BOSTON, Mass. (3/24/00) -- Sylvia Ryan (Sr., Stellarton, Nova Scotia) and Catherine Elkins (So., Bernardsville, N.J.) had a goal and assist apiece to lead Middlebury College (Vt.) past Augsburg College 5-1 in the first game of the two-game American Women's College Hockey Alliance Division III Natoinal Championship series at Northeastern University's Matthews Arena on Friday afternoon.
The Panthers improve to 23-2-0 and need to either tie or win Saturday's second game of the series in order to claim the first-ever Division III national championship. Augsburg, now 21-6-1 overall, must win Saturday's game and a subsequent minigame in order to claim the national title. The game will be held Saturday at 12 noon (Eastern time).
Middlebury dominated the contest, outshooting Augsburg by a 41-11 margin. Augsburg goalie
Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) was busy all afternoon, being forced to make 36 saves. Meanwhile, her counterpart for Middlebury, goalie Megan Hutchinson (So., Windsor, Nova Scotia), made just 10 saves.
Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS) scored the lone goal for the Auggies, on a blast from
Sarah Garrison (So., West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley HS) with eight seconds remaining in the first period.
Sarah Carpenter (Jr., Topsfield, Mass.), Erin Neil (Fr., Port Crane, N.Y.) and Catherine Pullins (Sr., New Canaan, Conn.) had the other goals for the Panthers. Middebury has outscored its opponents 147-18 this season.
First Period
Goals
1. 0:58--Middlebury (Vt.)--Sarah Carpenter (5) (Nina Kieves, Amber Neil)
2. 15:06--Middlebury (Vt.)--Erin Neil (8) (Christa McDougall)
3. 19:52--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (27) (Sarah Garrison)
Penalties
12:46--Middlebury (Vt.)--Sylvia Ryan (2 Min) Tripping
Second Period
Goals
None
Penalties
8:08--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (2 Min) High Sticking
16:08--Middlebury (Vt.)--Sarah Hall (2 Min) Tripping
Third Period
Goals
4. 2:46--Middlebury (Vt.)--Sylvia Ryan (28) (Catherine Elkins)
5. 8:47--Middlebury (Vt.)--Catherine Elkins (9) (Sylvia Ryan, Michelle Labbe)
6. 11:29--Middlebury (Vt.)--Catherine Pullins (11) (unassisted) pp
Penalties
0:19--Middlebury (Vt.)--Sylvia Ryan (2 Min) High Sticking
10:45--Augsburg--April Leger (2 Min) Illegal Check
Scoring
Augsburg GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Angie Rieger F 1- 1 1 0 1 -1 5 20.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Garrison F 1- 1 0 1 1 -1 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Simons F 1- 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emily Miller D 1- 1 0 0 0 -3 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erica Johnson 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Mattison D 1- 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Nadreau 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laura McGowan 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cindy Drum 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephanie Johnson 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McCarville 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
April Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Osberg 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Mintz 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brenda Selander 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 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
Katie Cheese 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachel Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meg Schmidt G 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Augsburg 1- 1 1 1 2 11 9.1 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Middlebury (Vt.) GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Sylvia Ryan LW 1- 1 1 1 2 0 7 14.3 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catherine Elkins D 1- 1 1 1 2 0 5 20.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catherine Pullins D 1- 1 1 0 1 0 4 25.0 0/ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Erin Neil 1- 0 1 0 1 0 5 20.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sarah Carpenter 1- 0 1 0 1 0 4 25.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michelle Labbe RW 1- 1 0 1 1 0 5 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nina Kieves 1- 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christa McDougall 1- 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Neil 1- 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laurie Richmond C 1- 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megan Hutchinson G 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angela Kapus 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacqui Phillips 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Hase 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anna Hastings 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Morton 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nico Kieves 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynette Cassidy 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Hall 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Middlebury (Vt.) 1- 1 5 6 11 41 12.2 3/ 6 1 0 0 1 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 5.00 0 1 0 0 0 5 36 .878
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Augsburg 1- 1 60:00 5.00 0 1 0 0 0 5 36 .878
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Middlebury (Vt.) GP-GS Min GAA W L T EN Sho GA Sv Sv %
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Megan Hutchinson G 1- 1 60:00 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .909
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Middlebury (Vt.) 1- 1 60:00 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .909
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Statistics by Period
Goals 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 1 0 0 1
Middlebury (Vt.) 2 0 3 5
Shots 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 6 4 1 11
Middlebury (Vt.) 8 15 18 41
Penalties 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 1 1 2
Middlebury (Vt.) 1 1 1 3
Penalty Minutes 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 2 2 4
Middlebury (Vt.) 2 2 2 6
