2014 Auggie Awards - Women's Outstanding Team of the Year Finalists

BASKETBALL (12-13 overall, 9-13 MIAC -- t-7th/12) -- Augsburg finished in seventh place in the MIAC standings, tied for the team’s best conference finish in the last 18 years … Augsburg claimed its first sweep of St. Benedict in MIAC play since the 1985-86 season, and also claimed league sweeps of St. Catherine, Macalester and Carleton … Bill McKee had two players earn MIAC honors in his third season as the head coach at Augsburg … Jill Tichy was named to the All-MIAC squad while Carly Wolf received All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team honors.

SOCCER (10-3-5 overall, 6-3-2 MIAC -- 5th/12) -- The three losses are the least amount of losses for an overall record in Augsburg women’s soccer history … Olivia Muyres was named to the NSCAA DIII All-North Region Team … Also, four Augsburg players received MIAC honors … Muyres made the All-MIAC squad while Marie Fitzgerald and Abi Rodstein were named All-MIAC honorable mentions … Senior Alekzandra Miller was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team as well as the Capital One Academic All-District Team.

SWIMMING AND DIVING (9th at MIAC Championships) -- Augsburg finished ninth at the MIAC Championships, the highest MIAC finish in Augsburg swimming and diving history … Augsburg’s 115 team points were also a school record at the MIAC meet… Multiple school records were broken by the 2013-14 team coached by Steve Webb, his first season as Augsburg’s head coach… Augsburg set school records in 11 individual events and four relays at the MIAC meet … Kelsey Knollmueller reached consolation finals in two events at the MIAC championships, while setting four individual school records … Diver Hannah Thiry recorded the best-ever individual finish for an Auggie at the MIAC meet, finishing 10th in the 1-meter diving competition and 11th in the 3-meter diving competition.

VOLLEYBALL (29-5 overall, 10-1 MIAC -- t-1st/12) -- For the first time in school history, Augsburg claimed a share of the MIAC regular-season championship with a 10-1 league record, qualifying for the NCAA Division III national tournament for the second time in school history, reaching the second round … Coach Jane Becker was named as both the MIAC and AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year … Four Auggies received MIAC honors… Colleen Ourada, Ashley Peper and Emily McCourt were named to the All-MIAC squad while Katelyn Berens received the honor of being selected to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team… Ourada, Peper, and McCourt all went on to be named AVCA Division III All-Region and then AVCA Division III All-Americans … Augsburg’s 29 victories were tied for the third-most wins in a single season in school history. Augsburg won 23 matches by three-set sweep and had a 93-21 record in its 114 sets, outscoring its opponents by a 2,708-to-2,175 margin (23.8-to-19.1 per-set) this season.