MINNEAPOLIS (2/5/99) -- Augsburg College clinched at least a share of the inaugural Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey regular-season championship Friday night, stopping the College of St. Benedict 4-2 in a game at Augsburg Ice Arena.
The Auggies improve to 12-3-1 overall and 8-0-0 in the MIAC with conference games remaining at St. Mary's on Saturday (2/6/99) and at Gustavus Adolphus next Friday (2/12/99). Each of the other five MIAC teams has at least two MIAC losses. St. Benedict falls to 11-11 overall and 4-4 in the MIAC. The MIAC is in its first season of women's hockey championship play this season.
Augsburg's
Angie Rieger (So., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm HS),
Erica Johnson (Jr., Blaine, Minn.) and Stephanie Johnson (So., Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS) had a goal and assist apiece, as Augsburg scored the first four goals of the game.
Annie Mattison (Fr., Anchorage, Alaska/East HS) had the other goal for the Auggies.
Katy Rollwagen (Fr., St. Paul, Minn./Visitation HS) scored both of St. Benedict's goals in the third period, one unassisted and the other on an assist from Shannon Kegley (Fr., St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul HS).
Meg Schmidt (Jr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) stopped 28 of 30 shots in goal for the Auggies, improving to 9-1-1 with a goals-against-average of 1.32 and save percentage of .953. Kristin Blumberg (Fr., St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) made 28 saves in a losing effort.
First Period
Goals
1. 2:27--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (11) (Stephanie Johnson)
2. 2:43--Augsburg--Erica Johnson (4) (unassisted)
3. 12:24--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (2) (Erica Johnson) pp
Penalties
10:59--Col. of St. Benedict--Katy Rollwagen (2 Min) Hooking
Second Period
Goals
None
Penalties
4:00--Col. of St. Benedict--Aggie Wawra (2 Min) Tripping
12:40--Col. of St. Benedict--Anne Joswiak (2 Min) Roughing
12:40--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (2 Min) Roughing
Third Period
Goals
4. 2:09--Augsburg--Stephanie Johnson (7) (Angie Rieger) (4-on-4)
5. 9:15--Col. of St. Benedict--Katy Rollwagen (14) (unassisted) (4-on-4)
6. 17:31--Col. of St. Benedict--Katy Rollwagen (15) (Shannon Kegley)
Penalties
0:40--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (2 Min) Cross Checking
1:23--Col. of St. Benedict--Paula Vogt (2 Min) Hooking
4:52--Col. of St. Benedict--Lindsay Meier (2 Min) Tripping
19:58--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (2 Min) Interference
Attendance: 125
Scoring
Augsburg GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Angie Rieger 1- 1 1 1 2 2 4 25.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erica Johnson 1- 0 1 1 2 3 4 25.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephanie Johnson 1- 1 1 1 2 2 3 33.3 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Mattison 1- 1 1 0 1 2 3 33.3 0/ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Amber Nadreau 1- 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Genevieve Antonello 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Simons 1- 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McCarville 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Osberg 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emily Miller 1- 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heather Seccombe 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brenda Selander 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Murtha 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meg Schmidt 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cindy Drum 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristi Brusletto 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angie Gliniany 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
April Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachel Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Augsburg 1- 1 4 3 7 32 12.5 3/ 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
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Col. of St. Benedict GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Katy Rollwagen 1- 0 2 0 2 0 5 40.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shannon Kegley 1- 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristin Blumberg G 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Joswiak D 1- 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leah Lidner D 1- 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aggie Wawra F 1- 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sue Lynn Myhre F 1- 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paula Vogt C 1- 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elizabeth Hancock 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindsay Meier 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Abby Goodman-Larson 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Dierkhising 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Wegwerth 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Coe 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bethany Howard 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Keeley 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Boyles 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anna Przybylski 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allison Notermann 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Col. of St. Benedict 1- 1 2 1 3 30 6.7 5/ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Goaltending
Augsburg GP-GS Min GAA W L T EN Sho GA Sv Sv %
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Meg Schmidt 1- 1 60:00 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 2 28 .933
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Augsburg 1- 1 60:00 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 2 28 .933
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Col. of St. Benedict GP-GS Min GAA W L T EN Sho GA Sv Sv %
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Kristin Blumberg G 1- 1 58:54 4.07 0 1 0 0 0 4 28 .875
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Col. of St. Benedict 1- 1 58:54 4.07 0 1 0 0 0 4 28 .875
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Statistics by Period
Goals 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 2 0 2 4
Col. of St. Benedict 0 0 2 2
Shots 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 13 10 9 32
Col. of St. Benedict 4 13 13 30
Penalties 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 1 2 3
Col. of St. Benedict 1 2 2 5
Penalty Minutes 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 2 4 6
Col. of St. Benedict 2 4 4 10
