Women's Hockey 1/10/04 -- Augsburg 7, Wisconsin-River Falls 4 

BOXSCORE

MINNEAPOLIS (1/10/04) -- Kristin Murr (Fr., Thornton, Colo./Quest Academy HS) tied a school record with two goals in a 16-second span while adding an assist, and Augsburg College tied a school record with five power-play goals, as the Auggies claimed a 7-4 home victory over the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in a nonconference women's hockey game on Saturday night at the Augsburg Ice Arena.

Augsburg scored three power-play goals in a school-record 37-second span in the final minute of the second period to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead that the Auggies would not relinquish. The three goals in 37 seconds broke the previous school mark for quick three goals, 40 seconds in a 2000 game against Bethel. Augsburg went 5-for-9 on power plays, just the second time in school history that Augsburg has scored five power-play goals in a game; Augsburg went 5-for-10 on power plays in a 7-0 win over Hamline in a 2002 game.

Augsburg won its second straight game and avenged a season-opening 3-1 loss to River Falls (Nov. 8) to improve to 6-5-0 overall. Wisconsin-River Falls, in its first game after a 28-day holiday braak, dropped its second game in a row to fall to 8-7-0 on the season.

Leah Baron (So., Hermantown, Minn./Proctor-Hermantown HS) scored two first-period goals to give the visiting Falcons an early 2-1 lead, bracketing a first-period Auggie goal from Christina Hughes (Sr., Chaska, Minn.).

Augsburg tied the game at the 6:35 mark of the second period on a power-play goal from Corrie Krzyska (Jr., Fridley, Minn.), but the Falcons took the lead back 12 seconds later, as Lou Paulson (So., Duluth, Minn./Proctor-Hermantown HS) sprinted off the face off and fired in a goal.

But the penalty bug hit Wisconsin-River Falls in the closing minutes of the second period, and the Auggies turned the tide of the game with their three-goal outburst in the final minute of the second period.

Lauren Chezick (Jr., Hastings, Minn.) scored on a 5-on-3 power play from Stacy Anderson (Fr., Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina HS) at the 19:17 mark, and after another penalty was assessed to the Falcons at the 19:26 mark for another 5-on-3 advantage, the Auggies scored four seconds later, with Genevieve Allegrezza (Sr., Anchorage, Alaska/Service HS), scoring off a successful face-off draw from Annie Annunziato (Sr., Commack, N.Y.). Annunziato finished the scoring streak at the 19:54 mark on a 5-on-4 advantage, scoring from Allegrezza and Melynda Kleewein (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska/Dimond HS).

Murr scored two goals in a 16-second span early in the third period to tie a school record for quickest two goals by an individual. The previous 16-second feat was set by Angie Rieger in a 2001 game against Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Amy Gilbertson (Fr., Cannon Falls, Minn./Farmington HS) finished the scoring for Wisconsin-River Falls with a goal at the 18:10 mark.

Krzyska had a three-point night for the Auggies, with a goal and two assists, while Allegrezza and Annunziato had a goal and assist each. Anderson had three assists, with Kleewein contributing two assists.

Wisconsin-River Falls outshot Augsburg by a 24-21 margin. Kristin Johnson (Jr., Minnetonka, Minn..Wayzata HS) made 20 saves to pick up the victory for Augsburg. Marlene Yaeger (Jr., Medina, Minn.) started and made just 10 saves in two periods, with Amber Lindner (Fr., Moorhead, Minn.) making four saves in relief in the third period.

Augsburg returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a two-game series against St. Olaf next Friday and Saturday (1/16-17). Friday's game is at 5 p.m. at the Northfield Ice Arena, with Saturday's game at 2:05 p.m. at the Augsburg Ice Arena. Wisconsin-River Falls stays in nonconference action on Tuesday (1/13), hosting St. Thomas of the MIAC at 7 p.m.