Augustana Wins National Championship

DENVER, CO — The Augustana Viking softball team are the 2019 NCAA Division Two National Softball Champions after a remarkable Memorial Day of comeback victories. Trailing the series 0-1 after Sunday’s opening game in game one, Augustana rallied from 3-2 down in game two to beat Texas A&M-Kingsville 6-4 and force a decisive, winner-take-all third championship game. Then in the National Championship Game, After spotting Kingsville the game’s first four runs to open game three, Augustana scored six unanswered over the final five innings to claim a 6-4 victory and the program’s second national title. Shannon Petersen’s two-out, two-run double tied the game at four in the 5th inning. One inning later Kendall Cornick hit a two-out, two-run single that put Augie on top. It is the first NCAA Division II National Championship for Augustana in Softball since 1991.