Augustana Baseball is National Tournament Bound

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The magical season continues for Augustana Baseball (48-9) as the stake claim to the Central Region title and a spot in the NCAA Division II College World Series in Cary, N.C. The Vikings had to play two against Southern Arkansas (41-19), but won when it counted, defeating the Muleriders in game two in Magnolia, Ark., 6-3. The fifth seeded Vikings fell in game one to the top seeded Muleriders, 5-3, to force a winner-take-all game two in Magnolia. The Vikings used a four-run second inning in game two to take down the host school Southern Arkansas and make history. This marks Augustana baseball’s first Central Region Championship and its first trip to the Division II College World Series in school history. In its previous two NCAA tournament appearances Augustana had been 1-4, but this tournament they have gone 4-1.