MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College rallied from a 2-1 second-period deficit to claim a 4-2 victory over St. John's University on Saturday night, completing a 2-0 series sweep in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoff semifinal series at Augsburg Ice Arena. The Auggies (17-6-4), regular-season co-champions in the MIAC, advance to the league playoff finals against the winner of the St. Thomas-Gustavus series. St. Thomas won the first game of the series 8-5 on Saturday, and play the second game Sunday. Site and times of the MIAC playoff finals will be announced later. Augsburg has won 10 games in a row, has a 11-game (10-0-1) unbeaten streak, and has won 14 of its last 16 games (14-1-1). St. John's, two-time defending MIAC regular-season and playoff champions, finishes its season 17-10-0.

Anthony Boser (Fr., Red Wing, Minn.), Mario LeBlanc (Jr., Mackenzie, B.C.) and Roland Blumer (So., Anchorage, Alaska) scored goals in the third period to rally Augsburg to the victory Blumer had a goal and two assists on the evening. John Bramer (So., Humboldt, Sask.) had the Auggies first goal in the first period. St. John's opened the scoring on a goal from Matt Erredge (Jr., Austin, Minn.), then took the lead on an unassisted goal from Bryan Romfo (Jr., Blaine, Minn.) before Augsburg rallied in the third period. Freshman goalie Ryan McIntosh (Fr., Calgary, Alberta) stopped 41 of 43 shots to pick up the victory for the Auggies and improve to 10-1-3 on the season. Mark Rice (Jr., St. Louis Park, Minn.) stopped 22 of 26 in a losing effort.

Augsburg College 4, St. John's University 2
St. John's (17-10-0)--1-1-0---2
Augsburg (17-6-4)--1-0-3---4

First period: SJU--Matt Erredge (John Konrad), 5:14; AUG--John Bramer (Roland Blumer), 6:57. Second period: SJU--Bryan Romfo (unassisted), 1:49.
Third period: AUG--Anthony Boser (Steve LaMere, Brandon Steege), 1:40; AUG--Mario LeBlanc (Jonas Giving, Blumer), 9:56; AUG--Blumer (Trevor Tallackson, Kris Arro), 16:19.

Saves: AUG--Ryan McIntosh 13-19-9---41;
SJU--Mark Rice 6-8-8---22.

Shots on goal: Augsburg 7-8-11---26;
St. John's 14-20-9---43.

Penalties: Augsburg 4 for 8 minutes;
St. John's 2 for 4 minutes.

Power play: Augsburg 0 for 2;
St. John's 0 for 4.