Men's Soccer 10/11/03 -- Gustavus 3, Augsburg 0 

BOXSCORE

ST. PETER, Minn. (10/11/03) -- The Gustavus Adolphus College men's soccer team defeated Augsburg College 3-0 in rainy and windy conditions at Gustie Field in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.

The Gusties, who got goals from Jordan Iblings, Taylor Stein and Caleb Bousu, pushed their unbeaten string to seven consecutive matches. Gustavus improves to 11-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the MIAC, while Augsburg falls to 4-7-2 overall and 0-6-1 in the MIAC.

Augsburg's winless streak is now at eight straight games (0-6-2), and the Auggies have been shut out in their last four straight games. Augsburg's scoreless streak is now at 450 straight minutes, spanning five games.

The Gusties jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Iblings at the 9:44 mark. Matt Broin picked up the assist on the goal. The score remained at 1-0 in favor of Gustavus until midway through the second half when Stein found the net to push the Gustie lead to 2-0. Broin was credited with his second assist of the game. Gustavus closed out the scoring on a goal by Bousu at the 80:04 mark. Iblings picked up the assist.

The Gusties outshot Augsburg 11-1 in the match and held a 3-0 advantage in corner kicks. Gustavus goalkeeper Nate Hitch picked up the win in the nets and recorded his fifth shutout of the season.

Lucas Grant (Jr., Starbuck, Minn./Minnewaska Area HS) suffered the loss in the nets for Augsburg, making one save. Aaron Riedel (So., Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS) had the lone shot for the Auggies.

The Gusties extended their streak without allowing a goal to four games. Gustavus has not allowed a goal in 395 consecutive minutes dating back to a goal by St. John's in the Gusties 3-1 win on September 27. In addition, Gustavus has allowed only two goals in its last 12 matches and only four all season (13 matches).

Both teams return to action on Wednesday (10/15), with Gustavus playing at Bethel at 3:30 p.m., and Augsburg hosting St. John's at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.