RIVER FOREST, Ill. -- Augsburg College used a 6-1 scoring run over a 16-minute span bracketing the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half to pull away from Concordia University-Chicago in a 13-7 Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference victory on Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 13, Concordia-Chicago 7
LOCATION:Â Concordia Stadium, River Forest, Ill.
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 5-1 overall (2-0 MWLC), Concordia-Chicago 2-4 overall (0-3 MWLC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Leading 5-4, the Auggies scored three goals in the final 3:05 of the first half and three of the first four goals over the opening 12:45 of the second half to take an 11-5 advantage.
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Helena Nguyen (JR, Maple Grove, Minn.) led the Auggies with four goals on four shots-on-goal, whileÂ
Mikayla Knudson (FY, Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River HS) had two goals and an assist, alogn with a ground ball, draw control and caused turnover.
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Delaney Everett (JR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) scored two goals with seven draw controls, four ground balls and three caused turnovers.Â
Ashley Pettipiece (JR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) had a goal, assist and ground ball in the game.
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Izzy Snow (SO, Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS),
Rachel Frantz (SR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS),
Dezera Sieracki (SR, Wyoming, Minn./Centennial HS) and
Mikayla Jones (FY, Stillwater, Minn.) also scored goals for the Auggies, with Jones claiming two draw controls and Snow, Frantz and Sieracki each adding a ground ball.
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Christina Nelson (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had two draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover, and Jesse Heusinkveld (JR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) had two ground balls and four caused turnovers.
• Goalie
Marissa Guillou (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) had five saves, a ground ball and a caused turnover.
• Augsburg outshot Thomas More by a 26-4 margin. The Auggies recorded 13 clears in 17 attempts, while Concordia-Chicago was 11-for-20.
FOR THE FOES
• Anna Kellar and Margaret Doane each had three goals and an assist for four-point afternoons. Doane had three draw controls and two ground balls, and Kellar had two draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Krystal Phillips had nine saves in goal for Concordia-Chicago.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes its weekend in Illinois with an MWLC game at Illinois Tech on Sunday (3/19) at 1 p.m.
• Concordia-Chicago hosts Hamline in an MWLC game on Sunday at 12 p.m.