Augustana finishes 5-12 overall and 3-5 and seventh in the CCIW; Salah Aghlaf and Sander Soerhaug earn All-CCIW honors
 
Coach Mick Regan's Augustana soccer team finished the 2018 season with a record of 5-12 overall and 3-5 in the CCIW, an improvement of two wins and two places from last year's conference finish. Junior midfielder Salah Aghlaf (Casablanca, Morocco) and sophomore defender Sander Soerhaug (Vardafjell VGS, Haugesund, Norway) were both named to the All-CCIW second team.
 
The Vikings opened the season by splitting their first four matches. They alternated road losses at Simpson (3-1) and Knox (2-0) with 1-0 home wins over Coe and Buena Vista. Three straight losses followed, including a 4-0 setback to 2017 national runner-up North Park at Thorson-Lucken Field, but they bounced back to win 1-0 at Carroll to move to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the CCIW.
 
After a pair of defeats, Augustana picked up league wins over Illinois Wesleyan and Millikin on October 10 and 13 to improve to 5-7 on the season and 3-2 in the conference. The 1-0 victory over IWU at Thorson-Lucken came on Aghlaf's bicycle-kick goal with a minute remaining in the second overtime session. Aghlaf also had a goal and an assist in the 2-1 win at Millikin and earned CCIW Offensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts.
 
The Vikings dropped their final five matches of the season.
 
Aghlaf led Augustana with four goals, three assists and 11 points this season. In CCIW play, his four goals tied for fourth in the conference, while his three game-winning goals tied for the league lead. Senior Jack McKearnan (Warren HS, Gurnee, Ill.) was second on the team with a goal and two assists for four points.
 
Junior Jeremy Klaber (Stevenson HS, Buffalo Grove, Ill.) played 13 matches and 1044 minutes in goal. He finished 3-8 with a 1.81 goals against average and a save percentage of .747. Senior Jeff Bell (Pleasant Valley HS, Bettendorf, Iowa) filled in when Klaber missed 5½ games with an injury and posted a 2-4 record, a save percentage of .738 and a GAA of 1.96. Bell finished second in the CCIW with an average of 5.40 saves per match.
 
 
2018 CCIW MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS

School	CCIW	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
North Park	7-1-0	.875	16-3-0	.842
Carthage	5-2-1	.688	12-9-1	.568
Wheaton	5-3-0	.625	10-7-1	.583
Illinois Wesleyan	4-4-0	.500	11-5-0	.688
North Central	4-4-0	.500	9-8-0	.529
Millikin	3-4-1	.438	8-7-1	.531
AUGUSTANA	3-5-0	.375	5-12-0	.294
Carroll	2-6-0	.250	3-13-2	.222
Elmhurst	2-6-0	.250	4-14-0	.222

 
2018 CCIW MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Semifinal—Wednesday, October 31
#2 Carthage 3, #3 Wheaton 0
#1 North Park 6, #4 North Central 2
Championship—Saturday, November 3
Carthage 3, North Park 2
 
2018 AUGUSTANA MEN'S SOCCER SUPERLATIVES
ALL-CCIW: Salah Aghlaf, 2nd team; Sander Soerhaug, 2nd team
CCIW ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE: Matthew Allen, Daniel Artman, Adam Bauman, Tyler Duggan, Tyler Markell, Jackson McKearnan, Sander Soerhaug
CCIW PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Salah Aghlaf, Offense, 10/16/18
CCIW STATISTICAL TOP 5 – INDIVIDUAL
Game-winning goals: 3, Salah Aghlaf, 1st-T
Saves per game: 5.40, Jeff Bell, 2nd
Saves: 27, Jeff Bell, 4th
Save percentage: .771, Jeff Bell, 4th
Goals: 4, Salah Aghlaf, 4th-T
Goals per game: 0.50, Salah Aghlaf, 4th-T
 
INDIVIDUAL TOP TEN LISTS
SEASON
Saves per game: 4.77, Jeremy Klaber, 9th
 
CAREER
Saves per game: 5.39, Jeremy Klaber, 2nd
Saves: 151, Jeremy Klaber, 8th
Save percentage: .755, Jeremy Klaber, 8th
 
TEAM AWARDS
Most Valuable Player: Salah Aghlaf
Most Improved: Adam Bauman  
Newcomer of the Year: TylerMarkell