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

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

Auggies complete sweep with 2-1 win at SCU

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Halie Gudmonson (SO, Albertville, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) and Kayla Fuechtmann (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) scored second-period goals for Augsburg College, as the Auggies completed a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey sweep of St. Catherine University with a 2-1 win on Saturday afternoon at Drake Arena.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 2, St. Catherine 1
LOCATION: Drake Arena, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-3-2 overall (3-0-1 MIAC), St. Catherine 2-3-1 overall (1-2-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Gudmonson, a transfer from Gustavus, opened the scoring with her first goal as an Auggie, scoring from Brenna Nakonechny (JR, Grand Forks, N.D./Red River HS) and Savannah Seeger (SO, Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) at the 5:46 mark of the second period. 
• Fuechtmann scored her team-leading fourth goal of the season at the 15:11 mark of the second period, scoring from Rachel Hennessy (SR, Williston, N.D.).
• Erika Allen (JR, Roseville, Minn.) improved to 3-2-2 on the season in goal for the Auggies, stopping 13 of the 14 shots she faced. Augsburg outshot St. Catherine by a 21-14 margin.
• Fuechtmann had five shots on-goal for the Auggies, while Danielle Heitkamp (SO, Bismarck, N.D./Grand Rapids (Minn.) HS) had four shots and Gudmonson had three shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg claimed its third straight win -- the first time Augsburg has won three straight games since a three-game stretch from Jan. 5-11, 2013 (two wins over Finlandia and a win over Bethel). It's Augsburg's first three-game winning streak in MIAC play since a four-game streak from Jan. 20-Feb. 2, 2007.
• Fuechtmann scored her 20th career goal on Saturday, giving her 20 goals and 14 assists for 34 points in 55 career games.
• Hennessy now has 61 career points (43 goals, 18 assists) in 83 career games.

FOR THE FOES
• Annie Buttermore scored an unassisted, power-play goal for St. Catherine at the 3:58 mark of the third period.
• Abbi White had 19 saves in goal for St. Catherine.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg faces Saint Benedict in a MIAC series on the weekend of Dec. 5-6. The Auggies host the Blazers on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink, and face the Blazers at the St. Cloud (Minn.) Municipal Athletic Complex on Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m.
• St. Catherine faces Saint Mary's in a MIAC series on the weekend of Dec. 5-6.
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