The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[Augieholic]

Six in a row.

Kelton Coleman didn't play a lot this weekend but made an impact when he did. The bench mob was slow to join the party but they've had back to back solid weekends.

Next Saturday vs Minot will be a great test to see if they can keep this rolling against a quality opponent.

[Augieholic]

Cody continued turning the tanker this weekend.

A gritty win on Friday as they overcame a ref show and an injury to Sam Rensch. Akoi had a tremendous defensive play to ice the game. He was in the paint, jumped to contest a pass, landed, and jumped again to block the potential go ahead basket. Second game this season he's had a pivotal one on one defensive play.

Saturday was a frolicking win with little stress. Everyone was hot from 3 and they didn't let off the gas all night.

Four straight wins and returning home for Mary/Northern.

[laker]

I'm sure Athletic Director Josh Morton had no idea about the costs of hockey based on his previous stops at North Dakota and Michigan State. What else should we know about D1 hockey?

UND dropped women's hockey due to the great expense. And hockey is the #1 sport there. I can see why AU didn't start it.

[Augieholic]

Vikings win 2 consecutive conference games. Codys boys making progress. Starters in good physical shape as they played a lot of minutes

21-14 from Te Slaa, that dude is relentless.

Tameron Ferguson had 16 which included some really solid dribble drive attacks. That's two out of three games he's consistently utilized his speed and ability to finish at the rim.

The offense isn't great but it's doing enough right now. For a relatively young team they are solid defensively.

Cody dragged them through a dark stretch and found a way to win on the other side.

[vikingfaithful]

Vikings win 2 consecutive conference games. Codys boys making progress. Starters in good physical shape as they played a lot of minutes

[Augieholic]

You would think they would have realized that before jumping in.

They did.

[Augieholic]

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

I'm sure Athletic Director Josh Morton had no idea about the costs of hockey based on his previous stops at North Dakota and Michigan State. What else should we know about D1 hockey?

[SW_Mustang]

You would think they would have realized that before jumping in.

IMO - if sacrificing a basketball venue was the biggest loss in adding hockey, they did made the right choice.

Midco Arena makes the Elmen Center look sad though.

[SW_Mustang]

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

Elmen has actually been one of my favorite NSIC environments, so this doesn't bother me at all.

Gotcha. I thought the environment was... pretty nonexistent. Probably because it was a Thursday game after students left? It had less energy that the Stewart Center.

The Pentagon was nice because I didn't have to drive into town and back out again. And they had videoboards.

I try to see Augie (and USF) play once a year, so it's not that much of a detriment though.

[DapperDan]

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

Elmen has actually been one of my favorite NSIC environments, so this doesn't bother me at all.

You would think they would have realized that before jumping in.

[Stanger86]

I'm sure it costs quite a bit of money to have their games at the Pentagon so that could be one reason. According to VP of Athletics Josh Morton they plan on having the majority of the home games at the Elmen Center next season too.

They're finding out that D1 hockey is expensive, so they need to cut costs elsewhere.

Elmen has actually been one of my favorite NSIC environments, so this doesn't bother me at all.

[AU Vikings]

I'm just curious but why is Augie at the Elmen Center so much this season? Is it just a scheduling conflict thing?

I was surprised to the they'll be hosting SMSU on campus. Crookston or non-con I'd get. Just thought it was interesting.

I'm sure it costs quite a bit of money to have their games at the Pentagon so that could be one reason. According to VP of Athletics Josh Morton they plan on having the majority of the home games at the Elmen Center next season too.

[SW_Mustang]

I'm just curious but why is Augie at the Elmen Center so much this season? Is it just a scheduling conflict thing?

I was surprised to the they'll be hosting SMSU on campus. Crookston or non-con I'd get. Just thought it was interesting.

[Augieholic]

Another very tough loss but this was the hopefully the coming out party for Tameron Ferguson. Loved his aggressiveness and ability to finish at the rim tonight.

Yes! That was the kind of stuff we had seen glimpses of the last few weeks but he finally sustained it! His jump shot is still a work in progress but he broke down the defense off the dribble numerous times yesterday. He also did a great job pushing the tempo which is sorely needed with the lack of shooting the last few weeks. If they weren't outscored by 16 points at the FT line yesterday that would've been a W.

Ferguson and Fried are legitimate talents on both ends, hopefully they can keep stacking performances like yesterday.

[MrMustang]

Not a fan of Austin "Flop" Andrews either.

Amazing he was an NSIC Award winner. completely pedestrian the last 2 years