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Basketball Playoff Schedule

Adopt A Viking

Photo of the Week

Hockey Playoff Schedule

Vikings Biathlon Goes International

Basketball Playoff Bound

Vikings Nordic Compete in Alberta Cup

The Final Word: By Josh Ryan ACAC Curling Provincials Draw Feb 24-26

Athlete Q&A: Jessi Tomiyama

Edgeworth Fitness Centre

Hokcey Get Bye Week In Playoffs

Men’s Volleyball in 2012 Playoffs

Vikings Biathlon Goes International

Trust the Midas touch.

ACAC Curling Provincials Draw Feb 24-26

Hokcey Get Bye Week In Playoffs

The races to be held in Edmonton this last weekend were moved to Drayton Valley due to poor snow conditions. Pembina Nordic Ski Club stepped up and put on a great race where the Vikings Cross Country Team faired well at this new venue in a beautiful part of the province. This was the last competition for the team prior to travelling to Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec for Nationals in March. Even though the field was small there was a number of quality racers competing. The first day of racing featured a classic race with excellent conditions. Here are the results for the weekend. Sr. Men 13.4 km. Sr. Women 11.2 km.

1st Andrew Brisbin 1st Kallie Green 3rd Kieran Baird 2nd Betsy Mawdsley

3rd Emma Norris Jr. Men 13.4 km. Jr. Women 11.4 km, 3rd. Hans Asfeldt 2nd Ilona Gyapay Day two was a skate race that really tested the student athletes with soft conditions due to new snow that came through the night. Sr. Men 13.4 km. Sr. Women 11.2 km. 1st Andrew Brisbin 1st Kallie Green 2nd Kieran Baird 2nd Lauren Brookes 3rd Kai Skinstad 4th Betsy Mawdsley 4th Joel Gervais Jr. Men 13.4 km. Jr. Women 11.2 km. 2nd Hans Asfeldt 4th Ilona Gyapay

This past weekend the men’s team needed to pull off a win to clinch a spot in this wild card game. The men were unable to come up with a win Friday night losing to the NAIT Ooks 102-66. With home court advantage coming their way Saturday night they hoped to make some big im-provements in front of their fans. In a much closer game the men were able to stay with the Ooks making it an im-pressive game for the gym full of Vikings fans. The men lost the contest 82-99. The evening also marked the end of senior athlete David Chytracek’s career as a Vikings as he will be gradu-ating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education this year. David marked his 100th game as a Vikings this season. The men will be moving onto a playoff game Wednes-day February 22, at Mount Royal University vs. the SAIT Trojans @ 8:00PM. Once the men win they will move onto the wildcard game on Thursday night in Mount Royal vs. the Concordia Thunder. Good Luck Men!!

This past weekend the women took on the NAIT Ooks in their last weekend of regular season play. The girls needed to come away with at least one win the clinch their spot in the semi finals. The women were able to do one better coming away from the weekend with a sweep winning both Friday night and Saturday nights games. Fridays game in NAIT the women won 67-61 and were able to replicate that game again on their own home court Saturday night with a winning score of 74-70. With the regular season now at an end the women look to the playoffs. This year the women have a much easier road into the semi finals, skipping the wild card game this year and heading straight to Lethbridge to take on the Kodiaks in a three game series. All three games will be taking place in Lethbridge. February 23-25.

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 Thank You Vikings Athletics

Women’s Basketball

Thursday, February 23 vs Lethbridge @ Lethbridge 7:00PM

Friday, February 24, vs Lethrbidge @ Lethbridge 7:00PM

Saturday, February 25, vs Lethbrdige @ Lethbridge 2:00PM

(Game 3 If Necessary)

Men’s Basketball

Wednesday, February 22 vs SAIT @ Mount Royal University 8:00PM

Possible Wildcard Game

Thursday, February 23 vs Concordia @ Mount Royal 8:00PM

February 23-25 Semi Finals

March 2-3 ACAC Finals

Over the past couple of weeks the Vikings have made their mark on the international biathlon stage. Both current Vikings and Vikings Alumni took part in the International Biathlon IBU Cup 6 & 7 down in Canmore Alberta from February 10-17. Vikings Alumni Melanie Schultz, Kathryn Stone and current biathlete Carly Shiel represented Canada at both races. All three women raced well over the four race days with Melanie Schultz having her best fin-ish of the season so far with a fourth place in the individual on February 15. Melanie shot clean in her four times into the range and was only 33 seconds off the lead. Keely MacCulloch is currently in Kontiolahti, Finland where she is taking part in her first international experience at the IBY Youth and Junior World Championships. On her first day of rac-ing Keely finished 50th in the individual. Keely has three more races left in the competition, the sprint, pursuit and team relay race. Good luck!

