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Junior Jersey Merrick, First-Year Anais Jones, and First-Year Kiera Luhrs practice at Lindberg on Feb. 13, 2025.

Women’s Water Polo: Seniors look to make final impact on the program they helped kick-off

Kellan King February 20, 2025

Four years ago, the Augustana women’s water polo team saw its first recruiting class in program history as they looked to get an upstart program off the ground. Following a 20-4 season, that same group...

Augustana Men’s Volleyball team cheers in the practice on Feb. 13, 2025, after a 3-1 win against St. Ambrose University

Men’s volleyball spikes into a successful mid-season

Elisabeth Ruggiero February 20, 2025

The men’s volleyball team is marching strong into the halfway point of the season. The team traveled to Fone de Luc, Wisconsin, to compete in a doubleheader this past weekend. Advancing their record...

Augustana's #10 Dani Romero drives past a North Central College defender during a home game at Carver Center on Feb. 1, 2025.

Men’s basketball scores key wins as the season winds down

Timothy Wallis February 20, 2025

The season for the Augustana men’s basketball team is starting to wind down after an 101-76 win at home  against the Wheaton College Thunder on Wednesday, Feb. 19. This comes six days after the team’s...

Men’s golf tees off season placing third in Highland Championship

Timothy Wallis September 19, 2024

The Augustana men's golf team started their season by placing third as a team in the Highland Championship. The two-day championship hosted in Rock Island on the Vikings' home course was held from Sept....

Augustana hosts sixth round of NFL Draft

Madison Williams May 2, 2019

In 1971, Augustana football player Ken Anderson waited in his apartment near campus for a phone call. When the phone rang, the Cincinnati Bengals announced they would be selecting him in the third round...

The twist of a leg: How athletes recover from injuries

The twist of a leg: How athletes recover from injuries

Madison Williams April 16, 2019

It takes one slight twist of a leg to change an athlete’s life forever. While injuries of the body can be healed, an injury can cause long lasting mental side effects for the athlete. Every injury story...

Augustana Sophomore Sriram Sugumaran, bumps the ball over the net at the Augustana Vikings match against the North Central College Cardinals at the Augustana College Tennis Courts. April 6, 2019. Photo by Ian Murrin.

Men’s tennis sweeps first CCIW match

Madison Williams April 11, 2019

The Augustana men’s tennis team (15-4, 1-0) opened their 2019 CCIW season with a sweep against North Central on Saturday, April 6, winning 9-0. The Vikings also accomplished a 7-2 win over non-conference...

Women’s lacrosse starts 0-2 in CCIW

Clint Ugolini April 9, 2019

The Augustana women's lacrosse team is looking to build off of last season's 8-7 overall record while going 2-4 in conference. Last year was a bit of a drop-off after the team went undefeated in conference...

Men’s volleyball finishes second season with a win

Matthew McKay April 9, 2019

Augustana men's volleyball completed their second season as a program following their win against Trine University on Saturday, April 6. Augustana finished their season with a record of 12-15 and a fifth...

Chrishawn Orange, senior, trys to overcome Ray Pierce, Carroll University player, during the Viking's Dec. 1 game. Photo by Alia McMurray.

Vikings begin CCIW season undefeated

Madison Williams December 3, 2018

The Augustana men’s basketball team (5-1, 1-0) has officially become undefeated in the CCIW after their first conference game of the season against Carroll University winning 68-56 on Saturday, Dec....

Women’s basketball progresses with three game win streak

Katrina Scheer November 29, 2018

The Augustana Women’s basketball team has started their 2018-2019 season with a record of 3-2. They started the season with two losses, but are now on a three game win streak. Throughout the past few...

Women’s bowling prepares for rest of season

Olivia Hagerty November 29, 2018

After their inaugural season last year, the Augustana women’s bowling team began their 2018-19 season at the Five Seasons Classic in mid-October. They have competed in three more tournaments so far. As...

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