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First-year Annie Timm prepares to hit a forehand to her opponents during her number two doubles match. The Augustana womens tennis team overall lost to Luther College with a score of 9–8. Photo by Tony Dzik.

Augie Tennis takes down Oshkosh, Luther

Matthew McKay April 26, 2018

For the 18th time this season, the Augustana women's tennis team was victorious. This time the Vikings took down both University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Luther college each by a score of 8-1. The Vikings...

Augie Softball splits doubleheader with Millikin

Augie Softball splits doubleheader with Millikin

Matthew McKay April 19, 2018

Augustana came back and won game two of Wednesday's afternoon doubleheader against Millikin. They won 3-2 guided by first-year pitcher, Cecelia Peine. They also game-winning inning sacrifice fly by sophomore,...

Ehlers has record breaking outing at Viking Olympics

Matthew McKay April 12, 2018

All-American Ethan Ehlers is completing his senior year as apart of the Augustana Track and Field team. Along with winning CCIW athlete of the Week for the second time this year, Ehlers has broken the...

Augie Tennis splits sunday afternoon slate

Matthew McKay March 29, 2018

The Augustana Women’s tennis team made the trip out to Cedar Rapids, Iowa coming off of a three-match losing streak. The Vikings were tasked to take on both Coe and Bethel Sunday afternoon. Augustana...

Senior Captain Dylan Sortillo celebrates as he runs through the crowd after the Vikings victory over John Carroll on Friday. Photo by Kevin Donovan

Little things turn into big things for Sortillo

Matthew McKay March 15, 2018

In the second round of Augustana basketball's playoff run, the Vikings defeated Hope College by a score of 95-83. The Vikings were led by Senior Dylan Sortillo, who scored a season high 30 points while...

Senior Matt Sears attempts to roll his opponent over. Sears won his match against UW Platteville with a score of 4–3. Photo by Tony Dzik

Augustana wrestling loses lead on senior night

Matthew McKay February 8, 2018

Friday evening marked senior night and was the final dual meet of the season for the Vikings. The Vikings wrestled in front of a packed carver center but fell short by a score of 27-21 to the visiting...

Sophomore Matt Friello gets a throw past his defender during their tournament at PepsiCo on Saturday night through Sunday morning. Photo by Kevin Donovan

Ultimate Frisbee hosts tournament

Matthew McKay January 31, 2018

From the hours of 10pm to 6am on the night of January 27th the ultimate frisbee team hosted their first ever tournament in PepsiCo recreation center. The Augustana Stonecutters team took third place that...

Junior Dale Charlier attempts to hold his opponent by hanging on to his leg and arm. Charlier won his individual match with a score of 4–2. Photo by Tony Dzik

Vikings fall to 1-10 on the season

Matthew McKay January 25, 2018

Friday evening the Augustana Wrestlers hosted University of Wisconsin-Platteville for a dual meet. The Vikings looked to snap their streak of seven consecutive losses in dual meets but were unsuccessful...

Lohmeier reflects on success

Matthew McKay December 16, 2016

Most normal college athletes come into their freshman season having to wait a year or two to get playing time, but former women’s soccer captain Hannah Lohmeier was not a normal freshman. Lohmeier started...

Club hockey lack of depth leads to loss

Matthew McKay December 7, 2016

When the Augustana men’s hockey team took the ice at the River’s Edge in Davenport on Saturday afternoon, they had only six forwards and three defensemen. Head coach Perry Jacobs pointed out that the...

Men’s basketball shoots for big wins in future

Matthew McKay December 3, 2016

After falling to Washington University this past weekend, the Augustana men’s basketball team is looking to win big games this week, while taking the court with five new starters from the year before. After...

Men’s hockey aims to expand program in future

Matthew McKay October 22, 2016

On Nov. 4 and 5, the men’s hockey club will be playing against Wheaton College for their seventh game of the season. The Vikings are currently a very young hockey team led by sophomore captains Ben Sera...

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