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Concerto-Aria winners channel passions into musical success JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Four Augustana students will take the stage and perform their solo work at the annual Concerto-Aria concert in the Washington Pavilion on April 9. The concert is the culmination of the Concerto-Aria competition in which student vocalists

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Men’s and women’s golf start seasons with spring trips Many Augustana students traveled over spring break, and the men’s and women’s golf teams are no exceptions. The men played tournaments in Las Vegas, Nev., and Topeka, Kan., while the women played in Palm Desert, Calif. The

Softball hanging tough despite lack of depth In preseason, reflecting on her team’s difficult situation, Augustana softball head coach Gretta Melsted had one principle in mind: G.R.I.T. It stands for greatness, resilience, intensity and tenacity. Melsted formulated the acronym as a verdict for her 13 players.

Men’s basketball succeeds despite not defending title One year after winning a national title, the Augustana men’s basketball team ended its 2016-17 season with a loss to this year’s champs. Northwest Missouri State beat the Vikings for the third time in three years in the Central Region

Two wrestlers earn All-American honors An 11th-place team finish, the highest since 2011-12. Two All-Americans. Fourth-place and fifth-place individual NCAA Division II finishes. Bittersweet. That’s how senior Michael Lowman and junior Aero Amo described the finale of the 2017 NCAA D-II wrestling National Tournament. For Lowman, it was his