Women's Soccer News

	Scoring avalanche buries Cornell Heading into the 2010 season opener, Augustana women's soccer coach Scott Mejia was concerned about his team's ability to score goals. He might feel a little differently after his ninth ranked Vikings turned up the heat in a 10-0 victory over Cornell on Wednesday, September 1 in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
	Women's soccer ranked ninth in NCAA After compiling a school record 20 victories, winning both the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin regular season and tournament titles and advancing to the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Division III national tournament, the expectations are high for the 2010 Augustana women’s soccer team. Those expectations received a little bit of reaffirmation today when the national preseason rankings were announced.
	Hungry to build on great success When looked at on paper, one would think that the women's soccer team at Augustana would enter the 2010 season satisfied with what it accomplished a year ago. After all, the Vikings had a stellar season in 2009. They finished with a school record 20 victories, won the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Division III national tournament.
	Augustana CCIW favorite in women's soccer After winning the school's first-ever College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin championship a year ago, coach Scott Mejia's women's soccer team has been tabbed by the league's coaches as the favorite in the 2010 conference race. Mejia's Vikings, who went 7-0 in the league and also won the conference tournament in 2009, received five first-place votes and 47 total points in the pre-season poll.
	2010 WOMEN'S SOCCER PREVIEW The Augustana women's soccer team will head into the 2010 season fresh off a record breaking season in 2009. The Vikings of veteran head coach Scott Mejia went 20-2-1 last year and won the CCIW title and the CCIW tournament before advancing to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Division III tournament.