STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- The Augsburg College women's hockey team's three-game winning streak came to an end on Friday evening with a 1-0 nonconference loss at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: UW-Stevens Point 1, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Ice Hawks Arena, Stevens Point, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-3-0 overall, UW-Stevens Point 5-3-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg outshot UW-Stevens Point by a 20-19 margin, but the Pointers scored the lone goal of the game with 1:15 left in the first period.
• Rebecca Sonnek (JR, Edina, Minn.) collected 18 saves in goal for the Auggies.
• Megan Johnson (SO, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) had four shots on-goal for Augsburg, while Ashley Kloncz (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) and Valerie Whichello (SO, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS) had three shots each.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has held its opponents to just 10 goals in its 11 games this season -- a 0.91 team goals-against-average that is best among MIAC teams in overall statistics and third-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• The Auggies held UW-Stevens Point scoreless in two power-play opportunities. Augsburg has now killed off 28 straight opponent power plays over a stretch of the last seven games. Augsburg has killed 47-of-49 opponent power-play opportunities this season, a .959 penalty-kill percentage that is tops among MIAC teams in overall statistics and third-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.

FOR THE FOES
• Cara Lemirande scored the lone goal of the game at the 18:45 mark of the first period, assisted by Ali Biagini and Allison Karrmann.
• Sydney Conley had 20 saves in goal for UW-Stevens Point.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg is idle for the holiday break, and returns to action on the weekend of Jan. 6-7 with a nonconference series against Wisconsin-Eau Claire.