2016 Team of the Year (Women) Finalists

BASKETBALL (14-11 overall, 9-9 MIAC) -- Augsburg has finished with double-digit victory totals in four of the last five seasons, including three in a row … The Auggie women won nine of their final 13 games, but just missed a spot in the postseason playoffs … Senior guard Maria Loughlin earned All-MIAC honors, finishing ninth among MIAC players in points-per-game (13.8) … Loughlin also finished fourth in steals, eighth in assists, third in assist-to-turnover ratio and fifth in three-pointers, playing a seventh-best average of 32.0 minutes per-game.

HOCKEY (13-10-3 overall, 10-5-3 MIAC, MIAC playoff semifinalist) -- Augsburg recorded its best finish in conference play since the 1999-00 season, finishing in third place with a 10-5-3 league record … Augsburg’s 13 overall wins also tied its best overall finish since the 2004-05 season … The Auggies swept St. Catherine, St. Olaf, Concordia, and Hamline in league play … Three Auggies earned All-MIAC honors: forward Kayla Fuechtmann, goalie Erika Allen and forward Callen Naasz, while three more were named All-MIAC honorable-mention: Defender Valeria Whichello, defender Danielle Heitkamp and forward Megan Johnson … Fuechtman was named the 2016 recipient of the MIAC’s Sheila Brown Award, which is given to a senior women’s hockey player who has made a long-term contribution to her team’s success and who has consistently competed with good sportsmanship.

SOCCER (14-6 overall, 8-3-0 MIAC, MIAC playoff semifinalist) -- Augsburg followed up its best season in the 30-year history of the program and conference championship in a three-way tie for second to qualify for postseason play for the third time in the last four years and the seventh time in program history … It’s the fourth straight year they have finished with double-digit wins … Augsburg outscored its opponents by a 51-15 margin this season, with its goal total tops among MIAC teams by a 15-goal margin … Forward Marie Fitzgerald was named MIAC Offensive Player of the Year, one of four Auggies to earn end-of-season honors: Marta Anderson (All-MIAC), Carter Denison (All-MIAC HM, Emily Gregg (All-MIAC HM) … Fitzgerald also garnered NSCAA All-American Division III third-team and All-North Region first team honors, while Anderson was selected as a third-team honoree on the All-North Region team … The All-America honor is the second in program history. Fitzgerald was also named to the NSCAA Scholar All-America second team and first team Scholar All-Region … Augsburg claimed a 2-0 win over St. Catherine in the MIAC playoff quarterfinals, then fell to St. Thomas 2-0 in the semifinals.

VOLLEYBALL (19-9 overall, 5-6 MIAC) -- After dominating the MIAC for the previous two seasons with back-to-back conference championships, Augsburg continued its winning tradition with an overall record of 19-9, which marks the eighth straight year that Augsburg has won 16 or more matches in a season … The Auggies won eight of their last 12 matches and earned 8 of their 19 wins by three-game sweeps, while only being swept in three matches all year … For the third straight year, Ashley Peper was named to the AVCA All-America team, this year as a second-team recipient … Peper was also earned AVCA All-Region honors and was named to All-MIAC for the fourth time in her career … She’s the first player in program history to receive three All-America honors, the first to receive three All-Region honors and the first to receive four All-MIAC honors.