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Athletes return to competition

After ten months, competition is back. On Jan. 2, women’s basketball tipped off the first Augsutana gameplay since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was surreal, but it was also just really gratifying to finally reach that point,” Athletic Director Josh Morton said. Both the NCAA and the

Women’s basketball defeats USF Cougars

The Augustana women’s basketball team rallied from an early 14-point deficit to beat the University of Sioux Falls 80-74 on Saturday, Feb. 13. This win completed the weekend sweep of the Cougars (7-4, NSIC 7-4) and marked the Augustana women’s last game of the regular season. Improving their

Track and Field dominates opponents on the road

For the Augustana University 2020-2021 track and field teams, a string of provisional performance breakthroughs in Kansas on Friday and Saturday were followed by all-around dominant provisional performances at the South Dakota State University Indoor Classic on Saturday. On Friday at the Sixth Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg, Kansas,

Huber welcomes challenge

The best job out of college for current Head Baseball Coach Tim Huber was ironically in a factory, working 12–hour shifts running a machine press. All the guys there told him he needed to get out immediately. The answer was volunteer coaching at Macalester College in Saint Paul. A

Q&A: Gibson on his football season

Redshirt Junior Trevor Gibson is in his third season playing for the football team. Gibson graduated from Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha, Neb. He is a wide receiver. How is your season? It definitely hasn’t been the same as getting to play an actual fall season. We all

Women’s basketball returns with experience and depth

After going 17-11 last season with a second-round knockout in the NSIC tournament, the Augustana women’s basketball team looks to continue its historic stretch of winning seasons under Head Coach Dave Krauth this year. However, they’ll have a delayed start and fewer games to do so this time

Annual athletics auction moves online

The annual Augustana Athletics Auction was supposed to be held on March 27, 2020. But a week and half before the event, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the university. Emily Punt, director of athletics annual giving, said she had hoped to hold the auction in person this fall. When it