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Principal Financial Athletes of the Week

Jesse Richards

Jessa Richards

  • Award
    Principal Financial Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/13/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • Bio
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A junior from Eden Prairie, Minn., Jessa Richards added two more wins in both singles and doubles to help the Vikings to their sixth consecutive NSIC regular season title this past weekend. The Vikings have now won 66 straight NSIC matches dating back to the 2009 season. Richards’ wins push her season records to 15-2 in singles and 18-0 in doubles. Augustana defeated Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State by a score of 9-0 this past weekend at Woodlake Athletic Club. Beginning with a shutout victory against Minnesota Duluth this past Friday Richards and Sydney Postal started the Vikings on their quest making quick work of their UMD counterparts in the No. 1 doubles match with an 8-0 win. Richards then opened the singles contests with a straight-set victory 6-0, 6-0 in the top spot over the Bulldogs' Alyssa Brunelli. Augustana hopped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the team score taking all three doubles matches over St. Cloud State. Richards and Postal finished the NSIC regular season with a perfect 11-0 mark in the top doubles flight, taking down SCSU's No. 1 pairing 8-0. The Vikings were equally dominant in singles play, starting with Richards showing off her No. 7 region ranking with a 6-1, 6-0 win in the top singles match over El O'Brien.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/9/2015 Kirby Hora Football
11/9/2015 Samantha Tymkowicz Soccer
11/2/2015 Taylor Machacek Soccer
11/2/2015 Matt Heller Football
10/26/2015 Glen Ellingson Men's Cross Country
10/26/2015 Brittany Cech Volleyball
10/19/2015 Alex Banker Volleyball
10/19/2015 CJ Ham Football
10/13/2015 Lauren Waite Volleyball
10/13/2015 Jonas Gjesdal Men's Cross Country
10/5/2015 Samantha Tymkowicz Soccer
10/5/2015 Trey Heid Football
9/28/2015 Dani Magdzas Volleyball
9/28/2015 Justin Greenway Football
9/22/2015 Meg Thacker Soccer
9/22/2015 Lucas Wainman Football
9/14/2015 Emily Israelson Women's Golf
9/14/2015 Charlie Hayes Football
9/8/2015 Jason Greenway Football
9/8/2015 Tahlyr Banks Volleyball
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