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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...

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)...

The Women’s Water Polo team practices in the Lindberg Center. The team finished the Macalester Invitation with three wins over four matches.

Women’s water polo dives into conference play after tournaments

Timothy Wallis March 20, 2025

The Augustana women’s water polo team recently traveled to Sherman, Texas, to face off against Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) conference opponents. On Saturday, March 15, the team defeated...

Junior Staishaun Kelley (#14) drives to the basket for a layup during the CCIW Quarterfinals against Elmhurst University at Roy J. Carver Center on Feb. 25, 2025. The Augustana team claimed victory with a final score of 92-78.

Men’s basketball battles down their final stretch of the season

Timothy Wallis March 6, 2025

On Friday, Feb. 28, the men’s basketball team fell to the number 16 ranked Illinois-Wesleyan University Titans in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) tournament semifinals. This comes...

Men’s water polo wins division, finishes third in the national tournament

Medin Sehic December 12, 2024

On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Augustana men's water polo team defeated Penn State Behrend in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) East championship match 23-7. After that, the team faced the University...

Cross-country sprints to the national championships

Elisabeth Ruggiero November 28, 2024

This past weekend, the men's cross-country team competed in the national cross-country championships in Terre Haute, Indiana, placing 31 out of 32 competing teams. This is the first time since 2015 that...

Augustana women’s bowling looks to grow following the first CCIW tournament of the season

Kellan King November 28, 2024

The Augustana women’s bowling team just concluded their third meet of the 2024-2025 season, finishing fourth among their CCIW counterparts. The CCIW tournament, held in familiar territory for the Vikings...

Mike Zapolski, Augustana College's Athletic Director, works in his office in Carver Physical Education Center on Nov. 21, 2024. Zapolski is in the midst of his 17th year as the Director of the College’s 28 athletic programs.

Behind the scenes of Augustana’s athletic department

Medin Sehic November 28, 2024

Behind every program and varsity sport is an athletic department that works behind the scenes to benefit each program. The department provides resources for each varsity sport and works endlessly to support...

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