BLAINE, Minn. -- Behind a two-goal effort by Callen Naasz (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) and a three-point afternoon by Bridget Wagner (FY, Niles, Ill./Maine South HS), the Augsburg College women's hockey team held onto a share of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference lead with a 4-1 win and a series sweep of Bethel University on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Bethel 1
LOCATION: Schwan SuperRink, Blaine, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 11-4-0 overall (7-1-0 MIAC), Bethel 6-7-2 overall (3-3-2 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg claimed its first series sweep of Bethel since the 2002-03 season, outscoring the Royals by an 8-2 margin on the weekend.
• Naasz claimed her first multi-goal game of the season and fourth of her career, scoring at the 10:36 and 17:55 marks of the second period, both goals assisted by Wagner.
• Wagner capped her first career three-point game with a goal from Darby Lindgren (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) at the 8:23 mark of the third period, her fourth goal of the season.
• Emily Ach (FY, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) opened the scoring for teh Auggies with an unassisted goal seven minutes into the game.
• Rebecca Sonnek (JR, Edina, Minn.) stopped 26 of the 27 shots she faced in goal to improve to 8-3-0 on the season for the Auggies.
• Bethel outshot Augsburg by a 27-26 margin in the game. Naasz and Megan Johnson (SO, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) had five shots on-goal each for the Auggies, while Ach had four shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has allowed just 17 goals in 15 games this season. Its 1.13 goals allowed per-game is tops among MIAC teams in overall statistics and fourth-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• Sonnek has allowed only eight goals in her 12 games in goal. Her 0.73 goals against-average and .968 save percentage are both tops among MIAC goalies in overall statistics and second-best among NCAA Division III goalies nationally.
• Augsburg has allowed just four power-play goals in 65 opponent power-play opportunities this season. The Auggies' .938 penalty-kill percentage is tops among MIAC teams and sixth-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.

FOR THE FOES
• Sarina Goos scored an unassisted goal for Bethel at the 4:34 mark of the second period.
• Maggie Straka had 22 saves in goal for the Royals.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action with a series at Concordia-Moorhead, the team tied with the Auggies for the MIAC lead. Next Friday's (1/20) game is at 7 p.m., and next Saturday's (1/21) game is at 2 p.m.
• Bethel faces Saint Benedict in an MIAC series next Friday and Saturday.