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Kevin Healy
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Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 5-10-3, 4-5-2 MIAC
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Augsburg College AUG 10-6-2, 7-2-2 MIAC
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU
5-10-3, 4-5-2 MIAC
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Final
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Augsburg College AUG
10-6-2, 7-2-2 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 0 1 0 0 1
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

Whichello's late goal leads Auggies to OT tie

MINNEAPOLIS -- Valerie Whichello (FY, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) tied the game for Augsburg College with nine seconds remaining in regulation time, giving the Auggies a 1-1, overtime tie with Saint Mary's University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey game on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Saint Mary's 1 (OT)
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-6-2 overall (7-2-2 MIAC), Saint Mary's 5-10-3 overall (4-5-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• With the Auggies pulling their goalie for an extra attacker, Whichello scored her fifth goal of the season from Callen Naasz (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) at the 19:51 mark, forcing overtime.
• Augsburg outshot Saint Mary's by a 29-18 margin in the game.
• Augsburg goalie Erika Allen (SR, Roseville, Minn.) saw her scoreless streak end in the final second of the second period on a Saint Mary's goal. Her scoreless streak, including three straight shutout wins, lasted a total of 246:32 over a five-game span.
• Claire Cripps (SR, Hutchinson, Minn.) had seven shots on-goal for the Auggies, while Darby Lindgren (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) had four shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Gaining a point for the draw, Augsburg remains in second place in the MIAC standings with 16 league points, now tied with Bethel, as both teams are a point behind league-leader St. Thomas' 17 points (8-2-1 MIAC).

FOR THE FOES
• Jamie Henderson scored for the Cardinals with four-tenths of a second left in the second period, scoring from McKenna Parent and Macki Fadness.
• Tori Herrmann collected 28 saves in goal for Saint Mary's.
• Parent had six shots on-goal for Saint Mary's, while Hannah Croonquist had three shots.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (1/30) at 2 p.m., at the Saint Mary's Arena in Winona, Minn.
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