MINNEAPOLIS -- Ciara Gregory (SO, Cottage Grove, Minn./Park HS) and Ashley St. Aubin (SO, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) scored two goals each, leading the Augsburg University women's soccer team to a 7-0 season-opening win over the University of Minnesota-Morris in nonconference action on Friday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 7, Minnesota-Morris 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-0-0 overall, Minnesota-Morris 0-1-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg dominated throughout the game, outshooting the Cougars by a 27-4 margin and claiming 13 corner kicks to its opponent's two. Three of Augsburg's goals came off of corner kicks, including its last goal of the game, as a corner kick by Natalee Lessert (FY, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) bent into the net in the 84th minute.
• Gregory scored two unassisted goals for her first career multi-goal game -- off a steal from 30 yards out in the 28th minute and on a long rising shot from 20 yards out in the 51st minute.
• St. Aubin, last year's MIAC scoring champion, claimed her fourth career multi-goal game with her two goals, also unassisted, in the 33rd and 54th minutes. She now has 18 goals in her 24-game collegiate career.
• Nora Edelen (JR, Middleton, Wis./Middleton HS) had two assists off her corner kicks -- feeding Jada Olson (SO, Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) on a header to open the scoring in the 27th minute, and putting a ball into the center of the box to Gabriela Encarnacion (SO, Bel Air, Md./Bel Air HS), whose move in front was deflected to Jessy Wiskofske (JR, Wausau, Wis./Wausau West HS), who scored her first collegiate goal in the 68th minute.
• Emily Chapman (SO, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) and Marissa Guillou (SR, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) each had one save in goal to share the shutout -- their eighth combined shutout in the last two seasons.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• It's Augsburg's second straight 7-0 win over Minnesota-Morris, with the same score coming in the team's meeting last season in Morris, Minn.
• The win is Augsburg's fifth straight by shutout over Minnesota-Morris in the all-time series. The Auggies have outscored the Cougars 23-0 in their last five meetings, dating to the 2012 season.

FOR THE FOES
• Molly Hancuh had two of Minnesota-Morris' four shots in the game, with Tiffany Oren and Brooke Lorentz also recording shots.
• Megan Tschida had four saves in goal in the first half for the Cougars, with Bailey Tschida recording three saves in relief.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "A great start to the season. I thought everyone played well, and we scored some beautiful goals. As the game progressed, our ball circulation improved significantly. It was good to see our new players find their roles and enact our style of play. Sunday will be a big test, as Wartburg is an extremely strong and talented team."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wartburg (Iowa) on Sunday (9/3) at 4 p.m. in Waverly, Iowa.