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SID: Karen Madsen (605) 274-4335
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E-mail: madsen@cars.augie.edu
Web Site: www.augie.edu/athletics

October 23, 2000

AUGUSTANA SOCCER

THE VIKINGS (4-13, 3-6 NCC) complete their inaugural season with a pair of matches this weekend.

The Vikings travel to Sioux City, Iowa, on Saturday, October 28, for a rematch with Morningside College (4-15, 0-9). Augie hosted the Mustangs earlier in the season and posted a 3-2 win in overtime at Yankton Trails. That game counted in the North Central Conference standings.

Augustana caps its season on Sunday, October 29, hosting Rockhurst University (7-10) of Kansas City, Mo. The match begins at 1:00 p.m. at Yankton Trails.

AUGUSTANA completed its North Central Conference schedule last weekend on the road.

The Vikings lost to league champion Minnesota State, Mankato 7-1. Sarah Madden scored Augie's goal at 79:04. The Vikings were outshot 30-7.

Augie trailed Saint Cloud State Univcersity 2-0 after the first half, but the Huskies scored four goals in the second half for a 6-0 win. Saint Cloud had 40 shots to Augie's six.

VIKING HEAD COACH Shelly Nelson graduated from Augustana in 1980. Nelson coached track, volleyball, girls basketball, and boys basketball at the School for Deaf in Sioux Falls between 1978 and 1982. She has been involved in the Sioux Falls Soccer Association and has been a coach and manager in the Great Plains Soccer Association.

THE SCHEDULE:

VIKING ROSTER

NCC PRESEACON COACHES POLL

  1. Northern Colorado 95
  2. North Dakota State 87
  3. Nebraska-Omaha 80
  4. Minnesota State, Mankato 74
  5. Saint Cloud State 57
  6. North Dakota 47
  7. South Dakota 46
  8. South Dakota State 32
  9. Morningside 19
  10. AUGUSTANA 13

FINAL NCC STANDINGS

AUGUSTANA QUICK FACTS
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Founded: 1860
Enrollment: 1800
President: Bruce Halverson
Athletic Director: Bill Gross
SID: Karen Madsen
Nickname: Vikings
School Colors: Navy and Yellow
Home Field: Yankton Trails
Conference: North Central
Affiliation: NCAA Division II


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