LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Luke Falk (JR, Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha West HS) scored the lone goal of the game in the 18th minute, lifting the Augsburg University men's soccer team to a 1-0 nonconference win at Viterbo University on Friday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Viterbo (Wis.) 0
LOCATION: Viterbo Outdoor Athletic Complex, La Crosse, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-0-0 overall, Viterbo 1-3-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg scored its first goal of the season in the 18th minute, when Falk scored from Lionel Vang (SO, Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS). At midfield, Vang popped a pass to a sprinting Falk, who rushed past the defense to flick the ball over the charging Viterbo goalkeeper.
• Goalkeeper Garrett Kaelin (SO, River Falls, Wis./Hill-Murray HS) claimed his first collegiate shutout with a five-save effort for the Auggies.
• Augsburg outshot Viterbo by a 7-3 margin in the first half, en route to an 11-7 advantage in the game. Augsburg also had five corner kicks to Viterbo's one.
• Vang had three shots in the game, while Aidan Sim-Campos (JR, St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo HS) had two shots.

FOR THE FOES
• Kaden Bergman had two shots in the game for the V-Hawks.
• Nate Regas had four saves in goal for Viterbo.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "Augsburg University gets the new name off to a good start. We had good control of the game today, and navigated some interesting moments fairly well. For the most part, we had good possession in midfield, and we had some really good moments in attack. Lionel's pass on our goal was outstanding, and he was outstanding all game. Shortly after the goal, Lionel slammed one off the crossbar and then Luke's follow up hit the post."
• "It was really good to see a lot of guys do really well as substitutes. Tommy Picka and Johnny Vu made their collegiate debuts and held their own. Michel Jakobitz and Nate Bergstrom were solid in midfield, and Sully is coming off a little illness and looked better today than the past few days of training. He should be ready to go fully on Sunday. Seniors Blake McReavy and Jason Scheeler gave us some really good stuff up top, and they are very different players so the combo provides some challenges for the opposition."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to Morris, Minn., to take on Minnesota-Morris in a nonconference contest on Sunday (9/3) at 1 p.m.