Augustana Begins NSIC Season At Home Against MSU-Moorhead
January, 14 2008
THIS WEEK: The 18th-ranked Augustana wrestling team will kick
off its first season in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
with two NSIC duals this week. The Vikings begin the week with a home
match against the No. 19 MSU Moorhead Dragons on Thursday at 7 p.m. in
the Elmen Center. The Vikings then travel to Marshall, Minn., on Friday
to square off against Southwest Minnesota State in a 7 p.m. dual.
The Vikings are currently on a four-match winning streak heading into their duals with the Dragons and Mustangs.
UP NEXT: The Vikings will have a short breather before starting a
five-match home stand that begins with a dual against the 10-time NCAA
Division III national champion Augsburg on Tuesday, January 20. The
match begins at 7 p.m. in the Elmen Center.
LIVE UPDATES: Live updates for Augustana’s home duals can be found on the Viking Athletics web site at www.GoAugie.com.
Fans can go the Multimedia page and click on the Live Stats link. From
there, fans should scroll down the page until they see the home
wrestling schedule. They can then click the appropriate match’s live
stats link. The link to the live stats schedule page is: http://www.goaugie.com/sports/2008/4/22/85453.aspx?
WEBCAST INFORMATION: All of Augustana’s home duals 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 duals, but fans will need to set up an
account with Penn Atlantic.
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.
Viking Probable Starting Lineup
Wt., Wrestler, Yr., Record
125 Al Meger So. 0-1
133 Jason Jeremiason So. 6-5
141 Jay Sherer So. 15-6
149 Mike Long Sr. 1-2
157 Carl Serck Fr. 15-6
165 Galvin Nelson So. 7-1
174 Brian Schultz Fr. 14-7 or Marcus Edgington Fr. 11-10
184 Nick Henning So. 7-3
197 Ty Copsey So. 12-5
285 Lance Peters So. 6-4
