Maggie Leland

Golfers from Augustana and the University of Sioux Falls were named All-NSIC First Team by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Monday. Vikings coach Peggy Kirby earned coach of the year honors for the fifth straight season.

Augustana shot a 20-over-par 308 and is in fifth place after the first round of play at the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships at Tartan Park Golf Course in Lake Elmo, Minn. Maggie Leland and Allie Ostrander are tied for fifth in the individual standings with Tavia Rutherford of the University of Sioux Falls 19th after the first round.

The Augustana women's golf team has earned the No. 3 seed for the Central Region Championships the NCAA announced on Monday. Tavia Rutherford of the University of Sioux Falls has also been selected to compete in the individual competition.

Augustana captured it's fifth straight Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference women's golf championship on Sunday, easily outdistancing runner-up Concordia-St. Paul. Viking senior Maggie Leland won her second individual conference title by two strokes over teammate Marisa Toivonen.

Augustana has a nine stroke lead after the third round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Women's Golf Championships. The Vikings' Maggie Leland tops the individual leaderboard by five strokes with a three round total of 235.