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Riley Vu

Women's Lacrosse 2026 Season Review

7/16/2026 1:05:00 PM

The Augustana Vikings enjoyed their best season since 2017, finishing with a 9-8 overall record and a 2-3 mark in CCIW play while earning the program's first CCIW Tournament berth since 2017. Augustana opened the season with three consecutive home victories over Hanover, Culver-Stockton, and Cornell before posting dominant wins over Augsburg (23-3), Beloit (14-4), and Marian (18-3) to improve to 6-2 through its first eight contests. After entering conference play, the Vikings earned conference victories over Elmhurst, 6-4, and Illinois Wesleyan, 15-8, before concluding the year in the CCIW Tournament.

Madison Langewisch led the offense with 46 goals while adding 19 assists and a team-high 63 draw controls. Becca Lacina paced the Vikings with 34 assists and 70 points to go along with 36 goals, while Jackie McNair totaled 31 points in 12 games. Defensively, Colleen Chiavola recorded a team-high 55 ground balls and an Augustana single-season record 46 caused turnovers, while Kendall Phelan added 57 ground balls and 39 caused turnovers. In goal, Lanie Cecala and Eva Karjalahti combined for 121 saves as the Vikings finished first in program history with 461 ground balls and third with 252 caused turnovers.

Augustana placed four student-athletes on the All-CCIW teams, with Becca Lacina and Colleen Chiavola earning First Team honors while Madison Langewisch and Kendall Phelan were named to the Second Team. Chiavola and Rachel Wylie also collected CSC Academic All-District recognition. The Vikings added numerous entries to the Augustana record book, as Langewisch tied for third in single-season game-winning goals (4), tied for fourth with 16 shots in a game, and tied for fifth in single-season ground balls (52). Lacina finished eighth in single-season assists (34), while Phelan (57) and Chiavola (55) ranked second and third, respectively, in single-season ground balls. Chiavola set the program's single-season record with 46 caused turnovers, Phelan tied for third with 39, and Kritika Chitnis tied for ninth with 29. Elena Bechard and Chiavola also tied for second in program history with seven caused turnovers in a game, while Cecala and Karjalahti tied for 10th in career goalkeeper victories with four apiece.

For an updated look at the record book, please click HERE.
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