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Edition 1, Volume 5TRANSCRIPT
Vikings Hockey
Home Opener
Photo of the Week
Vikings Volleyball at
Keyano and
Meet the Vikings:
Torrie Dyck
Vikings Hockey sets ACAC Record for
Power-play Goals in a Game
In Every Issue In This Issue
Basketball Schedule
Season’s Tickets
Adopt A Viking
Volleyball Schedule
Photo of the Week
Upcoming Events
The Final Word: By Josh Ryan
Women’s Basketball Game
Men’s Volleyball Tournament
Women’s Volleyball Tournament
Hockey Home Opener Results
Triathlon Results
Vikings in the News
Meet the Athletes: Torrie Dyck
Hockey Schedule
Upcoming: Vikings XC Running Meet
Upcoming: Vikings XC Running Meet
Exhibition vs.
Lakeland
The Vikings Women’s Basketball team hosted the Lakeland Rustlers in an exhibition game Wednesday night. The Vikings held the lead for most of the game, but the Rustlers came back to tie it at 73-73 at the end of regulation time. The Rustlers went on to win in extra time 85-82.
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Adult $75
Senior/Student (Age 11 -
18)
Adult $60
Senior/Student (Age 11 - 18)
$40
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Friday, October 21 vs. MacEwan
Friday, October 28 vs. King’s
Saturday, November 5 vs. Concordia
Friday, November 18 vs. Red Deer
Friday, January 13th vs. MHC
Saturday, January 14nd vs. Briercrest
Friday, January 20th vs. Lakeland
Saturday, January 28th vs. Mount Royal
Saturday, February 11th vs. Lethbridge
Saturday, February 18th vs. NAIT
All Games are held in the Augustana Gym Women’s: 6pm Men’s: 8pm
Balancing the books… Sleep, eat, classes, group projects, studying, team practice, strength training, travel, com-petition, eat, sleep, repeat… Not all days are like this, but our student-athletes, on average, dedicate 21 hours a week to training and performing in their chosen sport. Add in weekend travel to competitions, athletic therapy, and involvement in community initiatives and there is little to no time re-maining to take on part-time jobs to offset the costs of attending university. Financial assistance is crucial to the continuation of the proud tradition of sporting and academic excellence at Augustana. Invest in our athletes and their dreams will become reality. To Adopt an Athlete click on the link below and pick the sport your athlete participates in and honour them with a gift in their name. Adopt a Viking Online Giving Page
MEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
Tournament at
Red Deer College
The Men’s Volleyball team competed at the Red Deer Challenge Cup this past Thanksgiving weekend. They played five games and finished in the top four. Below are the final scores for each game:
Aug: 2 - OC:0 (22-25, 25-20, 15-9)
Aug: 0 - U of C Alumni: 2 (16-25, 13-25)
Aug: 2 - RDC Alumni B: 1 (25-20, 22-25, 15-10)
Aug: 3 - Vintage NAIT Alumni: 2 (25-20, 25-15, 19-25, 18-25, 15-12)
Aug: 0 - RDC:3 (22-25, 21-25, 19-25)
WOMEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
Tournament at Keyano
The Vikings competed at the Keyano Exhibition Tournament this past weekend. They played four games throughout the weekend. Below are the final scores for each game:
Aug: 2 - Keyano: 0 (25-17, 25-16)
Aug: 2 - Olds: 0 (25-19, 25-23)
Aug. 1 - Keyano: 3 (18-25, 27-25, 18-25, 23-25)
Aug. 3 - Olds: 2 (25-22, 11-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10)
Friday, November 4th
vs. Mount Royal
Saturday, November 12th
vs. SAIT
Thursday, November 24th
vs. NAIT
Saturday, December 3rd
vs. Concordia
Saturday, January 21st
vs. Lakeland
Friday, January 27th
vs. Lethbridge
Saturday, January 28th
vs. Lethbridge @ 1:00 & 3:00 pm
Friday, February 3rd
vs. Red Deer
Friday, February 10th
vs. Medicine Hat
Saturday, February 11th
vs. Medicine Hat @ 1:00 & 3:00pm
Vikings Photo Gallery
Vikings player, Kenny Bradley bat-tles against the boards against two Portage Voyageurs on Friday night as the Vikings win by a dominating score of 15 - 0.
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Why did you choose to attend Augustana?
Who has been your biggest influence in your life thus far?
What has been the biggest accomplishment in sport?
What is the best advice you were ever given?
What has been your best moment playing for the Vikings?
What is your favourite type of music/band?
I decided to attend Augustana because I am from a small town and the small campus really appealed to me. As well, I knew a few people who played on the hockey team and they had nothing but positive things to say about both the athletics and the schooling.
My biggest influence has been family. They have supported every decision I have made in sports and have always
been very positive.
My biggest accomplishment in sports would have to be winning Midget AAA provincials with the Tisdale Trojans be-
cause it is the only championship I have ever won with a team.
The best advice I have received is to never let anything keep you down. At the end of the day, as long as you know
you have given your best, you can be satisfied no matter the result.
There hasn’t been one specific moment thus far, however, seeing the program move forward in both of my first two years has been very satisfying. I feel as though our team is now ready to take the next step forward.
I enjoy all different types of music.
What is your favourite food to eat before a
game?
Do you have any rituals or superstitions?
Where do you draw your inspiration from?
What are you looking to accomplish in your time
at Augustana?
I would like to finish my degree and see the hockey team
continually getting better. Ultimately I would like to win a champi-
onship in my time here.
I eat pasta and chicken before pretty well all of our games.
I leave to the rink at the same time before games and follow a routine when I get there.
