ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Outshooting its opponents by a 24-5 margin, the Augsburg University women's soccer team claimed its third straight shutout victory, a 4-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference triumph at Hamline University on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Hamline 0
LOCATION: Pat Paterson Field, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 7-5-0 overall (4-2-0 MIAC), Hamline 4-7-1 overall (1-5-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg scored three first-half goals and dominated play, leading for all but the opening 7:11 of the game. Augsburg outshot Hamline 11-4 in the first half and 13-1 in the second half.
• Ashley St. Aubin (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS), the scoring leader in the MIAC, figured in the scoring on all four goals, scoring on a corner kick in the eighth minute and assisting on the next three goals of the game. She improved her point total to 33 points (13 goals, seven assists).
• Gabriela Encarnacion (JR, Bel Air, Md./Bel Air HS) scored her fourth goal of the season in the 11th minute, Jessy Wiskofske (SR, Wausau, Wis./Wausau West HS) scored her fourth goal of the year in the 29th minute, and Niki Ryan (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn HS) scored her first goal in the 71st minute.
• Augsburg goalkeeper Emily Chapman (JR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) recorded two saves to pick up her fifth shutout of the season and eighth of her career. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg extended its shutout streak to 289:19, covering its last four games and three straight shutouts. Augsburg now has six shutout wins as a team this season.
• With her goal, St. Aubin is now one goal shy of tying the Augsburg career record for goals. She now has 45 career goals in 52 career games, one goal behind the record of 46, set by Olivia Muyres '15 (2011-14). St. Aubin now has 108 points (45 goals, 18 assists) in her career, second in school history to Muyres' 119 points (46 goals, 27 assists).
• St. Aubin extended her consecutive-game goal-scoring streak to seven games. She has nine goals and six assists for 24 points in the seven-game scoring streak.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG COACH MIKE NAVARRE
• "We played well today. Overall, the players are working hard and doing a great job of supporting each other. While we know we have a lot to improve upon, I believe we are all excited about the strides we are making and how we are coming together as a group. Our bond will have to continue to get stronger, as we are sure to face some difficult challenges the rest of our season."

FOR THE FOES
• Dani Wright had 14 saves in goal for Hamline.
• Ellie Baxter had two of Hamline's five shots in the game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Macalester in a key MIAC game on Tuesday (10/9) at 7:30 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• Hamline hosts Bethel on Thursday at 4 p.m.