2016 NSCAA DIVISION III ALL-NORTH REGION

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College's Emily Gregg (SR, River Falls, Wis.), Marta Anderson (SR, Mankato, Minn./Mankato East HS) and Ashley St. Aubin (FY, Burnsville, Minn.) were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III All-North Region Team, it was announced on Tuesday.

Anderson was named to the all-region squad for the second straight year, this time as a first-team midfielder after earning third-team honors last year. Gregg was named to the squad as a first-team defender, and St. Aubin was named to the squad as a second-team forward. It's the first all-region honors for Gregg and St. Aubin. Earlier this month, all three were named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team, with St. Aubin earning league Rookie of the Year honors.

Augsburg has now had 22 NSCAA All-Region selections in program history, including 10 selections in the past six seasons.

The trio were part of an Augsburg squad that went 18-5-0 overall and 8-3-0 in MIAC play, winning the MIAC's postseason playoff championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III national tournament, both accomplishments for the second time in a three-year span. Under 18th-year head coach Mike Navarre, the Auggies reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and the team's 18 victories were the most in a single season in school history.

Anderson recorded six goals and seven assists for 19 points in her senior season, including the lone goal in Augsburg's 1-0, MIAC playoff championship game victory at St. Thomas on Nov. 5, one of her two game-winning goals on the season. Her seven assists were tied for third-most among MIAC players in overall statistics, while her six goals were 13th-most and her 19 points were 14th-most.
 
She played in 1,832 minutes this season (79.7 minutes per-game), second-most on the team. In her 82 career games (81 starts), she finished her career with 17 goals and 29 assists for 63 points – second in school history in career assists, eighth in points and tied for 11th in goals. 

Gregg developed a reputation as one of the best defensive sweepers in the MIAC – the last line of defense between the opponent's offense and the goalkeeper. She was part of a defense that helped produce 15 team shutouts, while allowing just 10 goals and a 0.44 team goals against-average – all three totals second-best among MIAC teams. Augsburg's team GAA is 18th-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally, and its 14 shutouts are tied for 13th-most in Division III.
 
Gregg's 1,884 minutes played (85.6 minutes per-game) led the team, and she finished with two goals and one assist for five points, including a game-winning goal, this season. In her 81 career games (79 starts), she finished her career with three goals and seven assists for 13 points, and was a part of 45 team shutouts and a 0.70 team goals-against-average.

St. Aubin is one of just two first-year players named to the 45-member NSCAA All-North Region squad (three teams of 15 players each). St. Aubin had an incredible collegiate debut with the Auggies, leading the conference's overall statistics in both goals (16) and points (39) – the third straight year that an Auggie has led the league in both categories – while adding seven assists, tied for third-most among MIAC players. Her 10 game-winning goals this season led the MIAC and is tied for most among NCAA Division III players nationally.
 
A forward, St. Aubin had a goal or assist in 16 of her 23 games this season, averaging 72.9 minutes played per-game (1,676 minutes played). Her 39 points are third-most in a single season in school history, while her 15 goals are also third-most. She was the top scorer on an offense that has recorded 50 goals this season – tops among MIAC teams.

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(NOTE: Information in this story taken from Augsburg's 2016 All-MIAC release.)