Augsburg Sports Week
News from the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5,
1998
Sports Week compiled and written by Jim Peterson (Augsburg
'99) and Don Stoner,
Sports Information Coordinator.
Auggies in action this week (Oct. 6-Oct. 12):
Football at Gustavus Adolphus, Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m.
(game broadcast on KKMS-AM 980).
Volleyball vs. St. Catherine, Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7:30
p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
Men's Soccer vs. St. John's, Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
at Anderson-Nelson Field, at Gallaudet (Washington D.C.) Saturday,
Oct. 10 at 11 a.m.
Women's Soccer at St. Ben's, Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m.,
vs. Rockford (Ill.), Monday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. at Anderson-Nelson
Field.
Men's Golf at MIAC Championships, Oct. 9-10, Bunker Hills
Golf Course, Coon Rapids, Minn.
M/W Cross Country at Martin Luther (New Ulm) Invitational,
Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m.
Auggie Volleyball (10-4 overall, 3-2 MIAC): Auggies defeat
Gustavus in three straight games
The Augsburg volleyball team improved its overall record to 10-4
with a three-game victory over Gustavus at Si Melby Hall on Saturday.
The Auggies won the first game 15-12, and never looked back,
beating the Gusties 15-11, and 16-14 to record the win. Tasha
Hamann had 38 assists for the Auggies, including 10 to Angie
Rieger, who led the attack for the Auggies.
The Auggies also traveled to St. Thomas on Friday, falling
to the Tommies in a tough five-game match. The Auggies lost
the first game 15-8, but battled back, winning the next two games
15-12, and 15-10. St. Thomas came out on top however, winning
the final two games 15-11, and 15-6. Adrianne Rieger had
13 kills for Augsburg in the match.
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Auggie Football (3-1 overall, 2-1 MIAC): Auggies' winning
streak ends
Augsburg's football team had won 10 straight MIAC contests
going into Saturday's home game against St. John's. The Auggies
played tough, leading 10-0 at halftime, but couldn't hold on,
falling 19-13. The defense played solid throughout, creating
four turnovers and limiting St. John's to 133 yards rushing.
Andy Zigan led the way for the defense with 12 tackles,
a forced fumble and two pass-breakups. Safety Jake Kern
also had an impressive game, nailing 10 tackles.
For the offense, Tim Hamer was the go-to guy, grabbing
eight catches for 86 yards. Kicker Martin Hlinka was
perfect for Augsburg, putting through two field goals (43, 21)
and making his only point-after attempt.
Penalties hurt Augsburg. The Auggies committed eight penalties,
totaling 88 yards. Augsburg did have more possesion time than
the Johnnies and had an 80-66 edge in total plays. Augsburg will
try to get back on track when it visits undefeated Gustavus on
Saturday in St. Peter. Last year's game at Gustavus was probably
the game of the year in the MIAC, as the Auggies prevailed 41-35
in two overtimes.
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Auggie Men's Golf: Auggies set for conference meet
The men's golf team continued to play solid golf as it prepares
for this weekend's MIAC Tournament. The Augsburg I team traveled
to one of the biggest college golf events of the fall, the Twin
Cities Classic, played at three courses over three days. Augsburg
placed ninth overall with a 952 total, the top MIAC team behind
tourney winner Gustavus (909). Todd Tourand had the best
overall finish for the Auggies, shooting a 228. His total included
a tournament-low round of 71 in Sunday's second round. Kevin
Sanft had a 237 total, while Kevin Van Rossum shot
a 240.
The Augsburg II team competed at the Macalester Invitational
in New Richmond, Wis., on Friday and Saturday, and finished second
with a 698 total, two strokes behind the winning total of 696
from Minnesota-Morris. Adam Botten led the way for the
Auggies with a 171 total.
This weekend, the Auggie golfers compete at the MIAC Championships
at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids.
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Auggie Women's Golf: Auggies get first ever All-MIAC golfer
Andrea Sievert became the first women's golfer in Augsburg
history to earn All-MIAC honors last weekend at the confderence
meet at Oakland Country Club in Hutchinson, Minn.. Sievert shot
172, including a school-record 38 on her last nine holes to finish
ninth overall in the tournament. Augsburg, which hosted the
event, took ninth place as a team. Becky Esser was Augsburg's
second finisher, shooting a 193 in the two-day event.
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Auggie Cross Country: Auggies run to second-place finish at
Eau Claire
When Christian Dawson finished his cross country race
at Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday afternoon he looked back.
Everyone was following him. Dawson, the first Auggie to win
a race this season, ran the race in a personal-best time of 26:48,
leading his team to a second-place finish overall. Lawrence
Mboga and Zach Zander also had outstanding performances
for the Auggies, finishing seventh and 10th respectively. Augsburg
finished second out of five teams, behind only St. John's.
The women's team also competed at the Blugold Open last weekend.
The women finished seventh in the event, led by Teresa Lewandowski,
who finished 24th overall. Top runner Chrissy Baune didn't
run for the Auggies this week, but she should be ready to go
this Saturday for the Martin Luther Invitational.
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Auggie Women's Soccer (1-6 overall, 0-4 MIAC): Auggies continue
to struggle offensively
The defense has been tough, allowing only three goals in the
last two games, unfortunately, the offense hasn't been able to
put any points on the board and the Auggies lost both games.
First the Auggies hosted Hamline in a rescheduled game Thursday
and were shutout 2-0. The Pipers got goals in both halves to
beat the Auggies.
Augsburg hosted Bethel in its second game of the week on Saturday.
Augsburg gave up an early goal and wasn't able to rebound in
the 1-0 loss. Goalie Beth Petrik made 13 saves in the
game. The Auggies travel to St. Benedict for their next game
on Tuesday.
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Auggie Men's Soccer (2-7 overall, 0-4 MIAC):Auggies lose two
games
Augsburg's men's soccer team had a rough week. First the
Auggies lost an 8-1 game against Bethel on Wednesday, and then
dropped a 2-1 game to Northland (Wis.) at Anderson-Nelson Field.
Against Northland the Auggies led 1-0, but weren't able to
hold on for the victory, falling 2-1 on Sunday afternoon. St.
John's is up next for the Auggies at home on Wednesday, before
they travel to Washington D.C. for a nonconference matchup against
Gallaudet on Saturday.
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Who's In The Zone?
Christian Dawson, Sophomore, Cross Country
-- Ran career personal-best 26:48 to win the individual competition
at the Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugold Open, leading the Auggies
to a second-place men's team finish!
Andrea Sievert, Senior, Women's Golf
-- Earns Augsburg's first-ever All-MIAC honor in women's golf
with ninth-place finish at MIAC Championships, shooting 89-83--172
and including a school-record final nine hole 38!
Dennis Barker, Benjy Kent, James Carey
-- Three members of Augsburg's athletic staff who ran (and completed)
the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday. Barker (cross country/track
and field coach) placed 36th in his age group (40-44) and 164th
overall with a 2:59:00 time; Kent (men's/women's soccer coach)
ran in 3:31:05 (then at 4 p.m. that day, coached the men's soccer
team against Northland College at Augsburg); and Carey ("JC,"
athletic facilities director) ran in 4:01:51!
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