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November 20, 2000

AUGUSTANA VIKING WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

AUGUSTANA (1-0) is in action on Tuesday, November 21, when the Northern State Univesity Wolves invade the Elmen Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m.

COMING UP:

• November 25: Wayne State College, 7:00 p.m., Wayne, NE.
• November 27: University of Minnesota, Crookston, 7:00 p.m., Crookston, MN.

JUNIOR guard Tamera Oltmanns made seven of 13 shots from field, including a two-for-two effort from 3-point range, to compile 19 points and lead the Vikings past Dakota Wesleyan University, 75-54, November 19 in the Elmen Center. Oltmanns also registered nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocked shots.

Senior guard Nicole Tender added 18 points. She was six-for-12 from the field and four-for-seven from 3-point range.

Sophomore Charissa Sheppard, making her first collegiate start, had 17 rebounds, nine points, and blocked four shots.

Sophomore Nina Rozell came off the bench to add 10 rebounds, seven points, and blocked five shots.

FANS CAN FOLLOW the action of the Vikings vs. Northern State University on KAUR-FM 89.1. Jeff Fylling will provide the play-by-play.

VIKINGS STARTING LINEUP

• (12)ÑTamera Oltmanns, 5-10, junior, Lennox, SD. 19 ppg, 9 rpg. or (30)ÑTresse Klumper, 5-8, sophomore, Worthington, MN. 7 ppg, 0.0 rpg.
• (22)ÑNicole Tendler, 5-10, senior, Sioux Falls, SD (Roosevelt). 18 ppg, 4.0 rpg.
• (45)ÑBrittani Janssen, 6-1, senior, De Smet, SD. 8.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg.
• (33)ÑCharissa Sheppard, 6-0, sophomore, Flandreau, SD. 9.0 ppg, 17 rpg.
• (32)ÑLonna Larson, 6-0, junior, Vermillion, SD. 5.0 ppg. 3.0 rpg.

DAVE KRAUTH is in his 12th season as the VikingsÕ head coach. He became Augustana's all-time winningest basketball coach during the 1996-97 season. He has compiled a 225-89 record. During his tenure Augustana has appeared in seven NCAA Division II region tournaments. Krauth was named North Central Conference Coach of the Year in 1990, and the South Dakota Sportswriters' College Coach of the Year in 1994. He posted a 347-143 record as a high school coach at Tri-Valley in South Dakota and Roosevelt in Des Moines, Iowa. Eight of his high school teams qualified for state tournaments. Krauth graduated from The University of Sioux Falls in 1974. He received his master's degree from South Dakota State University in 1983.

Assistant coach MIKE JEWETT graduated from Augustana in 1994. He is the first full-time assistant coach in women's basketball at Augie. He was the varsity girls basketball coach at Brandon Valley High School for three seasons.

2000-2001 NCC COACHES POLL

1. North Dakota State
2. North Dakota
3. Saint Cloud State
4. AUGUSTANA
5. South Dakota State
6. Northern Colorado
7. South Dakota
8. Nebraska-Omaha
9. Minnesota, Mankato
10. Morningside

VIKINGS ROSTER

• (5)--Julie Wheeler, 5-7, sophomore, Lemmon, SD
• (12)--Tamera Oltmanns, 5-10, junior, Lennox, SD
• (20)--Katy Linder, 5-10, freshman, Cokato, MN
• (22)--Nicole Tendler, 5-10, senior, Sioux Falls, SD (Roosevelt)
• (24)ÑLindsay Voss, 5-9, junior, Lakefield, MN
• (25)ÑBrenna Rollie, 5-9, freshman, Rothsay, MN
• (30)--Tresse Klumper, 5-8, sophomore, Worthington, MN
• (32)--Lonna Larson, 6-0, junior, Vermillion, SD
• (33)--Charissa Sheppard, 6-0, sophomore, Flandreau, SD
• (41)--Leena Haugland, 5-11, sophomore, Spearfish, SD
• (42)--Nina Rozell, 6-2, sophomore, Elk Point, SD
• (44)ÑJoanna Naumann, 6-0, freshman, Columbia Heights, MN
• (45)--Brittani Janssen, 6-1, senior, De Smet, SD

QUICK FACTS
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Founded: 1860
Enrollment: 1800
Nickname: Vikings
School colors: Navy and Yellow
Conference: North Central
Affiliation: NCAA-Division II
Home court: Elmen Center (4,000)
President: Bruce Halverson
Athletic director: Bill Gross
Athletic rep: Mel Klein
SID: Karen Madsen