Women’s soccer suffers first conference defeat

ROCK ISLAND — The Augustana Vikings women’s soccer team was defeated for the first time in conference play on Wednesday, falling at home to the Wheaton Thunder by a score of 3-1. The Vikings were on the receiving end of a high volume of shots from the Thunder in the opening half, seeing a 10-2 disparity in that category. The Augie defense held strong through the first 45 minutes, keeping Wheaton off the scoreboard to bring a 0-0 tie into halftime. Janey Castoe collected five of her seven saves in the opening frame to keep the score deadlocked. Wheaton got…