Hale also pointed out that Davis coached 2011 Augsburg Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Matthew Kretlow ’91 during his time in Owatonna.

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Dubbed the “Reunion of Ones,” the Auggies will celebrate the 1961 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship team — Augsburg’s first of its 30 MIAC team championships — and its 1991 and 2001 NCAA Division III national championship squads prior to the Auggies’ dual meet with Wartburg.

The Augsburg-Wartburg match will begin at 7:30 p.m., with the three championship teams honored on the mat during intermission (after the fifth bout of the evening).

In addition to the Augsburg-Wartburg match, there will also be a high school dual meet between Coon Rapids and Albert Lea that will begin at 5 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.

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Men’s Basketball

St. Olaf College — Jan. 3, 3 p.m.

at Concordia College-Moorhead — Jan. 5, 7:45 p.m.

St. John’s University — Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Macalester College — Jan. 10, 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

St. Olaf College — Jan. 3, 1 p.m.

at Concordia College-Moorhead — Jan. 5, 5:45 p.m.

at College of St. Benedict — Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Macalester College — Jan. 10, 1 p.m.

Men’s Hockey

at PathFinder Bank Oswego (N.Y.) Holiday Classic Jan. 2-3

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point — Jan. 9, 7 p.m.

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire — Jan. 10, 7 p.m.

Women’s Hockey

at Lake Forest College (Ill.) Jan. 4, 3 p.m.

at Lake Forest College (Ill.) Jan. 5, 4:30 p.m.

at Finlandia University (Mich.) Jan. 7, 7 p.m.

at Finlandia University (Mich.) Jan. 8, 7 p.m.

Plymouth State University — Jan. 10, 2 p.m.

Men’s Wrestling

at Sunshine Open Tournament (Fla.) Dec. 28-29

at Dickinson State University (N.D.) Jan. 3, 9 a.m.

at NWCA Division III National Dual-Meet Tournament (University of Northern Iowa) Jan. 10-11

Women’s Swimming and Diving

Training in Puerto Rico Jan. 1-10

at St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict Jan. 10, 1 p.m.

The latest from the AugBlog

Today is the last day of the fall semester and the end of finals week for our hard-working students, and as they disperse to homes far and near for the holiday break, I thought it would be fitting to give out some informal awards for the first half of the 2008-09 school year.

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Junior Seth Flodeen offered this account from their third day into the trip: “After we were done wrestling, we went out to eat at a Russian restaurant, where the whole team had lamb shashlik, which was very good. After that we went to see the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and visited a bazaar (a marketplace) and an Islamic church where we saw the world’s oldest Qur’an, which was really interesting.”

For pictures and a day-by-day account of their trip to Central Asia, visit the Augsburg Athletics web section at .

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The Auggies completed their first season under new head coach Sam Barber, who had served as an assistant under former head coach Jeff Swenson for the previous six seasons. Augsburg finished 10-2 in dual meets, placed third at the NWCA Division III National Duals, and won the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional for the 6th straight year.

Men’s basketball — Under 3rd-year head coach Aaron Griess, Augsburg finished 12-13 overall. After starting the season 0-6, Augsburg finish the season with its second-straight double-digit win campaign and best record since the 2000-01 season.

Women’s basketball — Under 4th-year head coach Jennifer Britz, Augsburg finished 7-18 overall, and reached the seven-win mark for the second time in the last three seasons.

Men’s hockey — Under head coach Chris Brown, Augsburg finished 6-17-2 overall in the season. Dan Carlson, Jim Jensen, Chris Johnson, and Dan Leopold all received All-MIAC honorable mention.

Women’s hockey — Under head coach Jill Pohtilla, Augsburg finished 4-16-3 overall. Playing in all but 20 minutes of the season in goal, Toni Menth had the third-most saves of any Division III women’s hockey goalie in the country.

Men’s/Women’s indoor track and field — The Augsburg men’s and women’s track and field teams each finished 11th at the MIAC indoor championships, completing the first half of the track and field season under head coach Dennis Barker. The Auggie women were led by Whitney Holman, who earned an all-conference honor with a second-place finish in the 55-meter dash, and earned honorable-mention all-conference honors with a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter dash. On the men’s side, Nick Ward earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors at the conference meet with a sixth-place finish in the men’s 55-meter dash.

Women’s swimming — Under new head coach Tricia Wallace, the Augsburg women’s swimming team completed its 5th year of varsity competition, finishing 11th at the MIAC championships. The Auggies were the lone MIAC program to complete its season with every swimmer recording season-bests in every event at the MIAC championships.

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Augsburg earned 87 team points in its third-place finish at the championship, marking the 20th straight year that Augsburg has earned a top-four finish in national competition — the longest current consecutive streak of top-four finishes of any NCAA wrestling program, regardless of division. Wartburg (Iowa) won the national title with 147 points and three national champions, while Wisconsin-La Crosse was second with 100 points and two national titlists.

Augsburg College’s Seth Flodeen (JR, Cannon Falls, Minn.) claimed an individual national title at 125 pounds.  Flodeen battled back from a 5-0 deficit in the opening minutes of the match to capture the title. Flodeen is the 43rd wrestling national champion in Augsburg program history — a record 39th in NCAA competition for Augsburg.

Augsburg claimed five All-Americans, marking the 20th straight season that Augsburg has had five or more All-Americans and 22nd time it has accomplished the feat in its 26 seasons of NCAA Division III competition.

“I thought it was a great total team effort,” said Sam Barber, who completed his first season as Augsburg’s head coach. “We had an individual champion, five All-Americans, and placed in the top three as a team. We maintained a focus of improving ‘One Percent a Day,’ from the beginning of the season to the National Duals to the Great Lakes Regional and the national tournament. The credit really belongs to the kids on the team. It’s their sweat and blood that makes it happen.”

For more information, please visit the Augsburg Athletics web site at .

Photo by Caleb Williams

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