CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Augustana Vikings women's volleyball team will face off with the North Park Vikings on Saturday, November 1 for an important CCIW showdown.

Augustana enters Friday with a 10-16 overall record and 2-4 mark in the CCIW, currently sitting in a tie for fifth place with North Park. Augie is coming off a 2-0 weekend where it saw wins over North Central and UW-La Crosse at home. In the Saturday match vs. the Eagles, the Vikings raced out to a 2-0 lead before the visitors stormed back to even the match with wins in the third and fourth sets. UW-La Crosse grabbed the early edge in the fifth after beginning with a 5-1 run to kick things off. Augie quickly closed the gap with the next three rally wins, but later faced another four-point difference after the Eagles moved the score to 9-5. Carli Udovich halted the run with a kill and later evened the score with another to cap off a 4-0 spurt for the Vikings. The two teams traded a pair of scores to move the deadlock to 11-11 before an attack error from La Crosse and a kill by Alexis Richards gave Augie its largest lead of the set. The Eagles got one back to pull within one, but was followed by a Kylie Collachia kill to make it match point for the Vikings. Kacie Swanson wrapped up the victory for the team with a service ace for the second straight night as Augie held on for the five-set win.

The Vikings have won three of their last four matches overall. The team sports a 2-6 record on the road this season, with its last match on the road resulting in a 3-0 loss to UW-Stevens Point back on October 11.

North Park currently sits with an 11-14 record and 2-4 mark in the CCIW. The team is looking to snap a six-match losing streak, recently falling to Cornell last time out by a score of 3-1. During their six-match skid, the Vikings have won just one set. Friday will be the team's first home contest since October 16, where they boast a 6-4 record. The team defeated Wheaton it its last match at home by a final of 3-0. Adriana Rodriguez leads the Vikings this season with 4.62 kills per game.

Augie is 44-6 all-time vs. North Park, but has lost three out of the last four in the series. North Park won last season's meeting at home in five sets. 

Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m.