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Winner St. Olaf College STO (12-3-2, 7-0-2 MIAC)
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Augsburg College AUG (5-10-2, 3-5-1 MIAC)
Winner
St. Olaf College STO
(12-3-2, 7-0-2 MIAC)
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Final
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Augsburg College AUG
(5-10-2, 3-5-1 MIAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Olaf College STO 0 2 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Auggies edged 2-1 by Oles

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ben Henry (SO, Manitowoc, Wis./Lincoln HS) scored a dramatic goal in the 56th minute to give Augsburg College the lead, but St. Olaf College rallied with two goals in an eight-minute span in the second half to claim a 2-1 win over the host Auggies in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer contest on Tuesday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Olaf 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-10-2 overall (3-5-1 MIAC), St. Olaf 12-3-2 overall (7-0-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Henry scored at the 55:52 mark on a header that deflected off the upper left post and across the goal line, completing a long drive that culminated in assists on crosses from Grant Griffin (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) and Edi Becerra (SR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Minneapolis Southwest HS). 
• St. Olaf outshot Augsburg by a 15-10 margin. Becerra had three shots for the Auggies, while Henry and Scott Clinton (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) recording two shots each.
• Nick Lenertz (SO, Newport, Minn./Park HS) had three saves in goal for Augsburg.
• The game was the final home contest at Edor Nelson Field for six Augsburg seniors -- Becerra, Clinton, Griffin, Patrick Hager (SR, Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS), Tanner McCarthy (SR, Windsor Heights, Iowa/Dowling Catholic HS) and Casey Powell (SR, Burnsville, Minn.).

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Henry scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season. In 35 career games, he now has 11 goals and three assists for 25 points.
• Griffin now has a team-leading 12 points -- four goals and four assists. In 53 career games, he now has nine goals and five assists for 23 points.
• Becerra claimed his first point of the season with his assist. He now has a goal and six assists for seven points in 55 career games.

FOR THE FOES
• St. Olaf claimed the MIAC's regular-season title and top seed in the upcoming six-team postseason playoffs with the victory.
• Kevin Scrip (JR, Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley HS) tied the game at 1-1 with a goal from Jens Undlin (SO, Edina, Minn.) in the 65th minute, and Undlin gave the Oles the lead eight minutes later with a goal from Skrip and Torbjorn Morkeberg (SR, Lakeville, Minn./North HS).
• Ben Braman (SO, St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy HS) had five saves in goal for the Oles.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "Congratulations to Kurt Anderson and St. Olaf for clinching the MIAC regular-season title. They are a worthy team and came from behind to win it."
• "Our guys worked their butts off, competed hard, and played good soccer. We scored a great team goal that saw eight players pass the ball in a sequence through the Oles that culminated in Edi turning Grant's cross back into Ben for the final header. A great goal.
• "However, we gave up two goals again. Until we keep a clean sheet, we can't expect to win ... We have to hold ourselves accountable for conceding the opportunities to score." 
• "Our guys are working hard -- no one can ever question that -- and now everything is on the line Saturday at St Thomas. Winner gets into the playoffs -- it's as simple as that." 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes the regular season with a game at St. Thomas on Saturday (11/1) at 1 p.m., with the winner earning the final spot in the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs. If the game ends in a tie, St. Thomas would earn the final playoff spot, based on its tiebreaker advantage over Bethel. 
• St. Olaf finishes its regular season with a game at crosstown rival Carleton on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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