MINNEAPOLIS --
Ashley St. Aubin (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) tied Augsburg University's career goal-scoring record, and her Auggies claimed their fourth straight shutout victory, a 1-0 triumph over Macalester College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on Tuesday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 1, Macalester 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-5-0 overall (5-2-0 MIAC), Macalester 2-6-3 overall (0-4-3 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• St. Aubin scored the lone goal of the game in the 26th minute, taking a feed down the right side from
Callie Athey (SO, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS) and sprinting past a defender for a clear shot at goal from just inside the penalty box.
• St. Aubin tied Augsburg's career record with her 46th goal, tying
Olivia Muyres '15 (2011-14). She also edged closer to Muyres' school record for career points, 119 (46 goals, 27 assists). St. Aubin now has 110 points (46 goals, 18 assists) in her career.
• The Auggie defense held firm command of the game throughout, allowing just three Macalester shots in the game and just one on-target, to record the team's fourth straight shutout and seventh of the season. Augsburg's 3-4-3 alignment was led by defenders
Claire Popp (SO, New Berlin, Wis./New Berlin Eisenhower HS),
Jada Olson (JR, Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS),
Kate Johnston (SR, Missoula, Mont./Hellgate HS) and defensive midfielder
Kealie Espinda Banick (SR, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS), who each played the full 90 minutes in a steady, cold rain. In all, seven Auggies played the full 90 minutes on Tuesday.
• Augsburg claimed a 21-3 advantage in shots, putting 11 shots on-goal. St. Aubin had seven shots, while
Nora Edelen (SR, Middleton, Wis./Middleton HS) and
Jessy Wiskofske (SR, Wausau, Wis./Wausau West HS) had four shots each.
• Augsburg goalkeeper
Emily Chapman (JR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) collected one save to pick up her sixth shutout of the season and ninth of her career.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• WIth its fourth straight shutout victory, Augsburg extended its shutout streak to 401:33, covering its last five games.
• St. Aubin extended her consecutive-game goal-scoring streak to eight games. She has 10 goals and six assists for 26 points in the eight-game scoring streak.
• The win snapped a three-game Augsburg losing streak, all by shutout, to the Scots.
FOR THE FOES
• Macalester's best chance at scoring came in the 21st minute, when a shot by Kate Bond hit the crossbar, and a rebound shot by Elizabeth Han was saved by Chapman.
• Kayla Togneri had 10 saves in goal for the Scots.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Carleton on Saturday (10/13) at 1 p.m. in Northfield, Minn.
• Macalester hosts Wisconsin-Superior in a nonconference game on Thursday (10/11) at 7:30 p.m.