EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Rebecca Sonnek (JR, Edina, Minn.) stopped all 28 shots she faced in goal to earn her third shutout of the season, lifting the Augsburg College women's hockey team to a 1-0 victory at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 0
LOCATION: Hobbs Ice Arena, Eau Claire, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-3-0 overall, UW-Eau Claire 11-5-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Sonnek recorded 28 saves to pick up her fourth career shutout, improving to 6-3-0 on the season. Her 0.69 goals-against-average and .970 save percentage are both tops among MIAC teams in overall statistics. Both are also tops among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• Bridget Wagner (FY, Niles, Ill./Maine South HS) scored the lone goal of the game at the 3:16 mark of the second period, assisted by Danielle Heitkamp (SR, Bismarck, N.D./Grand Rapids (Minn.) HS). 
• Megan Johnson (SO, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) had five shots on-goal for Augsburg, while Darby Lindgren (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) had four shots and Hollywood Hermanson (FY, Dover, Minn./Dover-Eyota HS) had three shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg has held its opponents to just 10 goals in its 12 games this season -- a 0.83 team goals-against-average that is best among MIAC teams in overall statistics and tied for second-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• The Auggies held UW-Eau Claire scoreless in three power-play opportunities. Augsburg has now killed off 31 straight opponent power plays over a stretch of the last eight games. Augsburg has killed 50-of-52 opponent power-play opportunities this season, a .962 penalty-kill percentage that is tops among MIAC teams in overall statistics and third-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• Twenty different Auggies have figured in the scoring this season, with either a goal or an assist. Fourteen different Auggies have scored goals so far this season.

FOR THE FOES
• Courtney Wittig had eight shots for the Blugolds, while Elizabeth Bauer had six shots.
• Erin Conolly had 19 saves in goal for UW-Eau Claire.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (1/7) at 2 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.