Women's Soccer 10/22/05 -- Augsburg 0, Bethel 0 (2OT)
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MINNEAPOLIS (10/22/05) -- Making her first collegiate start in goal, Bethel University's Angela Mooney (Jr., Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS) collected 17 saves for the shutout, as the Royals played to a scoreless tie with host Augsburg College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer game on Saturday afternoon at Augsburg's Edor Nelson Field.
Augsburg is now 8-1-6 overall, 5-1-3 in MIAC play. The tie keeps Augsburg in contention for a berth in the four-team MIAC postseason playoffs for the second straight year. With 13 points in conference play, Augsburg moved into sole possession of fourth place in the MIAC. St. Benedict, which scored a 1-0 win over St. Mary's on Saturday, now has 14 points and is in a second-place tie with Concordia-Moorhead, both with 7-2-0 conference records. St. Thomas is in fifth place with 12 points (6-3-0 MIAC), and St. Mary's is in sixth place with 10 points (5-4-0 MIAC).
In her 15th collegiate start,
Maggie DeGroot (Fr., Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha West HS) claimed 10 saves in goal to record her seventh shutout for Augsburg. DeGroot is now tied for fifth place on Augsburg's single-season shutout record list; the record is nine, set by Beth Petrik in 1997 and Laura Hoffman in 2002.
Bethel is now 5-9-2 overall, 0-7-2 in MIAC play.
Augsburg claimed 31 shots to Bethel's 18. Both teams had five shots in overtime, with DeGroot recording two saves and Mooney recording three saves.
Emily Anderson * (Jr., Hudson, Wis.) had 10 shots for the Auggies, while
Millie Suk * (Sr., Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) had seven shots and
Aili Brom-Palkowski (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) had five shots.
For Bethel, Lauren Johnson (Jr., St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North HS) and Jessie Tschetter (So., Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman HS) had seven shots apiece.
Augsburg returns to MIAC play on Wednesday (10/26) at 7:30 p.m., hosting Gustavus at Edor Nelson Field. Bethel returns to action on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. with an MIAC game at St. Mary's.
