MINNEAPOLIS -- Danielle Heitkamp (SR, Bismarck, N.D./Grand Rapids (Minn.) HS) scored two goals and goalie Rebecca Sonnek (JR, Edina, Minn.) claimed her second straight shutout, as the Augsburg College women's hockey team scored a 3-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over St. Olaf College on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, St. Olaf 0
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 7-2-0 overall (4-1-0 MIAC), St. Olaf 2-7-0 overall (1-4-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Heitkamp claimed her first collegiate multi-goal game with her two-goal effort. She opened the scoring with a goal from Bridget Walter (SO, Princeton, Minn.) and Nikki Nightengale (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) at the 12:14 mark of the first period, then capped the scoring with a power-play goal from Callen Naasz (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) at the 14:01 mark of the third period.
• Ashley Kloncz (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) added to the Auggie scoring with a power-play goal at the 7:49 mark of the second period, assisted by Darby Lindgren (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) and Valerie Whichello (SO, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS).
• Sonnek claimed her second straight shutout, and third of her college career, with a 30-save performance, improving to 5-2-0 on the season.
• Augsburg outshot St. Olaf by a 33-30 margin. Heitkamp had six shots on-goal in the game, while Megan Johnson (SO, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) had four shots. 
• Augsburg killed four power plays, including a 5-on-3 advantage overlapping the second and third periods. Augsburg scored two power-play goals in eight opportunities.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg, ranked No. 10 in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online Division III national poll, continued the second-best start to a season in program history with the victory. Augsburg's 7-2-0 start is second to the 8-0-1 start to the 1998-99 campaign as the program's best start after nine games.
• Augsburg has held its opponents to just nine goals in its nine games this season -- a 0.99 team goals-against-average that is best among MIAC teams in overall statistics and fourth-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• Sonnek's 0.75 GAA and .967 save percentage are both tops among MIAC goalies in overall statistics. Her 0.75 GAA is fifth-best among Division III goalies nationally and her .967 save percentage is now third-best. 

FOR THE FOES
• Cassie Alexander had 30 saves in goal for St. Olaf.
• Karma Knutson and Jane Vezina had five shots on-goal each for the Oles.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (12/3) at 7:30 p.m. at the Northfield (Minn.) Ice Arena.