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Junior Sawyer Graham tackles Vinny Querciagrossa during practice. Graham will be competing the 170-pound weight class in the national championships on March 8-9.

Women’s wrestlers fight their way to nationals

Elisabeth Ruggiero March 7, 2024

For the first time in program history, the women’s wrestling team is sending three wrestlers to the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (NCWWC). This is extremely exciting given that...

Augustana College women’s wrestling team’s Sydney Tajkowski (left) and Alicia Felker (right) go head to head in preparation for a match, during the team practice on Nov. 14.

Men’s and women’s wrestling ready to takedown the season

Elisabeth Ruggiero November 16, 2023

The season has officially started for the men’s and women’s wrestling teams. The men’s team won their home opener against the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) on Nov. 5, securing a 30-18 win.  This...

Student athletes manage Greek life and academics

Sarah Villani March 2, 2023

Now that Greek rush season has begun, student athletes have to balance a lot of different activities, and some are adding Greek life on top of their already busy schedules. Being a distance runner on...

Team members practicing in pairs.

The Wrestling team practice together in hopes of gaining new strategies for the upcoming season

Sarah Villani November 10, 2022

The wrestling team is a month into the season with practices already underway and a tournament on Saturday, Nov 5.  “I’m pretty confident, as I’ve been taking care of myself a lot more than last...

Stalls being set up during the International Women's Day event at Gavle rooms on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Augustana creates goal to #BreaktheBias

Zain Shrestha March 16, 2022

Augustana hosted its first ever International Women’s Day fair on Tuesday, March 8th at the Gerber Center.  The fair was advertised as a way to celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. There were...

Augie women wrestlers hungry for more

Abhib Lal Amatya November 18, 2021

Augustana women's wrestling team kicked off their inaugural season by participating in an invitational tournament hosted by UWSP on Nov. 6, 2021. Coach Toney Willeart believes this first match has given...

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