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Kevin Healy
2
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 2-2-1, 1-1-1 MIAC
3
Winner Augsburg College AUG 2-3-2, 2-0-1 MIAC
St. Catherine Univ. SCU
2-2-1, 1-1-1 MIAC
2
Final
3
Augsburg College AUG
2-3-2, 2-0-1 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 0 2 0 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 2 1 3

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

Naasz's 2 goals lead Auggies to win over St. Catherine

MINNEAPOLIS -- Callen Naasz (SO, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) scored two goals, including the eventual game-winning goal in the third period, as Augsburg College claimed a 3-2 win over St. Catherine University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey game on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, St. Catherine 2
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-3-2 overall (2-0-1 MIAC), St. Catherine 2-2-1 overall (1-1-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Naasz opened the scoring on a breakaway, shorthanded goal at the 2:26 mark of the second period. She scored the go-ahead goal for the Auggies at the 14:12 mark of the third period, assisted by Claire Cripps (JR, Hutchinson, Minn.) and Ashley Kloncz (SO, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS).
• After St. Catherine took a 2-1 lead with two goals in a 1:25 span in the second period, Sarah Buckner (JR, Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) tied the game for the Auggies with her first collegiate goal, assisted by Kloncz and Kayla Fuechtmann (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS).
• Erika Allen (JR, Roseville, Minn.) collected 31 saves in goal to pick up the win for Augsburg, improving to 2-2-2 on the season.
• Megan Robertson (FY, Boissevain, Manitoba) and Rachel Hennessy (SR, Williston, N.D.) had five shots on-goal each for the Auggies, while Naasz had four shots. 
• The Auggies claimed a 13-8 shots on-goal advantage in the first period, but were outshot 33-30 by St. Catherine in the game.

FOR THE FOES
• Zoe Verkerke opened the scoring for the Wildcats with a goal on a delayed penalty from Cassie Thomas and Maddy Zastrow at the 6:54 mark of the second period, followed 1:25 later by a power-play goal by Alex Pederson, assisted by Annie Buttermore and Karly Nelson.
• Samantha Geissler had 27 saves in goal for St. Catherine.

UP NEXT
• The teams finish the MIAC series on Saturday (11/22) at 2 p.m. at the Drake Ice Arena in St. Paul, Minn.
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