MOUNT VERNON, Iowa -- The Augsburg College women's lacrosse team scored eight straight goals over the final 12:38 of the first half, then scored the first seven goals of the second half to rally from an early deficit and claim a 18-9 win over host Cornell College in Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference action on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 19, Cornell (Iowa) 8
LOCATION: Ash Park Stadium, Mount Vernon, Iowa
RECORDS: Augsburg 11-5 overall (7-3 MWLC), Cornell 2-13 overall (1-9 MWLC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 4-2 with 13:04 left in the first half, the Auggies went on a 15-1 scoring burst, taking a 17-5 advantage with 10:00 left in the second half. Augsburg outshot Cornell by a 37-21 margin in the game, including a 20-9 advantage in the first half.
• Rachel Frantz (SR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) led the way for the Auggies, scoring four goals with an assist. She scored three goals in the 15-1 outburst, and added two ground balls. 
• Ashley Pettipiece (JR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) scored three goals with an assist, ground ball and two draw controls, while Mikayla Knudson (FY, Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River HS) scored three goals with an assist, two ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers.
• Demey Everett (FY, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) scored three goals with four ground balls and a caused turnover, and Delaney Everett (JR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) scored two goals with five ground balls and eight draw controls.
• Christina Nelson (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) scored a goal with three ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers, and Mikayla Jones (FY, Stillwater, Minn.) scored a goal with an assist a ground ball, caused turnover and two draw controls. Annika Hegrenes (FY, Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) scored a goal with a ground ball, and Dezera Sieracki (SR, Wyoming, Minn./Centennial HS) had two assists, two ground balls, a draw control and caused turnover. Jesse Heusinkveld (JR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) had an assist and a ground ball.
• Marissa Guillou (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) had eight saves in goal, along with six ground balls.
• Augsburg collected 29 ground balls compared to Cornell's 23, had 19 draw controls to Cornell's nine, and converted 15-of-22 clearing attempts, compared to 17-of-27 for the Rams.

FOR THE FOES
• Cornell was led by Caitlyn St. Marie, who scored three goals with two ground balls and a caused turnover. Vaughn Zittle scored two goals with four draw controls and a ground ball.
• Hollie Force had nine saves and two ground balls for the Rams.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes its regular season with a MWLC contest at Concordia-Wisconsin on Friday (4/28) at 4 p.m.
• Cornell closes its season with an MWLC game at Wartburg (Iowa) next Saturday (4/29) at 1 p.m.