BLAINE, Minn. -- For the second straight night, Alex Rodriguez (SR, Miami, Fla./Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) HS) scored a three-goal hat trick, leading the Augsburg University men's hockey to its second victory at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Showcase, a 5-3, come-from-behind triumph over Hamline University on Saturday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 5. Hamline 3
LOCATION: Schwan SuperRink, Blaine, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-0-0 overall, Hamline 0-1-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 1-0 after one period, the line of Rodriguez, Tommy Carey (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) and Chandler Madry (SR, Bakersfield, Calif./Fairbanks (Alaska) BEST HS) struck twice in the second period, with both linemates assisting on Rodriguez's first two goals.
• Hamline scored twice in a 26-second span to take a 3-2 lead at the 15:54 mark of the second period, but Augsburg scored the final three goals to claim the win. The run started at the 17:20 mark, as Austin Dollimer (FY, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS) scored his first collegiate goal, assisted by Gunnar Goodmanson (SO, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS).
• Eric Brenk (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) gave the Auggies the lead with a goal from Luke Dietsch (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) and Dollimer 1:27 into the third period, and Rodriguez capped his hat trick with a goal with 2:24 left in the game, scoring from Carey and Matt Nehls (SO, Boulder, Colo./D.C. West HS).
• Augsburg claimed a 39-29 shots on-goal advantage in the game. Rodriguez had six shots on-goal, as did Austin Martinsen (SO, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS).
• Goalie Daniil Gerasimov (SO, Moscow, Russia/State School 1944) claimed his third career victory for the Auggies, collecting 26 saves in the game.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Rodriguez's two hat tricks mark the first time an Augsburg player has had multiple hat tricks in a single season since Nick Guran had two in the 2010-11 campaign.
• Augsburg has had its share of success in the 10 seasons of the MIAC Showcase, claiming a 14-5-1 record, including a 7-2-1 record in five seasons of games at the Schwan SuperRink. The Auggies were 7-3-0 in the first five seasons of the showcase, played at Blaine's Fogarty Arena.
• Augsburg entered the 2018-19 season ranked in both major Division III preseason rankings -- No. 12 in the USCHO national poll, and No. 11 in the D3hockey.com national poll.

FOR THE FOES
• Tommy Hall, Mitch McPherson and Weiland Parrish scored goals for Hamline.
• Evan Robert had 34 saves in goal for the Pipers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts a pair of Wisconsin schools in nonconference play next weekend at Ed Saugestad Rink, facing Wisconsin-Superior next Friday (11/2) at 7 p.m., and Wisconsin-River Falls next Saturday (11/3) at 7 p.m.