Vikings go 10-4-3 overall and 5-3 and tied for third in the CCIW; Anna Fank, Grace Sigler and Sydney Ion named all-conference; Fank all-region for third straight year; Jenna Dvorak Academic All-District
 
Coach Scott Mejia's Augustana soccer outfit posted a 10-4-3 record in 2019 and finished tied for third in the CCIW with a mark of 5-3. The Vikings advanced to the championship match of the CCIW Tournament, where they fell 1-0 to Illinois Wesleyan in overtime.
 
A senior and three juniors collected postseason awards. For the third year in a row, senior Anna Fank (Wheaton Warrenville South HS, Wheaton, Ill.) was a first team All-CCIW selection and a United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree. She was joined on the all-conference first team by junior Grace Sigler (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.), while junior goalkeeper Sydney Ion (Aquinas HS, La Crosse, Wis.) was named to the second team. Junior Jenna Dvorak (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) earned CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition.
 
Augustana won its first four matches and eventually ran its record to 6-0-2. Sigler had a hat trick in a 9-0 season-opening win over Lawrence and senior Lauren Muzzalupo (St. Charles North HS, St. Charles, Ill.) scored both goals in a 2-1 overtime win at North Park, earning CCIW Offensive Player of the Week honors.
 
The Vikings suffered their first loss, 1-0 at North Central on October 2 and split their next four matches before winning the final two matches of the regular season. Sigler had the only goal in a 1-0 win over Elmhurst at home on October 26 and the game winner on November 2, as Augustana rallied for a 2-1 win at Carthage that clinched a CCIW Tournament berth.
 
Augustana opened CCIW Tournament play at sixth-ranked and top-seeded Wheaton. After 110 minutes, the teams' semifinal match was tied 0-0, necessitating penalty kicks. After each side converted its first two tries, an Ion save opened the door for the Vikings, who took advantage and captured the shootout 4-2 to advance to the title match. Unfortunately, Illinois Wesleyan scored 18 seconds into overtime to win 1-0 and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Sigler led Augustana with nine goals and 21 points this year. Muzzalupo finished second on the team in points (12) and assists (four) and third in goals (four). Freshman Maeve Sheridan (Mother McAuley HS, Chicago, Ill.) was second with five goals and added an assist for 11 points. Senior Allison Harvey (Wheaton Warrenville South HS, Wheaton, Ill.) led the Vikings with five assists.
 
Keying a defense that allowed just 0.62 goals per 90 minutes—the fourth-lowest average in the 27-year history of the program—were seniors Anna Fank (Wheaton Warrenville South HS, Wheaton, Ill.), Hannah Rossi (Downers Grove South HS, Woodridge, Ill.) and Harvey, junior Jenna Dvorak (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) and freshmen Molly Fank (Wheaton Warrenville South HS, Wheaton, Ill.) and Abbey Kramer (Crystal Lake Central HS, Crystal Lake, Ill.).
 
Ion finished the year with a record of 9-4-3 in 1437 minutes in goal. Her 0.69 goals against average is fifth-best in a single season at Augustana and her .859 save percentage ranks sixth. She'll enter her senior season in the Vikings' career top ten in GAA (0.85—4th), save percentage (.831—5th), wins (25—6th) and saves (197—7th).
 
 
2019 CCIW WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS

School	CCIW	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
Wheaton	8-0-0	1.000	18-1-3	.886
Illinois Wesleyan	7-1-0	.875	15-6-0	.714
North Central	5-3-0	.625	9-9-1	.500
AUGUSTANA	5-3-0	.625	10-4-3	.676
Carthage	4-3-1	.563	7-8-2	.471
Elmhurst	2-5-1	.438	8-8-2	.500
Carroll	2-4-2	.375	8-6-3	.559
Millikin	1-7-0	.125	3-11-2	.250
North Park	0-8-0	.000	3-15-0	.167

 
2019 CCIW WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Wednesday, November 6 (Semifinals)
#2 Illinois Wesleyan 1, #3 North Central 0
#4 Augustana 0, #1 Wheaton 0 (Augustana advances 4-2 on Penalty Kicks)
Saturday, November 9 (Championship)
#2 Illinois Wesleyan 1, #4 Augustana 0
 
2019 AUGUSTANA WOMEN'S SOCCER SUPERLATIVES
USC ALL-CENTRAL REGION: Anna Fank – 2nd team
ALL-CCIW: Anna Fank – 1st team; Grace Sigler, 1st team; Sydney Ion – 2nd team
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Jenna Dvorak
CCIW-ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE: Anna Bross, Jenna Dvorak, Anna Fank, Karissa Gottardo, Allison Harvey, Cora Jacobsen, Allison Kestler, Lauren Muzzalupo, Jenna Noesen, Faith Rund, Grace Sigler
JACK SWARTZ AWARD WINNER: Jenna Dvorak
CCIW PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Offensive - Lauren Muzzalupo, 10/01/19
NATIONAL STATISTICAL TOP 50 – TEAM
Save percentage: .863, 26th
Goals against average: 0.62, 33rd
NATIONAL STATISTICAL TOP 50 – INDIVIDUAL
Save percentage: .859, Sydney Ion, 37th
Goals against average: 0.69, Sydney Ion, 44th
CCIW STATISTICAL LEADERS – TEAM
None
CCIW STATISTICAL TOP 5 – INDIVIDUAL
Game-winning goals: 3, Grace Sigler, 1st
Shutouts: 3, Sydney Ion, T-1st
Goals against average: 1.03, Sydney Ion, 4th
Goals: 4, Grace Sigler, T-4th
Goals per game: 0.50, Grace Sigler, T-4th
 
INDIVIDUAL TOP TEN LISTS
SINGLE SEASON
Goas against average: 0.69, Sydney Ion, 5th
Save percentage: .859, Sydney Ion, 6th
Shutouts: 7, Sydney Ion, T-6th
 
CAREER
Saves per game: 4.10, Sydney Ion, 3rd
Goals against average: 0.85, Sydney Ion, 4th
Shutouts: 16, Sydney Ion, 4th
Save percentage: .831, Sydney Ion, 5th
Goalie wins: 25, Sydney Ion, 6th
Goalie games: 48, Sydney Ion, 6th
Goalie minutes: 4231, Sydney Ion, 6th
Saves: 197, Sydney Ion, 7th
 
TEAM AWARDS
MVP Offense - Grace Sigler
MVP Defense - Anna Fank
Most Improved Player - Kayla Garcia
Iron Viking - Cameron Kekelik