Men's Soccer 10/7/03 -- Macalester 4, Augsburg 0 

BOXSCORE

ST. PAUL, Minn. (10/7/03) -- Nathan Knox and Patrick Kelly scored first half goals, and teammate Joe Wertz scored twice in the second half -- his sixth and seventh goals of the season -- as Macalester College improved to a perfect 6-0 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer play with a 4-0 win Tuesday night over visiting Augsburg College.

The Scots are now 25-0-1 in conference play over the last three seasons. Macalester is now 8-2 overall and 6-0 in MIAC play, while Augsburg drops to 4-7-2 overall and 0-5-1 in MIAC play, dropping its third conference game in a row. Augsburg's winless streak is now at seven straight games (0-5-2), and the Auggies have been shut out in their last three straight games. Augsburg's scoreless streak is now at 360 straight minutes, spanning four games.

Knox scored on a feed from Robb Swick in the second minute. Kelly scored an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute. Wertz scored twice in a five-minute span early in the second half, an unassisted goal in the 50th minute and a goal from Brendan Viele in the 55th minute.

Macalester outshot Augsburg by a 18-5 margin, including a 10-2 margin in the first half. Macalester had 10 shots on goal compared to Augsburg's one, a shot by Matt Lachner (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.) in the second half saved by Tom Klezcewski.

Augsburg goalkeeper Lucas Grant (Jr., Starbuck, Minn./Minnewaska Area HS) made six saves in the game.

Augsburg returns to action on Saturday (10/11) at 2:30 p.m., with an MIAC game at Gustavus. Macalester returns to action on Sunday (10/12), hosting Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 4 p.m.