Complete Notes - PDF
THIS WEEK: The Augustana College volleyball team (7-5, 0-0 NSIC) open Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play this week with 3 matches. The No. 20 Vikings will play their home opener on Tuesday, Sept. 16, when they entertain Minnesota State University, Mankato, in a 7 p.m. match at the Elmen Center. This weekend, Augustana goes on the road for a pair of matches. On Friday, Sept. 19, the Vikings will be in Bismarck, N.D., to to face the University of Mary at 7 p.m. Then on Saturday, Sept. 20, Augie travels to Aberdeen, S.D., to take on Northern State in a 4 p.m. contest.
LAST WEEK: Augustana had a tough weekend of play in the Concordia Radisson-Roseville Tournament, hosted by Concordia University, St. Paul, going 0-4. The Vikings lost a close 5-set match to Alaska-Anchorage in their first match of the tournament before falling in 3 sets to No. 13 Southwest Minnesota State. On Saturday, Augustana dropped a 4-set match to No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul, before being edged by Central Washington in 4 sets.
WEBCAST INFORMATION: All of Augustana's conference volleyball matches this season will be webcast on the internet as part of the NSIC's television agreement with Penn Atlantic TV. Fans wanting to follow the action can go to the following link: http://www.northernsun.tv. This season there will be no charge to watch the games but fans will need to set up an account with Penn Atlantic. LIVE STATS: The Augustana athletic department will provide live stats for all of the Vikings' home matches this season. Fans wanting to follow the action can go to the following link: http://www.GoAugie.com and click on the Multimedia link.
AUGUSTANA SPORTSCENE: Augustana Sportscene is in its fifth season on UTV cable channel 10 in Sioux Falls. The 30-minute weekly television show airs Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Augustana Sportscene is hosted by Viking director of athletics Bill Gross.
