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Auggies drop 2-0 decision at Saint John's

BOXSCORE COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- Augsburg College outshot Saint John's University by a 13-7 margin, but two goals from Alex Schnobrich proved to be the difference in the game, as the host Johnnies claimed a 2-0 win over the Auggies in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer game on Saturday afternoon at Haws Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Saint John's 2, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Haws Field, Collegeville, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-8-2 overall (3-3-1 MIAC), Saint John's 8-6-0 (5-3-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg outshot Saint John's by a 13-7 margin, including a 10-4 margin in the second half.
• Ben Henry (SO, Manitowoc, Wis./Lincoln HS) had had four shots for the Auggies, while Scott Clinton (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had three shots and Tanner McCarthy (SR, Windsor Heights, Iowa/Dowling Catholic HS) had two shots.
• The teams combined for 32 fouls (Augsburg 17, Saint John's 15), seven yellow cards (Augsburg four, Saint John's three) and an SJU red card that forced the Johnnies to play a man short for the final 14 minutes of the game.

FOR THE FOES
• Schnobrich scored both goals for Saint John's -- an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute and another in the 57th minute. He had three shots in the game.
• Kevin Lebahn had five saves in goal for the Johnnies.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "This was a battle. Prior to this game, we had two cautions in the MIAC portion of our season and just nine overall through 14 games -- lowest in the league. We picked up an armful today, and the way the game was being called, either team could have been on nine players at the end -- either through injury or the laws of the game. It was one of those."
• "I loved our effort today. The guys worked as hard as they could, no doubt about that. Unfortunately, we were undone on two set pieces. One directly, and the second goal because we didn't clear the initial service and they made us pay on the second chance."
• "Great credit to St. John's for their persistence and quality. I have great respect for their coaching staff, and they have a determined group. We wish them the best moving forward."
• "Hopefully on Saturday, we can transfer some of the great effort from the past two games into a result when we host Gustavus, who lost again today to Macalester. What a great league!"

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Gustavus next Saturday (10/25) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• Saint John's travels to face Saint Mary's next Saturday at 4 p.m.
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