 2025

The CCIW recently announced its winter 2024-25 recipients of Academic All-Conference honors, and Augustana stood out once again. Tyler Leslie and McKenzie Reser earned the Jack Swartz Award, while the...

Women’s water polo falls in national semifinals, wins in overtime in third-place game

Timothy Wallis May 8, 2025

This past weekend, May 3-4, the Augustana women’s water polo team competed in the USA Water Polo Division-III National Tournament, which was hosted at home in the Anne Greve Lund Natatorium. As the number...

The Augustana Viking baseball team plays against the North Central Cardinals on April 23, 2025. The Vikings fell with the final score of 11-3.

Baseball falls to eighth in CCIW during late-season push

Kellan King May 1, 2025

Entering the final few weeks of the season, the Augustana Vikings baseball team sat in fifth in a tightly contested College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) conference with just eleven more...

Men’s golf wins Viking Invitational, women’s place second

Medin Sehic May 1, 2025

The Augustana men’s and women’s golf teams were back on the green this past weekend of April 26-27, where they hosted the Viking Invitational at Highland Springs Golf Course in Rock Island. Both the...

Men’s Track and Field hosts the Augustana Meet of Champions at Ericson Field on April 17, 2025.

Track and field sprints past competition at Drake and Knox Open

Elisabeth Ruggiero May 1, 2025

The track and field teams just competed in a huge weekend where a select group of athletes traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, for the Drake Relays, one of the premier events in collegiate track and field. Meanwhile,...

The Augustana Vikings softball team sweeps over the North Park Vikings on Senior Day on April 26, 2025. The Vikings won with a score of 6-4 for the first game and 12-4 for the second.

Softball rounds third with wins as regular season winds down

Timothy Wallis May 1, 2025

After a 6-3 and a 16-7 loss against the University of Dubuque on Monday, April 28, the Augustana softball team’s record moved to 24-10 and 12-2 in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW)...

Men’s volleyball shuts out North Park on senior night

Elisabeth Ruggiero April 17, 2025

The men's volleyball team celebrated its six seniors and three fifth-year players with a special ceremony that honored their hard work and dedication to men's volleyball over their years at Augustana....

Hitting their stride: Softball continues solid season with recent play

Elisabeth Ruggiero April 17, 2025

After securing back-to-back wins in a doubleheader at home against Carroll University this past Sunday but dropping a pair of one-run games to UW-Platteville, the team's record sits at an impressive 18-6....

Leveling up: Valorant and League of Legends esports teams make playoffs

Medin Sehic April 17, 2025

On March 24 and April 8, the Valorant and League of Legends teams of the esports program competed in the national esports collegiate conference playoffs. The League of Legends team entered the playoffs...

3-Peat: Vikings endure rocky regular season to claim CWPA title for third year straight

Kellan King April 17, 2025

After the conclusion of an admittedly up-and-down regular season, the Augustana women’s water polo team looked to put together a strong final stretch and finish what had already been a storybook first...

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