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This past weekend the Vikings Hockey team completed their regular season with two games versus the Concordia Thunder. The team headed to Edmonton on Friday night where they beat the Thunder 5-1. With a team goal of 20 wins in the regular season the Vikings looked toward Sat-urday night’s contest as another must win. The Vikings were able to do just that and finish with sweep a 5-0 shutout against the Concordia Thunder. Joel Danyluk was awarded the Player of the Game for his 4th shutout of the season. Danyluk who has had an amazing rookie season was also awarded player of the week by ACAC Hockey Online. Danyluk has gone 11-1-1-1 for the sea-son with a 0.937 save percent average. The team has also been able to show its depth this sea-son with 3 players in the top ten in scoring, 9 above 20 points, and 13 in the double figures. The team is first in league power play and second in the league on the penalty kill. All in all a very good season for the Vikings Men’s hockey, and one that has shown their depth to the league. With two wins on the weekend the men were able to clinch the second spot in the ACAC get-ting them the bi week in playoffs. “We are very pleased to get the bye week. Our main regular season goal was to get 20 wins and finish top two in the league. The extra week will allow us to get healthy going into playoffs, and we should be prepared and focused regardless of who we play.” said Head Coach Blaine Gusdal. Look for the Vikings to take to the Encana ice Friday March 2nd at 7:30 as they head into a best of 5 semi final series.

Friday February 17, 2012 Vikings 5 ~ Concordia Thunder 1

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Vikings 5 ~ Concordia Thunder 0

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Friday, March 2 vs TBD @ Encana Arena 7:30PM

Saturday, March 3 vs TBD @ TBD

Friday March 9 vs TBD @ Encana Arena 7:30PM

Saturday, March 10, vs TBD @ TBD

Sunday, March 11 vs TBD @ Encana Arena

(Game 5 If Needed)

February 23-26 Quarter Finals

March 1-11 Semi Finals

March 15-25 Finals

SEMI FINALS

Friday, March 2 vs TBD @ Encana Arena 7:30PM

Saturday, March 3 vs TBD @ TBD

Friday March 9 vs TBD @ Encana Arena 7:30PM

Saturday, March 10, vs TBD @ TBD

Sunday, March 11 vs TBD @ Encana Arena

(Game 5 If Needed)

February 23-26 Quarter Finals

March 1-11 Semi Finals

March 15-25 Finals

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In only their second year in the ACAC the Vikings Men’s volleyball were able to make it into playoffs with a 9 and 11 record for the regu-lar season. The men would take on the SAIT Trojans who went 11 and 9 in the regular season. “On Thursday at SAIT it showed that we had never been in playoffs. We were tentative and nervous, and the result showed.” said Coach Tigchelaar. The Viking lost their first match in three sets. On Friday night in front of a gym full of very loud fans and family the men took to their home court with what Tigchelaar called a “better played game overall, and a much more emotional game.” In the third set the Vikings had a chance to take the lead but could not capitalize on their 22-19advantage. The men played a very intense and exciting third and fourth set but were unable to come up with the win marking the end of their first playoff journey. “Overall were very proud of the guys, and of the season we had. It was a major turnaround from last year, and on that note the way we exited playoffs this year was a ma-jor wake up call for next year” said coach Tom Tigchelaar.

February 16th - Augustana 0 ~ SAIT 3 (15-25, 19-25, 27-29)

February 17th - Augustana 1 ~ SAIT 3 (16-25, 25-23, 24-26, 23-25)

Why did you choose to attend Augustana?

What has been your best moment playing for the Vikings?

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? 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 is your favourite type of music/band?

What is your favourite food to eat before a game?

I chose Augustana because I loved the atmosphere and the fact that I would be getting a U of A degree.

Also, the girls on the team were so friendly and welcoming.

To help teach other young players how to work hard and what it means to be a Viking.

We always pray before games and my shoes need to be ridiculously tight. I’ve broken a

few laces on game days before.

Cereal and a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

I like all music, anything from country to rap to dance music.

When we beat SAIT last year in the first game of playoffs. I draw inspiration from my team mates on my team now and from previous ones. They

are the ones who keep me motivated and help me strive to be better.

In my grade twelve year I won female high school player of the year. I have also overcome two ACL

surgeries and am very proud to still be playing at this level. I’m hoping that our team goes far in playoffs this

year, so we can add a banner to our wall and go to nationals.

That you miss all of the shots you don’t take.

My parents have definitely influenced me in everything that I have done. Also past girls that I have played

with have inspired me to become the player and person I am today.

