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BOWDEN FIELD
Bowden Field

The Viking softball team calls Bowden Field home. Located west of the Elmen Center and Ronken Field, Bowden Field, which opened in the Spring of 1992, is one of the top softball fields in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. It has served as the host for several NCAA Division II Softball Regional Tournaments.

BILL HALL BASEBALL & SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Bill Hall Baseball Complex

The Bill Hall Football Complex at 37th Street and Lake Avenue underwent extensive renovation in 2007 and is now the Bill Hall Baseball & Softball Complex. The $40,000 project included gutting the interior and installing the Jerstad/Kessinger Batting Cages, areas for pitching and fielding and a clubhouse for players. The facility was dedicated April 5, 2008, with special tributes to Ken Kessinger, head baseball coach for 20 years, and Sandy Jerstad, who won more than1,000 games as the head softball coach. She also led the Vikings to the 1991 national title and a runner-up finish in 1993.

Sanford FIELDHOUSE

Sanford Fieldhouse
Sanford Fieldhouse

The Sanford FIELDHOUSE is one of the latest amenities available to Augustana student-athletes. Viking athletic teams will use the Sanford Fieldhouse for various team workouts throughout the school year.

Sanford Fieldhouse
Sanford Fieldhouse

The Sanford FIELDHOUSE is the premier indoor sports facility for local, regional and national athletic training, soccer, baseball, softball, football, co-ed sports leagues and POWER fitness programs. Athletes enjoy 62,000 square feet of professional grade Field Turf®, state-of-the-art training facilities, full amenity locker rooms – all designed to make sports an integral part of staying healthy.

Sanford FIELDHOUSE is also home to Sanford POWER Athletic Enhancement Program, Sanford Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sanford Sports Medicine Outreach (Athletic Training Program) and the future home of the National Institute for Athletic Health & Performance.