{"id":2087,"date":"2008-11-12T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2008-11-12T12:25:01","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T18:25:01","slug":"a-busy-thursday-for-auggie-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2008\/11\/12\/a-busy-thursday-for-auggie-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"A busy Thursday for Auggie athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"soccer_playoffs\"<\/em>Men’s soccer in Washington State for the first round of the NCAA tournament. And football at the Metrodome.<\/p>\n

It will certainly a busier-than-normal Thursday for the Augsburg College athletic department.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick primer on what’s going on.<\/p>\n

Soccer to face Whitworth University in first NCAA appearance<\/h3>\n

After losing the championship game of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs to Carleton on penalty kicks, the Auggies received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III men’s soccer championship.<\/p>\n

Augsburg (11-3-6) will travel to Spokane, Wash., to play Whitworth University (14-2-3) at 3 p.m. Thursday. The winner of that game will play at the University of Redlands (Calif.) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Whitworth enters the NCAA tournament after winning the Northwest Conference for the second consecutive year and the Pirates are making their fifth NCAA appearance since 2001.<\/p>\n

Augsburg has been especially stingy defensively entering the NCAA tournament as the Auggies haven’t given up a goal in the past 490 minutes of action. In the MIAC championship game, Carleton didn’t score in regulation or in two overtime sessions.<\/p>\n

Over the last 12 games, Augsburg has given up only three goals. For the season, Augsburg has surrendered just 10 goals while scoring 32.<\/p>\n

Watch the game!<\/a> Christensen Center Student Lounge at 3 p.m. Popcorn, pop and, beads will be provided. Feel free to bring snacks or treats to share!<\/p>\n

Football is back at its second home<\/h3>\n

\"football\"For the 19th consecutive season, Augsburg will play a game at the Metrodome. This year, the Auggies will host Bethel on Thursday night at 7 p.m. The game will be the 22nd appearance at the Metrodome since 1983, the most of any MIAC school.<\/p>\n

The game against the Royals is an important one for Augsburg as the Auggies (5-4) will attempt to win six games for the first time since 1999.<\/p>\n

While the game won’t be played at Edor Nelson Field, tickets for the Metrodome game will be handled just like a game on the Augsburg campus. That means all Augsburg students, faculty and staff members can get into the game by simply showing ID. Tickets for the general public are $7 for adults and $3 for students.<\/p>\n

There will be a free one-way shuttle bus from Augsburg to the Metrodome. The bus will leave from the front of Melby Hall at 6 and 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Free parking is available on the Metrodome upper lot, off of 11th Ave. S., near the intersection of 5th St. S. Fans can enter the Metrodome at Gate D beginning at 5:30 p.m. All fan seating will be on the east side of the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Men’s soccer in Washington State for the first round of the NCAA tournament. And football at the Metrodome. It will certainly a busier-than-normal Thursday for the Augsburg College athletic department. Here’s a quick primer on what’s going on. Soccer to face Whitworth University in first NCAA appearance After losing the championship game of Minnesota Intercollegiate …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[247,1098,2083,2632],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-auggie-athletics","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}