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?

What is your favourite type of music/band?

What is your favourite food to eat before a game?

To help teach other young players how to work hard and what it means to be a Viking.

We always pray before games and my shoes need to be ridiculously tight. I’ve broken a

few laces on game days before.

Cereal and a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

I like all music, anything from country to rap to dance music.

I draw inspiration from my team mates on my team now and from previous ones. They

are the ones who keep me motivated and help me strive to be better.

As everyone takes off home for reading week, I would like to take some time to highlight some playoff appearances of our teams. Hockey fin-ished the season second in the standings, (which gives them a bye into the Semi-Finals), which will give them at least two more home games. Women's bas-ketball swept N.A.I.T. to get a bye into quarterfinals, and Men's volleyball went down fighting in a 4 set loss at home to S.A.I.T. in the Volleyball Qualifying Round. Basketball plays in the wild card spot tomorrow night at MRU vs. SAIT. This is the team’s first playoff appearance since 2003-2003. So if you are in any of these locales make sure you get out and support your team.

Let’s change gears for a moment. A while back I talked about some aspects of coaching that people don't really know anything about and how much ef-

fort it takes. I'm going to continue that theme this week as some data I had presented to me not only shows how hard coaches work, but really how much they have to sacrifice in order to do the best job they can do. If there were any doubts about my statements concerning how hard coaches work, the informa-tion I have ought to turn some heads. The main items looked at here are Days-Per-Season (days they are away from home), Hours-Per-Day/Week/Month (during the season), and hours worked during the off-season.

Take hockey coach Blaine Gusdal. During the season, he spends between 40-45 evenings in games and practices, while an additional 20-30 days are

spent on recruiting and scouting trips. On game day he spends between 12-16 preparing for and coaching in the game in season he spends 50 hours per week coaching, recruiting and preparing. If you think that is that is busy enough, coach Gusdal spends almost 300 hours in the two months following the season recruiting and managing for next year. During the summer he continues the process.

This goes to prove that anyone can supervise a group of athletes for 1-2 hours an evening, but to help them grow into a competitive team takes disci-

pline, care, determination and sacrifice. The other coaches have similar hours spent away from home followed by other activities such as seminar develop-ment and ordering/managing equipment. Not only do you need to love doing this you have to be prepared to give up some things, chiefly among them time spent with friends and family, which is not an easy decision for anybody. So when you students see our coaches in the hall during the semester, you can know how much work goes into what they do.

Enjoy the time off, get caught up on your studies, and see you all in a week.

By: Josh Ryan

As everyone takes off home for reading week, I would like to take some time to highlight some playoff appearances of our teams. Hockey fin-ished the season second in the standings, (which gives them a bye into the Semi-Finals), which will give them at least two more home games. Women's bas-ketball swept N.A.I.T. to get a bye into quarterfinals, and Men's volleyball went down fighting in a 4 set loss at home to S.A.I.T. in the Volleyball Qualifying Round. Basketball plays in the wild card spot tomorrow night at MRU vs. SAIT. This is the team’s first playoff appearance since 2003-2003. So if you are in any of these locales make sure you get out and support your team.

Let’s change gears for a moment. A while back I talked about some aspects of coaching that people don't really know anything about and how much ef-

fort it takes. I'm going to continue that theme this week as some data I had presented to me not only shows how hard coaches work, but really how much they have to sacrifice in order to do the best job they can do. If there were any doubts about my statements concerning how hard coaches work, the informa-tion I have ought to turn some heads. The main items looked at here are Days-Per-Season (days they are away from home), Hours-Per-Day/Week/Month (during the season), and hours worked during the off-season.

Take hockey coach Blaine Gusdal. During the season, he spends between 40-45 evenings in games and practices, while an additional 20-30 days are

spent on recruiting and scouting trips. On game day he spends between 12-16 preparing for and coaching in the game in season he spends 50 hours per week coaching, recruiting and preparing. If you think that is that is busy enough, coach Gusdal spends almost 300 hours in the two months following the season recruiting and managing for next year. During the summer he continues the process.

This goes to prove that anyone can supervise a group of athletes for 1-2 hours an evening, but to help them grow into a competitive team takes disci-

pline, care, determination and sacrifice. The other coaches have similar hours spent away from home followed by other activities such as seminar develop-ment and ordering/managing equipment. Not only do you need to love doing this you have to be prepared to give up some things, chiefly among them time spent with friends and family, which is not an easy decision for anybody. So when you students see our coaches in the hall during the semester, you can know how much work goes into what they do.

Enjoy the time off, get caught up on your studies, and see you all in a week.