LOOK BACK AT THE 1999-2000 SEASON

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College women's hockey team will hold a celebration of the 10th anniversary of its American Women's College Hockey Alliance Division III national runner-up finish this Saturday (1/23), during the team's 2:05 p.m. game against Concordia-Moorhead at the Augsburg Ice Arena.

There will be an on-ice recognition of 1999-2000 team members during the second intermission, and a program and reception will follow the game in the Christensen Center.

Augsburg, which established the first collegiate varsity women's hockey program in the Midwest in 1995, competed in the first AWCHA Division III women's hockey national championship series in 1999-2000 against Middlebury (Vt.), two years prior to the NCAA beginning its Division III national tournament.

Augsburg won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season and playoff titles to qualify for the AWCHA championship, a two-game series against Middlebury. The games were held at Northeastern University's Matthews Arena in Boston, Mass., with Middlebury topping Augsburg by scores of 5-1 and 8-1. Augsburg finished 21-7-1 in the 1999-2000 season.

For more information on the anniversary celebration, contact Jill Pohtilla at 612-330-1377 or pohtilla@augsburg.edu.