I have drawn inspiration from many people/places growing up.
One of my biggest supporters has always been my grandpa and
because of this I always think of him as being my most inspiring
fan.
The Viking hockey team opened up its regular season this past Friday against the Portage Voyageurs with a dominating 15-0 victory. The team set a new record in the ACAC for number of power-play goals in a game. The team was led by sophomore, assistant captain Dan Hope who contributed with a hat trick followed by two goal performances from Bradley, Rempel and Foster. First year goaltender Joel Danyluk posted the shutout in his first ever ACAC game. Saturday's game was a different story as the boys headed up to Lac La Biche and faced motivated Portage team, but they still couldn't compete with a speed of the Vikings, as the Vikings win on the road 6-2. Aucoin led the way with two goals and Dyck recording three assists with first year forward Dane Bonish showing he can play in this league posting five points in the first two games. The Viking will face a tougher test next weekend as they play a home and home set with the undefeated NAIT
Friday, October 7 vs. Portage
Friday, October 14 vs. NAIT
Friday, October 21 vs. MacEwan
Saturday, November 5 vs. Mount Royal
Wednesday, November 9 vs. SAIT
Friday, November 18 vs. Concordia
Saturday, November 26 vs. Portage
Wednesday, January 11 vs. NAIT
Saturday, January 21 vs. MacEwan
Friday, January 27 vs. Briercrest
Saturday, January 28 vs. Briercrest @2pm
Friday, February 3 vs. Mount Royal
Friday, February 10 vs. SAIT
Saturday, February 18 vs. Concordia
All Games are at the Encana Arena at 7:30pm unless noted otherwise
Stoney Creek Centre
Women: 12:00pm 5km
Men: 1:00pm 8km
Vikings Volleyball player, Cole
McCartney, competed at the Western
Canada Summer Games in Kamloops,
BC from August 9th – 14th this past
summer on Team Alberta. His team
went undefeated throughout the
Games, giving him, and the rest of
Team Alberta, the gold medal. Cole is
in his second year at Augustana
studying Physical Education. He plans
to try-out for the under-21 team to
compete at the 2013 Canada Games,
and also hopes to, one day, represent
Canada at the Olympics. Cole was
recognized in late August in his
hometown newspaper, The Tofield
Mercury regarding his recent
accomplishments in sport, and his
future plans.
Men’s Basketball compete at Keyano Tournament
XC Running @ Augustana Saturday, October 15
Vikings Hockey vs. NAIT Ooks Friday, October 14
7:30pm @ Encana Arena
The weather was beautiful on Saturday for the First Annual Augustana Triathlon. There were a total of five teams and 13 participants competing. Congratulations to everyone that participated! Many thanks to Gerhard Lotz, Augustana Students Association, Augustana Athletics, and the volunteers Also many thanks to O’Shea’s, East-side Mario’s, Booster Juice, and Nike for their generous prize donations.
Top Three Female: 1. Anna Eriksson: 1:26:03 2. Mari McLachlan: 1:29:06 3. Samantha Poulin: 1:34:52
Top Three Male: 1. Kelly Bauer: 1:12:40 2. Joel Gervais: 1:21:15 3. Daylan Wizniuk: 1:33:53
Top Three Teams 1. Johnson / Voegtlin / Johnson: 1:28:11 2. Riexinger / Labreque / Rust: 1:29:18 3. Littlechild / Emslie / Brown: 1:29:32
I was in Red Deer this weekend with the guys for the RDC Challenge cup, (which we did very well in, finished top 4) and I got an update from one of the guys about the hockey team's scoring infested win over Portage, setting an ACAC record for most power-play goals with 8. Not bad for a small school, was the thought I had. But then the more I think about it, small schools having success is no longer such a big shocker anymore. From the high school level all the way up to the professional leagues, small towns, small schools, and small markets have managed to find success despite the advantages the competition tends to have. Let's start at the high school level. The name that most people would jump to when talking small town success is Raymond High School. Despite only having around 300 students, the school has won over 20 4A provincial championships in a variety of men's and women's sports, most notably football and men's basketball. However, one needs not travel down south to seek out a success story, but rather look out the door and recognize the success of the local schools in the Battle River School Division. Bawlf High School, despite being classed as 1A, has competed in 2A volleyball for several years and has even had success against both 3A and 4A teams. Even Camrose Composite has been successful against bigger schools, such as a men's volleyball win over Red Deer's Notre Dame, a top ten school in 4A rankings. The secret to these types of success could certainly have something to do with the particular group of athletes that come around that graduating year, but continued excellence can be credited to the coaches that build these programs. At the college level, it used to be the norm that each year would be dominated by select schools, in Alberta's case it was schools like Mount Royal, Red Deer and Grant MacEwan. Now, several other institutions have begun to compete with these large schools. For example, Briercrest does not come up in conversation when discussing ACAC schools in most cases, yet their men's volleyball team has been in 3 of the last four championship finals and have a shot at doing so again. Our men's hockey team, after being in the ACAC basement for a time, is now becoming a new power in the league. Our outdoor sports and their successes at the national level speak volumes for a small school competing against the rest of the country. Once again, I think that having coaches and other athletic staff that can build up programs and develop athletes is a great tool compared to other schools. Combine that with top level athletes and you have a recipe for success. At the pro level, people are more familiar with underdog success, particularly in this province with the past NHL excellence of both Edmonton and Calgary in comparison to bigger market Canadian teams like Toronto and Vancouver. If we, and other institutions like ours, continue to become more and more competitive against bigger schools, soon the idea of bigger schools having more athletic prestige will start to disappear.
By: Josh Ryan
