Hockey Vikings lost against NAIT in second round

By Murray Green

The Augustana Vikings compete in the 202223 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference.

Hockey Augustana Vikings were battling the NAIT Ooks in the second round in the ACAC playoffs after receiving a bye in the opening round. The Vikings lost two straight games.

Basketball

The Augustana wom- en’s basketball team played Red Deer in the championship final of the playoffs, losing 69-44.

The Vikings earned silver medals for playing well in the playoffs. Against the Queens, both Tayah Fiveland and Mackenzie Mrazik scored 11 points to lead the offence in the final.

Augustana reached the final by beating St. Mary’s Huskies 65-52 on March 3. This time Jenessa Doctor and Lauren Cardinal led the charge with 13 points each.

The Vikings also beat Lethbridge 65-57 in the first round of playoffs on March 2.

Fiveland made the first team All Conference squad, while Kamryn de Klerk and Mrazik made the second team.

Volleyball

Augustana Vikings volleyball women’s team won silver medals to finish the season strong.

Shae Boyes, DJ Molle and Sarah Dedrick made the first team All Conference squad.

Curling

The Vikings women’s and men’s curling teams both collected silver medals in the championships hosted by Lakeland March 3 to 5.

The women’s rink beat SAIT in the semifinal to advance to the gold/silver match. They went 2-1 in the round robin portion, losing only to Concordia, who went on to win the gold medals.

The men’s team also earned silver medals. They beat NAIT in the semifinal and lost to Concordia in the gold match. Augustana went 2-1 in round robin play, beating Concordia in that second game.