MINNEAPOLIS -- Jane Koch (FY, Burnsville, Minn.) scored twice for Augsburg College, as the Auggies remained unbeaten in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer play with a 3-0 win over Bethel University on Saturday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Bethel 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-1-0 overall (4-0-0 MIAC), Bethel 2-8-0 overall (0-5-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Koch opened the scoring with a goal following a scramble off a Nora Edelen (FY, Middleton, Wis.) corner kick at the 6:01 mark. Brigette Jira (FY, Fort Atkinson, Wis.) took a shot that was saved off the Bethel goalkeeper, and Koch put the loose ball home for the goal.
• Koch scored her second goal of the game off another corner kick at the 58:38 mark. The corner kick by Edelen was headed by Marie Fitzgerald (SR, Fort Atkinson, Wis.) and Lauren Jennings (SO, Rochester, Minn./Lourdes HS) to the center of the six-yard box, and Koch put the ball in the net.
• Fitzgerald scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season off another Edelen corner kick at the 85:48 mark. Edelen took the corner from the left side, and Fitzgerald slammed home the ball to the right side of the net.
• Augsburg outshot Bethel by a 20-6 margin and had eight corner kicks to Bethel's zero. Fitzgerald had six shots in the game, while Carter Denison (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) had four shots.
• Marissa Guillou (SO, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) had third saves in goal for the Auggies, earning her fourth shutout of the season and Augsburg's seventh shutout as a team.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 35-3 margin so far this season. Augsburg has now outshot its opponents by a 204-54 margin this season, including a 110-32 advantage in shots on-goal. Augsburg has also had 60 corner kicks to its opponents' 16.
• Fitzgerald now has 22 points (seven goals and eight assists) on the season, leading the MIAC's overall statistics in points, while standing second in both goals (tied for second) and assists. Koch's six goals are fourth-most among MIAC players.
• Guillou's 0.45 goals-against-average and .880 save percentage (22 saves on 25 shots on-goal) are both tops among MIAC goalkeepers. Her three goals allowed are tied for the fewest among MIAC goalkeepers.

FOR THE FOES
• Mikala Smith had two shots for Bethel.
• Jess Gapinski had five saves in goal for the Royals.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "We struggled to find a rhythm initially, but as the game went on, I thought we improved and started circulating the ball better. Fortunately, we were solid on our corners tonight -- that made a huge difference."
• "We don't have much time to rest as we play St. Scholastica on Monday. Hopefully we can regenerate quickly and build on tonight's performance."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg faces St. Scholastica on Monday (10/5) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field. The nonconference game pits the defending regular-season and playoff champions of the MIAC (Augsburg) and the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (St. Scholastica).
• Bethel travels to face Northwestern-St. Paul on Tuesday (10/6) at 7 p.m.