MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. --
Mikayla Jones (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) tied the game for Augsburg University with a goal with 35 seconds left in the second period, helping her Auggies preserve its seven-game unbeaten streak with a 1-1, overtime tie at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey play on Friday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Augsburg 1, St. Thomas 1 (OT)
LOCATION:Â St. Thomas Ice Arena, Mendota Heights, Minn.
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 6-1-1 overall (4-0-1 MIAC), St. Thomas 7-2-1 overall (3-1-1 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 1-0, the Auggies tied the game on Jones' fourth goal of the season, scored at the 19:25 mark of the second frame.
Bridget Wagner (SO, Niles, Ill./Maine South HS) assisted on the goal.
•
McKenna Manalli (JR, Byron, Ill./Byron HS) remained unbeaten at 6-0-1Â on the season in goal, stopping 22 of the 23 shots she faced.Â
• Augsburg outshot St. Thomas by a 25-23 margin, with a 4-2 advantage in the five minutes of overtime.
•
Megan Johnson (JR, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) had four shots on-goal for the Auggies, while
Jacie Hoehn (JR, Waseca, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS) and
Megan Robertson (SR, Boissevain, Manitoba/Boissevain HS) had three shots each.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Manalli, the lone unbeaten goalie in the MIAC, now has the best goals-against-average (0.97)
among MIAC goalies in overall statistics and the second-best save percentage (.943).
Among NCAA Division III goalies nationally, her goals-against-average is sixth-best -- one of only seven goalies nationally with sub-1.00 GAAs.
FOR THE FOES
• Estee Frantz gave St. Thomas the lead with a shorthanded goal from Demi Cooper at the 18:10 mark of the first period.
• Kenzie Torpy had 24 saves in goal for the Tommies.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg and St. Thomas finish the MIAC series on Saturday (12/2) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.