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Kelly Anderson Diercks

Auggies remain unbeaten with 4th straight shutout

BOXSCORE MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College women's soccer team remained unbeaten to open the year with its fourth straight shutout victory, a 4-0 triumph over Grinnell College in a nonconference game on Saturday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Grinnell (Iowa) 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 4-0-0 overall, Grinnell 1-3-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Carter Denison (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) scored the first and last goals of the game for the Auggies, scoring at the 26:37 mark and at the 45:22 mark.
• Marie Fitzgerald (SR, Fort Atkinson, Wis.) scored a goal -- a rebound off a blocked shot by Marta Anderson (JR, Mankato, Minn./Mankato East HS) in the final second of the first half -- and assisted on the other three Augsburg goals, for her first career three-assist night. 
• Anderson also had three assists on the evening, a career-best for her in both assists and points.
• Rayni Pemble (SO, Anoka, Minn.) scored in the 33rd minute, the second goal of her collegiate career.
• Augsburg outshot Grinnell by a 21-5 margin and had six corner kicks to Grinnell's two. Marissa Guillou (SO, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) picked up the win with two games in 59 minutes, with Lucy Bukowski (SR, Two Harbors, Minn.) playing the final 31 minutes in relief.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 26-0 margin this season, a total 14 more than any other Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival in overall statistics so far this season.
• Augsburg has now outshot its opponents by a 131-18 margin this season, including a 73-10 advantage in shots on-goal. The Auggies also have recorded 32 corner kicks to their opponents' seven.
• Anderson currently leads the MIAC in overall assists (seven) and points (15), while Fitzgerald stands second in both categories (six assists, 12 points).
• Fitzgerald is in fifth place in school history in all three career scoring record lists -- goals (27), assists (21) and points (75).

FOR THE FOES
• Hannah Truesdale had two shots for the Pioneers, while Claire Ruegg, Nora Sahel and Eva Smith also had shots.
• Katy Oldach had nine saves in goal for Grinnell.

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "I am certainly encouraged by our performance tonight. We knew that Grinnell would be a difficult opponent. I thought our goals were excellent; it was exciting to see us take our game up a level. While we are off to a great start, we know that we have to continue to improve. Our next opponent, Saint Mary's, is a program on the rise. They had a good win today against Carroll, and will definitely be ready for us on Tuesday when we open the MIAC season in Winona."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Saint Mary's on Tuesday (9/15) at 7 p.m. in Winona, Minn.
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